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Vanishing act
John Feinstein
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Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player
2006; 279 p.; isbn:9780440421252 More Information |
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Eager
Helen Fox.
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Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family's new robot, Eager, is programmed to not merely obey but to question, reason, and exercise free will.
2004; 280 p.; isbn:0385746725 More Information |
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Coraline
Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others
2002; 162 p.; isbn:0380977788 More Information |
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The graveyard book
Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
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Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard
2008; 312 p.; isbn:9780060530921 More Information |
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Stepping on the cracks
Mary Downing Hahn
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In 1944, while her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret gets a new view of the school bully Gordy when she finds him hiding his own brother, an army deserter, and decides to help him
1991; 216 p.; isbn:0395585074 More Information |
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Tales of the cryptids : mysterious creatures that may or may not exist
by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young
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Describes animals and monsters whose existence is in doubt, providing information on where and when they were sighted, the research being done about these creatures, and their supposed physical characteristics and behaviors
2006; 72 p.; isbn:1581960492 More Information |
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Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship
told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; with photographs by Peter Greste
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Details through text and photographs the special bond shared by Owen, an orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise
2006; 1 v.; isbn:0439829739 More Information |
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Hannah West in deep water : a mystery
by Linda Johns
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Pre-teen sleuth Hannah West investigates an environmental mystery while staying in a houseboat on Seattle's Lake Washington
2006; 151 p.; isbn:0142407003 More Information |
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Hannah West in the Belltown Towers : a mystery
by Linda Johns
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Twelve-year-old Hannah West and her mother move into the swanky Belltown Towers in downtown Seattle, where a neighbor's stolen piece of artwork pulls Hannah into Seattle's thriving art scene and on the trail of a thief
2006; 170 p.; isbn:0142406376 More Information |
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Hannah West in the Center of the Universe
a mystery by Linda Johns
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Hannah finds herself in the middle of a dognapping mystery while she and her mother house-sit in Seattle's Fremond neighborhood, also known as the Center of the Universe
2007; 137 p.; isbn:0142407569 More Information |
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Hannah West on Millionaire's Row : a mystery
by Linda Johns
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Pre-teen sleuth Hannah West gets caught up in a mystery involving feng shui and missing antiques while housesitting in a mansion on Seattle's famed Millionaire's Row
2007; 154 p.; isbn:0142408247 More Information |
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The secret country
Jane Johnson ; chapter illustrations by Adam Stower
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Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds to sell on the black market
2006; 323 p.; isbn:1416907122 More Information |
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