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Andy Carter's summer in a small Midwestern town takes a turn when he's blamed for a barn fire and sentenced to work for a grumpy old man in a mysterious mansion. Once owned by the vanished magician the Red Knave—accused of a 1954 murder—the mansion holds secrets Andy can’t ignore. As he investigates the decades-old mystery, Andy navigates small-town suspicion, unlikely friendships, and a growing fascination with magic to uncover...
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It's a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground, but Jake likes it that way--dark and uncertain. For a junior detective like Jake, standing up to bad guys is a piece of cake. After all, she's the only detective at Sacred Kidney Elementary with a hard-earned badge to her name. But just as Jake and her sidekick Sterling prepare to face off against the biggest bully in school, there's a scream from inside the library. The kids are sure they heard Miss...
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"Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a fish out of water. She's spending the summer with family friends in their huge house on Martha's Vineyard, and the vibe is definitely snooty. Still, there are beautiful beaches, lots of ice cream, and a town full of fascinating Black history. Plus a few kids her age who seem friendly. Until the shocking death of a teenage boy. Was it a drowning? A shark attack? Or the unthinkable -- murder? Kaylani is determined...
6) Up in smoke
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After Cooper King is pressured by big brother figure Jason to go on a looting spree during a local march, the unthinkable happens: gunshots ring in the air and someone ends up dead. After Cooper flees, the news shows four teens in ski masks near the scene of the murder -- Cooper and his friends. Cooper fears the cops will come knocking at his door, and the pressure only mounts when a suspect is taken into custody: Jason. Monique, Jason's sister and...
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"Bee is reluctantly attending Camp Blue Heron over the summer while her mother teaches a summer course. Bee doesn't make friends easily, but she feels an immediate connection to a fellow unusual camper called Zippy who lets her in on a mystery: every night the teenaged girls in the Hawks cabin are given fresh batteries, but in the morning the batteries are all dead! The girls are supervised and there's no evidence that they snuck out the door, but...
9) All ears
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Resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy is on the case to find a missing African elephant and clear his friend Xavier of vandalizing a bulldozer in protest of a builder ruining a beloved piece of land they call TurtleTown.
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Seventeen-year-old Jodi Dillon, the outsider in an exclusive high school group, is caught between loyalty and self-preservation after the mysterious death of a former friend, as strange events and unsettling truths begin to unravel about the group's dark secrets.
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"Bonnie Montgomery (as her case-cracking alter ego Montgomery Bonbon) has been tasked with delivering a priceless diamond to Adderstone Manor, the home of retired master thief Fergus Croke. The plot thickens faster than a good roux when Croke is found dead hours later, and every one of his four protégés is suspected of the dirty deed. But when everyone is a crook, how does even the great Bonbon know where to begin? With the help of Grampa Banks...
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Opal Watson is a young detective who loves solving mysteries, from lost pets to missing objects. After returning to Chicago from New Orleans, she's nervous about starting school and dealing with her Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease. Opal is paired with a new student, Ivy, for a history project, but she's more focused on her friends, cousin Frank and best friend Madison. When Madison hears strange noises in their apartment building,...
16) Billions to burn
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Twelve-year-old African American Zeus embarks on a treasure hunt to find his grandfather and uncover the secrets that destroyed his grandfather's printing company during the Harlem Renaissance.
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"9:48 AM. Math class. Marlowe Middle School. Life isn't easy on the streets, er, hallways of Marlowe Middle School. Luckily, private eye Maya Mendoza never stops paying attention. She knows who is passing notes in class. Spots which teacher wore shoes a half-size too tight. And she certainly notices when her former best friend Jordan suddenly stops talking to her. Then, the legendary Contraband Closet is robbed. Every Hotwheels car, spray paint canister,...