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• A Royal Conundrum

  Yee, Lisa,

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  An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.

• The Liars Society

  Gerber, Alyson,

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  Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mystery of Locked Rooms

  Currie, Lindsay,

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  Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  A painting has been stolen...! When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Olivetti

  Millington, Allie,

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  Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.

• Find Her

  Reno, Ginger,

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  Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing.

• Spy Ring

  Durst, Sarah Beth,

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  With codewords and secret signals perfected, best friends Rachel and Joon are ready to spend their summer practicing spycraft, especially if they can uncover secrets like the one Joon's parents have been keeping, that his family is about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sherlock Society

  Ponti, James,

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  Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fowl Play

  Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell,

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  Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dark Skies Mystery

  Hicks, Deron R.,

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  It's 1942, and the United States is at war. Henry Hamilton is an inquisitive twelve-year-old who dreams of being a reporter. Pursuing a story for his school newspaper, Henry's investigation soon leads to a mysterious room inside his town's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Library

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Minerva Keen's Detective Club

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  Twelve-year-old Minerva Keen forms a detective club to uncover who is poisoning residents of her storied Chicago apartment building, knowing that any one of her neighbors could be the poisoner--or the next victim.

• Just South of Home

  Strong, Karen,

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  Twelve-year-old Sarah is finally in charge. At last, she can spend her summer months reading her favorite science books and bossing around her younger brother, Ellis, instead of being worked to the bone by their overly strict grandmother,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse

  Vaught, Susan, 1965-

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  When the cops show up at Jesse's house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he's the #1 suspect in the missing library fund money case. With the help of her (first and only) friend Springer, she rounds up suspects (leading…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Winterhouse

  Guterson, Ben,

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  Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.

• The Parker Inheritance

  Johnson, Varian,

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  Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wolf Keepers

  Broach, Elise,

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  Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango lives in a zoo, spending her days taking note of the animals' behaviors, then she meets runaway Tyler Briggs and together they investigate the wolves who are suddenly dying.

• The Detective's Assistant

  Hannigan, Kate

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  In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Book Scavenger

  Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss,

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  Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. Her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger, a game where books are hidden all over the country and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Greenglass House

  Milford, Kate

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  At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's…Read moreRead more of this annotation