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"Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad... until now. Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in the...
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Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A huge stone angel statue goes missing... an old map filled with cryptic messages about a Civil War era mystery is discovered... an ER doctor who disbelieves faith receives a stunning miracle... Come to Mercy Hospital in historic Charleston where every day is an adventure! Unexplainable events and puzzling circumstances bring together four friends from different walks of life, as they track down evidence and unlock baffling mysteries. Embark on fun...
4) Ill at ease
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Series
Publisher
Guideposts Books & Inspirational Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Evelyn Perry is delighted to be reunited with her old college friend, Julianna, after so many years apart. However, the circumstances are less than ideal when Evelyn learns that Julianna's husband, Charles, was admitted to Mercy Hospital after a terrible car accident that has put him in a medically induced coma. Evelyn can only be there for the woman and pray that he will get better. However, the morning the doctors decide to wake Charles, Julianna...
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"One spring evening, the town of Covenly gains three new residents, whose strangeness makes some of the other citizens uneasy. Hildegurp, Yuckmina, and Glubbifer set up shop, hoping for a fresh start and a new business: a pet store. Their first customer is nine-year-old Jessica Nibley, who has lost her pet goat and hopes the sisters can help track it down. But as they exit the shop, they discover a mangled note with missing pieces that suggests the...
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Series
Detective Gordon volume 5
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A Case with a Bang is the final book in the series of funny detective stories for early readers set in a friendly forest in which two determinedly fair police-retired-toad Gordon and the indefatigable mouse Buffy-solve the mystery and stop regularly to eat cake.
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old Martis, a young poet and bull leaper in training, is certain she was murdered. The prime suspect is the groom, Saurus, a barbarian from the Greek mainland, but when Arge?s Shade visits Martis, swearing Saurus is not her murderer, Martis vows to uncover the truth. As Martis begins asking questions, she discovers that while her...
8) Torn asunder
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Series
Maine clambake mystery volume 12
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend. Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster--so that treat is reserved for the rehearsal dinner. Julia is a little worried about the timing, though, as she works around a predicted storm. When a guest falls to the floor dead, it turns out that no one seems to know who he is, despite the fact that he's...
9) The vaquita
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Series
Wildes volume 2
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
Ring and Asia Wilde's wild life is anything but ordinary. Instead of attending school, they travel the world with their tutor and parents (scientists who work to protect endangered species). On their last adventure, they swung through the Amazon rainforest to save their mom from vile kidnappers--while defending the forest's population of golden lion tamarins. Now they're in Baja, Mexico--the Sea of Cortez to be exact--searching for the endangered...
10) Sanibel dreams
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Series
Shellseeker Beach volume 1
Publisher
Hope Holloway
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she's uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father's widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs. Eliza sees the trip to a place called Shellseeker Beach as a distraction from her loss, and maybe a way to get some closure on the difficult relationship she'd had with...
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Myrtlewood mystery volume 3
Publisher
Iris Beaglehole
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As the festival of Beltane draws near, mysterious fires are springing up around the magical village of Myrtlewood, and Rosemary Thorn can't help but try to solve the case. Rosemary already has too much on her plate with a hoard of foundling children to house and her own teenager to raise. On top of all this, she has run out of excuses. There's nothing standing between Rosemary and her dream of becoming a magical chocolatier. Well, nothing except...
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Series
A Pekin Dewlap mystery volume 1
Publisher
Acorn Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Pekin Dewlap hasn't seen a ghost since she was twelve. But she'd do anything to get them back. Starting a ghostbusting business with her two best friends, Amber and Scout, seems like the perfect way to accomplish her goal. Of course, playing with ghosts isn't high on their wish list, so Pekin has to do some arm-twisting to get them on board.
13) Celestial magic
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Series
Myrtlewood mysteries volume 4
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Rosemary and Athena's lives are thrown as the big Summer Solstice festival brings a series of mysterious events. Rosemary's chocolate shop plans are being waylaid by strange disappearances and uninvited visitors. Meanwhile, Athena is sure the astrological lessons at Myrtlewood Academy hold the key to unlocking the town's latest mystery, even if her mother doesn't want to hear about it. Can Rosemary and Athena manage to work together and cast aside...
14) Delectable magic
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Series
Myrtlewood mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Te Ra Aroha Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the lead-up to the Lughnasa festival, trouble is brewing in Bermuda. Rosemary has her hands full with the launch of her much anticipated magical chocolate shop. She's enjoying the peace and quiet of Myrtlewood and the last thing she wants to do is get involved in Bermuda witching politics. Athena, on the other hand, is dying for a tropical escape, especially when things take a turn for the strange and unusual where her powers are concerned leading...
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Series
A Joe Grey mystery volume 9
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When antiques and valuables begin to disappear from residents' homes, tomcat and feline sleuth extraordinaire Joe Grey knows that something is very wrong in sleepy Molena Point, California.