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Author: Eric Berlin

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When a local potato chip tycoon invites area kids to an all-day puzzle hunt, Winston Breen is psyched. But it turns out the day is not all fun and games. Their teacher i ...

Author: David A Adler

In her 30th mystery, Cam Jansen must use her amazing memory to solve her sweetest mystery yet--the disappearance of a wedding cake. Illustrations.

Author: Eoin Colfer

"Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code" is the third book in the unbelievably brilliant "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer. Artemis Fowl is attempting to go straight. But there's always time for one last job. Artemis Fowl ha ...

Author: Eoin Colfer

"Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception" is the fourth phenomenal book in the legendary "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer. Arch-Criminal Artemis Fowl's mind has been wiped. Now someone wants him dead. Artemis Fowl is the ...

Author: David A Adler

It is a big day at Cam's school. The governor, who is running for president, is visiting for the dedication of a new library. Police officers, Secret Service agents, photographers, and news reporters are all there to hea ...

Author: Eoin Colfer

"Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony" is the fifth sensational book in the gripping "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer. Has criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl met his match? Until recently Artemis Fowl was the only human to ...

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Author: Lauren Henderson

When 16-year-old Scarlett Wakefield transfers from St. Tabby's to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, she is relieved that no one knows her dark, haunting secret. A few months ago, Scarlett was invited to an elite party with a gu ...

Author: Robert Muchamore

Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventur ...

Author: Kimberly Derting

Sometimes the Dead Can't Be Silenced.

Violet thought she had made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers . . . until she acquired an imprint of her ...

Author: Maryrose Wood & Jon Klassen

Thanks to their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf cubs now. They are accustomed to wearing clothes. They hardly ever howl at the moon. And ...

Author: Jane O'Connor

Almost everything about Valentine's Day is fancy . . . especially with Fancy Nancy!

Mystery is in the air when Nancy receives a valentine from a secret someone. Join Nancy as she follows the clues to find out who it ...

Author: Brian Selznick

Orphan, clock keeper, thief: Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. Combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Caldecott Honor artist ...

Author: Ellen Raskin

When an eccentric millionaire dies mysteriously, 16 very unlikely people are gathered together for the reading of the will--and what a will it is. A Newbery Medal-winning novel.

Author: Lauren Child

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome new creation from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child...Want to know more? Of course you do, bozo. Here's the low ...

Author: Richard Newsome

It's nearly Christmas. Gerald, Ruby and Sam are meeting up with Alisha and Gerald's Australian school friend Ox for two weeks of snowboarding in the mountains of California. It's a dream vacation for the world's youngest ...

Author: Thea Stilton

Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship!
In this exciting adventure, the Thea Sisters are off to Paris to visit Colette's fashion-designe ...

Author: Jamie Thomson & Dirk Lloyd

Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk's otherworldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to the Ring of Power given to her by Dirk, his minions recognize her as their ruler. Sooz immediately ...

Author: Richard Newsome

What do you do when you're a billionaire, you're thirteen and you've just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to pr ...

Author: Jill Hathaway

She sees through the eyes of a killer...Everyone thinks Vee is narcoleptic, but her secret condition is far more terrifying. When Vee passes out she slides into other people's minds and can see the world through their ey ...

Author: Anthony Read

This is the seventh title in a thrilling, fast-paced adventure series about Sherlock Holmes's gang of street-urchin detectives. There's been a murder at the racing stables and Gertie's father, Patrick, stands accused. Th ...