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Bones and the Cupcake Mystery

by David A. Adler
Bones and the Cupcake Mystery

Published 2005 by Viking Books
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Ideal for emerging readers, this third installment of a new series featuring Detective Jeffery Bones, written by the author of the popular Cam Jansen books, features easy-to-follow storylines, brief sentences, and visual clues within the illustrations. Full color.


CAM Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

by David A. Adler
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

Published 1997 by Puffin Books
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Howie Bowles, Secret Agent

by Kate Banks
Howie Bowles, Secret Agent

Published 1999 by Farrar Straus Giroux
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Mystery at the Club Sandwich

by Doug Cushman
Mystery at the Club Sandwich

Published 2004 by Clarion Books
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Lola Gale has lost her marbles--literally. Private investigator Nick Trunk is hired to find them. He's a very good detective, but this case is tough. The only clues are an ostrich feather and lots of peanut butter. Will Nick be able to solve this sticky crime? Illustrations.


Arthur Accused: A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book 5

by Marc Tolon Brown
Arthur Accused: A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book 5

Published 1998 by Little Brown and Company
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The Web Files

by Margie Palatini
The Web Files

Published 2001 by Hyperion Books
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Someone has pilfered a peck of perfectly pickled peppers. Ducktective Web and his partner Bill are hot on the trail, but this could be a hard case to quack as vegetables are vanishing all over the farm.


Nate the Great

by Majorie Sharmat
Nate the Great

Published 1986 by Putnam Publishing Group
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective

Published 1985 by Yearling Books
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A Civil War sword...



A watermelon stabbing...



Missing roller skates...



Atrapeze artist's inheritance...



And an eyewitness who's legally blind!



Theses are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answer to all the mysteries are found in the back!


Tough Cookie

by David Wisniewski
Tough Cookie

Published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers
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They call me a tough cookie. I guess I am. Came from a good family. Regular batch. Lots of dough. Lived the high life. Top of the Jar. They're all gone now. I hit bottom and stayed there. It was rough. Still is. But you get used to it. I'm a tough cookie.

Life's tough at the bottom of the Jar, except for this tough cookie. He can handle anything -- until Fingers drops in. Then it's a recipe for disaster. With only a handful of crumbs and his girlfriend, Pecan Sandy, to help, can Tough Cookie save the Jar?

DAVID WISNIEWSKI mixes this comedy crime caper with amazing cut-paper illustrations -- all the ingredients necessary for a most munchable mystery!

DAVID WISNIEWSKI is no mug when it comes to mysteries. In 1998, he revealed the real reasons for all the things adults tell kids to do in The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups. Without his incomprehensible disguises and screwball logic, children would never have known that vegetables once ruled the earth, that mattresses are living creatures, and that hair grows inward unless combed. Count your blessings!

Wisniewski now brings his investigative eye to Tough Cookie, a classic crime drama set in a cookie jar. After a year's research into cookies, Mr. Wisniewski is pleased to report that his pants are now large enough to house a circus and the entire state of Delaware.


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