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4) Two time
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English
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Sam Aquillo—ex-boxer, ex-corporate executive, and accidental hero of The Last Refuge—can't seem to stay out of trouble. All he really wants to do is hammer a few nails into his ramshackle cottage, drink a great deal of vodka, and hang out with his dog, Eddie. But when a car bomb outside a trendy waterfront restaurant kills a prominent financial consultant, injuring Sam and his lawyer friend, Jackie, he is drawn into the investigation. Where the...
Author
Series
Brixton Brothers volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.
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Series
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English
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When the body of herdsman Sean O'Farrell was discovered in one of the farm buildings, Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more than happy to cast one of the local farmers, Gordon Hillcock, in the role of chief suspect. After all, it is a well-known fact that there was no love lost between Gordon and the victim. And besides, Den has a little grudge of his own, Gordon is currently dating Den's ex-fiancé Lilah and was actually the reason she dumped him...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.
11) About face
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Series
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English
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A socialite asks Guido Brunetti to investigate a murder that happened in the underworld surrounding southern Italy's garbage dumping grounds.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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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"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Could the Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger contain clues about the string of recent arson fires plaguing the city. And will Emily and James uncover the mystery before the arsonist comes after them?
Author
Series
All the wrong questions volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.
15) Lake of secrets
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Having arrived in her mother's home town to try to find her long-missing brother, who disappeared three years before she was born, fifteen-year-old Carlene finds herself haunted by memories from a past life.
16) The last refuge
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Language
English
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Description
Sam Acquillo is at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parents ramshackle cottage in the Hamptons, Sam has abandoned his friends, family and a big-time career to sit on his porch, drink vodka and stare at the Little Peconic Bay. But when the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub it seems like Sam is the only one who wonders why. Burned-out, busted up and cynical, the ex-engineer, ex-professional...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Scooby-Doo and his friends from Mystery, Inc. investigate when the legendary headless horseman haunts the area near the Ruppscupper cabin at the same time that the heir to the Ruppscupper estate returns home after years of absence.
Author
Series
Brixton brothers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
19) Framed!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
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