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21) Circle of fire
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charleston, New Hampshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1724, twelve-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Carolina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachel's stepmother.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1868, twelve-year-old Emma and her widowed mother move to a tiny mining town in Colorado Territory to start a newspaper, but someone is determined to scare them away.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 19
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Rose sets out to prove her brother's innocence when he is accused of shooting a politician during a Wild West show performance in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 21
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nearly every society and culture has stories of "monsters, " beasts that are said to populate the remote regions, and whose existence is the subject of controversy. Some are familiar, like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Others, like mermaids, have been categorically dismissed. But some have been found. There are squid that reach lengths of 100 feet or more. The Komodo dragon, living on a remote island in Indonesia, has deadly saliva, a nasty disposition,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this second Family History mystery, a professional genealogist realizes the family history she's tracing may be repeating itself after her client's son-in-law turns up dead. When genealogist duo Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier are hired to trace the family tree of Olivia Clement, they think the job will be an easy one. But then Olivia's son-in-law is murdered. As the investigation begins, an ill wind of suspicion sweeps through the small town...
37) Dead in a flash
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2016.
Edition
First Pocket Books paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Genealogical gumshoes Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier give new meaning to the old saying “keep the home fires burning” when their investigation into a long-ago house fire leads to a modern-day murder.
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