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""The world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth" (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their...
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"Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. "A church is a wonderful place for a wedding," muses Flavia, "surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar." Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the...
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"Based on a true story--Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality police shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she gets the best grades), and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be his assistants and together they draw up lists of people...
6) Ali Cross
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Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former detective and FBI agent Alex Cross. While solving some of the nation's most challenging crimes, his father always kept his head and did the right thing. Can Ali have the same strength and resolve? When Ali's best friend Abraham is reported missing, Ali is desperate to find him. At the same time, a string of burglaries targets his neighborhood, and even his own house. With his father on trial for...
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"On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this...
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Sherlock Sam volume 3
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[2017]
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Introducing the SHERLOCK SAM series by A.J. Low--a fresh, cross-cultural twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, tailored for middle-grade readers. Set in iconic Singapore locations, the series follows the mystery-solving exploits of smart, observant, food-loving 10-year-old Samuel Tan Cher Lock (a.k.a. Sherlock Sam), Watson, his reluctant robot sidekick, and the rest of the Supper Club (a "Scooby Doo gang," of sorts) as they prove that mysteries...
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[2016]
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Introducing the Sherlock Sam series by A.J. Low-a fresh, cross-cultural twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, tailored for middle-grade readers. Set in iconic Singapore locations, the series follows the mystery-solving exploits of smart, observant, food-loving 10-year-old Samuel Tan Cher Lock (a.k.a. Sherlock Sam), Watson, his reluctant robot sidekick, and the rest of the Supper Club (a "Scooby Doo gang," of sorts) as they prove that mysteries...
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[2016]
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Introducing the Sherlock Sam series by A.J. Low-a fresh, cross-cultural twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, tailored for middle-grade readers. Set in iconic Singapore locations, the series follows the mystery-solving exploits of smart, observant, food-loving 10-year-old Samuel Tan Cher Lock (a.k.a. Sherlock Sam), Watson, his reluctant robot sidekick, and the rest of the Supper Club (a "Scooby Doo gang," of sorts) as they prove that mysteries...
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Scaredy bat volume 1
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[2019]
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First paperback edition.
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"Ellie is a 12-year old vampire that loves solving mysteries, but is afraid of ... everything. She's afraid of the dark, heights, and what's under the bed - to name a few. But with a little courage and help from her friends, Ellie just might achieve her dream of becoming a REAL detective. In this first book in the Scaredy Bat series, Ellie must overcome her fear of spiders to solve the mystery of the frozen vampires and save the royal wedding. But...
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City spies volume 5
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"The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist."--
17) Harriet spies
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[2023]
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"Harriet Wermer investigates more mysteries during her stay on Marble Island"--
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Ali Cross volume 2
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2021.
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First edition.
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Ali Cross is following in his father Alex Cross' footsteps as a detective. A crime at a concert near his school sparks his newest investigation, and it gets dangerous fast. When Ali sees a friend get hurt, he's the best person to find out who did it. Even if he's only a kid. After all, he's Alex Cross's son. Solving crimes runs in the family.
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Sherlock Sam volume 1
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[2016]
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English
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Auntie Kim Lian's precious Peranakan cookbook has disappeared, and Sherlock Sam and his trusty robot, Watson, must find it.
20) Mic drop
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2021.
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There's been another murder on The Tri, and the block's best detective duo are on the case.
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