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Author
Series
Lock and key (Ridley Pearson) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Moira Moriarty calls upon the clever Sherlock Holmes, her brother James's roommate at school, to help solve the mystery of her father's death, leading them to a secret sect, a rare jewel, and a friendship torn asunder.
Author
Language
English
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"It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his favorite songs, there's shaving cream in the sink every morning, and the TV keeps flipping to the Duke basketball games he loved. She knows Mama notices it too, but Mama's been working around the clock to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Annie Lee's friends ditched her over the summer. She feels...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Middle Zone Mysteries
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When Lizzie and Gael share an irresistible challenge, to find the peacock ring that once belonged to artist Frida Kahlo, Paloma decides it is the perfect way to honor her father.
Author
Series
Monsterstreet volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Max Bloodnight can't decide what's more terrifying about his weekend in Wolf County--the fact that he has to stay with grandparents he's never met before or being stuck on a farm without cell service. If only that was all he had to fear. Determined to solve the mystery of his father's death, which occurred years before at the claws of a legendary werewolf, Max must hunt to uncover the truth before the full moon rises . . . and the werewolf strikes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was "Dona Nobis Pacem," "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. But a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide...
6) Eb & flow
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."--
Ebony and De'Kari (aka Flow) do not get...
Author
Series
Katie McCabe series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
How do you survive the worst thing that can ever happen?
When thirteen-year-old Katie McCabe's dad gets sick and is hospitalized, she's sent to live with her uncle in a strange town. But within days of arriving, her dad unexpectedly dies.
Struggling with her new reality, Katie is lost. She doesn't fit in at her new home and never will.
It only gets worse when Katie begins to have run-ins with the son of the man who owns the town-a dangerous man...
Author
Series
Lock and key (Ridley Pearson) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Before James Moriarty and his sister Moria enrolled in Baskerville Academy, they were inseparable--as close to best friends as a brother and sister could be. But since setting foot on the boarding school's campus, James has been different. At Baskerville, he's become cunning, deceptive, ruthless, sometimes reckless. And now that his roommate Sherlock Holmes has been expelled, there's no one left to help Moira figure out what's going on with her brother...
11) Ravenous things
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Reggie is still grieving the passing of his father when a strange man promises to reunite the two, if Reggie only follows him deep into an underground subway system where horrors worse than Reggie ever imagined lurk around every corner"--
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365 volume 12
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Cal Ormond travels to Ireland in search of the final clues to his father's death. He must reach the Ormond Singularity before the stroke of midnight. In the final days of this deadly 365-day countdown, it is clear that any second could be his last.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
On New Year's Eve, 15-year-old Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a deadly warning, "They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days". Hurled into a life on the run, with a price on his head, the fugitive is isolated and alone. Hunted by the law and ruthless criminals, Cal must somehow uncover the truth about his father's mysterious death and a history-changing secret. 12 books, 12...
15) Soar
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Eddie is starting seventh grade and trying to impress Gabriella, the new girl in town. The annual seventh grade Science Symposium (which Dad famously won) is looming, and Eddie is determined to claim the blue ribbon for himself. With Mr. Dover, the science teacher who was Dad's birding rival, seemingly against him, and with Mouton, the class bully, making his life miserable on all fronts, Eddie is determined to overcome everything and live up to...
16) The journey
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to have to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? A mother and her two children set out on such a journey; one filled with fear of the unknown, but also great hope. Based on the author's interactions with people forced to seek a new home, and told from the perspective of a young child.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 9
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Cal teams up with Boges to plant a listening bug in Oriana's house to extract vital information.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 8
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Buried in a coffin, Cal's chances of survival are running out as fast as the air around him. Thanks to his unknown attackers, he's lost the Jewel and the Riddle, and now his life hangs in the balance. Six feet under.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
To grieving Jasmine, Maddie's a rich kid with no problems. To lonely Maddie, Jasmine is all cavalier cool in their tame Connecticut town. True friends they are not. Yet each hopes the other might save her. Can Maddie give Jasmine what she needs? Could Jasmine rescue Maddie from the outskirts of the crowd? When Jasmine steals Maddie's heirloom ring, just how far will she go to keep it? In alternating chapters, Maddie and Jasmine take turns weaving...
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Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 7
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
How can Cal find out more about Piers Ormond's will if he is stuck on a fishing boat after becoming indebted to the captain. If he can find his great-aunt Millicent he may have a better chance of finding the will. But should he expose another relative to danger?
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