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• The Deadly Daylight

  Harrier, Ash,

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  When twelve-year-old Alice, who receives messages from the dead, discovers a man with a deadly sunlight allergy was murdered, she and the victim's niece work together to uncover the truth.

• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

  Miller, Chanel,

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  Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat.

• Olivetti

  Millington, Allie,

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  Olivetti gets a rare glimpse of action from Ernest's mom, Beatrice--his used-to-be most frequent visitor--only for her to drop him off at Heartland Pawn Shop and leave him helplessly behind. When Olivetti learns Beatrice has mysteriously gone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall

  Standish, Ali,

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  When young Arthur Conan Doyle is o-ffered a spot at Baskerville Hall, a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children, he is elated at being chosen--and being given a chance to turn his family's fortunes around. There, Arthur makes quick friends…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Library

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

• The Jules Verne Prophecy

  Schwarz, Larry,

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  When a mysterious book by the beloved writer Jules Verne falls into the hands of three unlikely friends, they begin a treasure hunt adventure through Paris.

• The Swifts

  a Dictionary of Scoundrels

  Lincoln, Beth,

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  Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure. She's excited to finally meet her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Undercover Latina

  De León, Aya (Novelist),

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  In her debut for younger readers, Aya de León pits a teen spy against the ominous workings of a white nationalist. Fourteen-year-old Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín hails from a family of spies working for the Factory, an international organization…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pathfinders Society. The Mystery of the Moon Tower

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  Kyle is a new kid in town who likes to draw. Vic is a cool cheerleader who's secretly a math whiz. Quiet Beth is a history buff, while goofball Harry likes performing magic tricks, with the help of his patient wingman, Nate. Five kids unlikely to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Premeditated Myrtle

  Bunce, Elizabeth C.,

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  Introducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart 12-year-old with a keen interest in the new tools of criminology and a nose for murder in the Victorian English village where her father is the local prosecutor.

• Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer

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  When ten-year-olds Shirley and Jamila meet, Jamila is simply hoping for a friend in her new neighborhood but Shirley is a detective and together they seek a missing gecko.

• Tornado Brain

  Patrick, Cat,

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  Things never seem to go as easily for thirteen-year-old Frankie as they do for her sister, Tess. Unlike Tess, Frankie is neurodivergent. In her case, that means she can't stand to be touched, loud noises bother her, she's easily distracted, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

  Chari, Sheela,

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  This tech-filled adventure series pits intrepid Mars Patel and his outcast friends against a brilliant, enigmatic billionaire as they race to figure out why kids are disappearing from their school.

• The Strangers

  Haddix, Margaret Peterson,

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  Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone--ages 12, 10, and eight--investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world.

• The Harlem Charade

  Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia, 1971-

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  Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• York. the Shadow Cipher

  Ruby, Laura,

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  In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.

• Book Scavenger

  Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss

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  Emily's love of solving puzzles turns into a real-life mystery featuring a secret book, an intricate game, and bad guys out to get her.

• Serafina and the Black Cloak

  Beatty, Robert, 1963-

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  n 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

• Greenglass House

  Milford, Kate

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  A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery .

• Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

  Grabenstein, Chris

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  Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.