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Shelby Holmes is not your average sixth grader. She's nine years old, barely four feet tall, and the best detective her Harlem neighborhood has ever seen-always using logic and a bit of pluck (which yes, some might call bossiness ) to solve the toughest crimes.

Super sleuths Shelby Holmes and John Watson must survive an overnight Halloween stakeout while investigating a local apartment building, where residents hear an unearthly dog's howl at night.

"Alex Cross's son Ali is an accomplished mystery-solver and #1 bestseller. A crime at a concert near his school sparks his newest investigation, and it gets dangerous fast. Sometimes it's good to have a father in the detective business"--Publisher's marketing.

Randi Rhodes and her friends are heading back to Brooklyn to solve another mystery.

"In this graphic novel for early middle readers, mysterious raccoon-like Moon Creatures are discovered on an island in the Pacific Northwest."-- "In this illustrated middle-grade novel, fifth in the Tank and Fizz series, a goblin detective and technology-tinkering troll get tangled up with a sea creature, a dangerous band of kobold pirates and a blaze fairy who may be up to no good."--

Headmasters behaving badly! When four former headmasters arrive at Highcrest Academy to take part in the school's anniversary celebrations, the students are warned to be on their best behaviour. Unfortunately, no one told the headmasters to stay out of mischief too! Which means Friday Barnes soon has a case to solve. But unravelling the truth isn't easy when the whole school is being forced to eat paleo because the cook is on a diet; her best friend's...

"Ellie is a 12-year old vampire that loves solving mysteries, but is afraid of ... everything. She's afraid of spiders, lakes, and loud noises 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 second book in the series, Ellie must overcome her fear of clowns (and hatred of garlic) to solve the mystery of the missing sunscreen ... before she ends up with permanent...

"Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper,...

Twelve-year-old Mary Frances "Frankie" Jackson has been sent to California for the summer to live on a houseboat with her Aunt Roxy. There's one catch-she can't get in trouble, or it's back to New Jersey and juvenile detention camp. Too bad that days after arriving at the houseboat community, Frankie is accused of animal cruelty (killing a cat) and has two weeks to prove her innocence. In the process, she gets to know all the eccentrics on the dock....

It's two years later... Friday steps out of prison, a shell of her former self. She's still wearing the same brown cardigan, but she swears she's never solving mysteries again! Yeah right - who is she kidding? She can't suppress her brilliant deductive mind and is soon drawn back into the intrigues of Highcrest Academy. Then Uncle Bernie rings, pleading with Friday to fly to Italy and help him protect the Uffizi Galleries from a team of art thieves...