The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
by Jeanne Birdsall
Published 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375840906

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THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating--and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster.... More...

Elvis & Olive
by Stephanie Elaine Watson
Published 2008 by Scholastic Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780545031837

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Natalie and Annie become friends and decide to spend their summer spying on their neighbors, using the code names Elvis and Olive. What begins as a game turns serious after their findings are revealed to the neighborhood--and the girls discover unexpected things about each other. More...

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
by Trenton Lee Stewart
Published 2008 by Little, Brown Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316057806

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In this sequel to "The Mysterious Benedict Society," the fabulous foursome is back with a new mission. With the puzzles, games, and irrepressible sense of adventure of his first book, Stewart delivers a heartfelt, high-speed trip around the world. Illustrations. More...

Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure
by Jill Santopolo
Published 2008 by Orchard Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780439903523

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Fourth-grader Alec Flint is practicing to be a super sleuth. After his dad, a local police officer, tells Alec that the Christopher Columbus exhibit has gone missing from the town museum, Alec is on the case. Illustrations. More...