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Mystery Chapter Books

Great mysteries for older kids.

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Book cover for "The mystery of the ivory charm"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Nancy Drew determines whether an ivory elephant charm really protects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvement of a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysterious scheme.
Book cover for "The name of this book is secret"
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Secret series volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
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Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy visit a haunted hotel on Halloween, but once inside they realize that they have seen plenty of people going in and none coming back out.
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While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
Book cover for "The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog"
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Hank the Cowdog volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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While investigating a murder on his ranch, Hank finds himself as the number one suspect. Hank heads for the hills and becomes an outlaw, where he is befriended by band of coyotes. Then they unveil a plan to raid Hank's ranch.
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Ottoline volume 1.
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Ottoline Brown and her best friend Mr. Munroe create a clever plan to solve the disappearance of several lapdogs and a string of daring burglaries in Big City.
Book cover for "The secret of the old clock"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Nancy Drew has to help Mr. Crowly's friends find his missing will, before the evil Topham family steals his full inheritance.
Book cover for "The smuggler's secrets"
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5 stars
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During the War of 1812, Caroline finds evidence that someone is smuggling precious supplies to the British and fears that the traitor may be her own uncle. Includes an "Inside Caroline's World" essay about smuggling during the War of 1812.
Book cover for "Thea Stilton and the blue scarab hunt"
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4.8 stars
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An ancient treasure is in danger! The Thea Sisters have been invited to Egypt to participate in a fabumouse archeological excavation. They are helping to look for the legendary ancient Treasure of the Sun! A precious blue stone scarab may be the key to their search, and they work enthusiastically to uncover the past. But they also discover that thieves are after the hidden treasure. It's up to the Thea Sisters to stop them.
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Sisters Grimm volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Although filled with anger over her parents' disappearance, eleven-year-old Sabrina Grimm-- along with her grandmother, sister, and several fairy-tale characters-- tries to discover who has killed her teacher.
Book cover for "Utterly me, Clarice Bean"
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When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.
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3.5 stars
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"For over forty years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people (including a dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge, a bookie, a burglar, and a bomber) who are invited to the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the game. All they have to do is...
Book cover for "Who cloned the President?"
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KC discovers that the President of the United States has been replaced by a clone and sets out with her friend Marshall, on a dangerous mission to set things right.
Book cover for "Who could that be at this hour?"
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4.7 stars
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Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.
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5 stars
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Wilma Tenderfoot, a ten-year-old orphan who lives at Cooper Island's Lowside Institute for Woeful Children, dreams of escape and of becoming the apprentice of the world-famous detective Theodore P. Goodman, whose every case she follows devotedly in the newspaper.
Book cover for "Write your own mystery story"
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Examines mystery writing, from how to get started to learning the tricks of the trade.