detective and mystery stories

"An old lighthouse full of secrets...Find the clues...solve the mystery of the dark lighthouse!"--Cover p. 4.

Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, investigates a conspiracy when the Queen narrowly escapes a series of "accidents.".

Contains a collection of five-minute mysteries with whodunit clues that help to figure out means, motive, and opportunity to commit a crime.

The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors.

"When local chocolate maker Ms. Kozlow comes to the Juicy Gizzard potion shop asking for luck, Sasha needs to find out why. Does Ms. Kozlow need luck because she has a matchmaking appointment with Granny Yenta this afternoon? Can Sasha and her new friend Puck make it Ms. Kozlow's lucky day?"--Provided by publisher.

Julie would like to be friends with Carla Warner, the new girl in her class, but Carla's increasingly outlandish stories and behavior lead her to believe the girl is either a liar or in real danger.

When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier. Includes an educational section on Reconstruction.

Molly becomes weary and troubled in the spring of 1945 while doing her patriotic duty to help the U.S. win WWII, and when her father returns home safe, he seems slightly changed.

Eleven-year-old C?cile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat. Includes facts about the 1850s.

After Rebecca meets a new family in her New York City apartment building and helps watch their fussy baby while they are moving in, she becomes convinced that they have been victimized by the kidnappers that have been operating in their neighborhood.