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2) Tangleroot
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When eighteen-year-old Noni moves to Tangleroot plantation in rural Virginia for her mom's new position as a college president, she uncovers long-buried secrets of the town's racist past and present.
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"I mean, how could that even happen? Who told the gang about the money? And those Bronx accents, that's another thing. Did the men really come all the way to little old Prescott . . . from New York City . . . to execute a perfect kidnapping? Then there's the mystery man who arrives late to the party. Who is he and what's his role? Is he the elusive mastermind, or is it someone else? (Just the idea of it gives Kathy a headache.) Is he the one responsible...
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"An odd message arrives on Kathy's cellphone: 'Pirates are operating out here and they're dangerous. I can't prove it, not yet, but I need your help. Please call asap.' Tom asks, 'You know this guy?' Kathy replies, 'Beauford Bradley? Never heard of him!' It's the beginning of an exciting new adventure, one that taxes the mystery searchers in ways they couldn't even imagine. Beau Bradley--surrounded by two dozen fellow workers--has vanished into thin...
9) Find her
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Heidi Hoover--star reporter of 'The Daily Pilot' and good friend of The Mystery Searchers--opens a letter addressed to the 'World's Best Reporter.' Inside is an intriguing four-line poem, a quatrain, that reads: 'Search for a crime on Dead Man's Pass, A secret run at the midnight hour. But beware of a dangerous few, Engaged beside the granite tower.' Wow! Who could have sent the letter? And why? Is it real--or fake? Time for a winter visit to the...
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Summer in the OBX sees pro surfers from around the world come to Kildare Island to compete. For Kiara, who has been in training, it is a challenge she is willing to accept, but for Pope, John B, and JJ, it means being jealous of the pro surfers Kiara flirts with. Then, one of the pros winds up dead on the beach, but Pope, Kiara, and their Pogues think someone murdered him.
14) Race to the show
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Max, Liz, and Chen learn the truth behind the strange activities going on in the school and join Miss Graph in pulling off the greatest surprise in school history. Includes phonics decoding strategies.
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Paige, a girl who loves random facts--such as wombats' cube-shaped poop and the fact that the planet known now as Uranus originally was called George--is told by her new neighbor, Penn, there is a monster lurking around the neighborhood. Paige knows monsters are not real, and sets out to prove Penn wrong--fact by fact, if she has to. However, even someone like Paige can be surprised.
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"On their last, delicious day of horseback riding at the Flying W Dude Ranch, the mystery searchers spot soaring turkey vultures--nature's garbagemen--in the distance, slowly descending. 'It's dinnertime!' Kathy quips as the foursome races over to check out a deep ravine. Little do they know that they're about to step into a century-old legend--the Legend of Rattler Mine--that's far more perilous than it first appears. Does it really exist? If it...