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Twins Theo and Alexander along with their sister Wil are abruptly dropped off at their Aunt Saffronia's house, where they learn they must complete a series of tasks in order to see their parents again, the first of which is solving a mystery at the Fathoms of Fun waterpark.
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Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mystery and possibly saving a child's life . . . if he can manage to expose himself, and his secret guilt to the outside world.
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Max and Josie have been best friends since kindergarten, but everything changes when Josie goes missing the summer after fifth grade, and Max finds a note in Josie's handwriting that says, "No matter what anyone tells you. I'm real." He sets out to find what happened to Josie and uncover the truth about the mysterious "whatnots." But someone wants to keep Josie away from Max and will stop at nothing to ensure they never see each other again.
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When he arrives in Egypt on what is supposed to be a vacation with his uncle Jasper, Sam Force learns that Jasper is missing and wanted by the police. Sam sets off, following a trail of clues Jasper left behind, but he must compete with the mysterious group of men following close on his uncle's trail. Sam and his new friends Hadi and Mary use Egyptian history to lead them to Jasper before it's too late.
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When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because guess what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But something even stranger is happening in Area 51--aliens are going missing. Where could they be? How come everyone thinks sky and her uncle are involved...
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Overweight and non-athletic, twelve-year-old Hale may have been born and raised to be a spy for the Sub Rosa Society but it seems he is unlikely to become a Field Agent until his parents are captured by the evil League and Hale sets out on a solo mission to save them.
13) The magic box
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Ten-year-old Max Monroe teams up with the ghost of his great-uncle Larry, a former private detective, to solve a mystery for magician Marty the Magnificent.
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Having returned from his adventures in Egypt, Sam Force is itching to get out of his boarding school once again in order to find his long-lost parents, who he has learned are not actually dead. However, his uncle Jasper has forbidden him from leaving until he can go with him. When someone from his Egypt adventure shows up on his doorstep though, Sam knows he can't wait to go to Belize on the next quest. Thankfully, his friend Mary Verulam has a plan....
18) Rooftoppers
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When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."
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Things are not quite right in Neary Heights, people are going missing, garden gnomes seem to be multiplying, and Stan could swear he hears the pitter-patter of tiny feet behind him when he walks through the neighborhood. As Stan begins to wonder if these strange happenings are somehow related, all the garden gnomes take on screaming faces. Can he figure out what is going on with these nightmare gnomes before it's too late?
20) Hold fast
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On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.