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1) Nate the Great and the pillowcase

Author

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

Description

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Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.

2) Mike's mystery: #5

Author

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Series

Boxcar children volume 5

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

3) Sugar cookie murder: a Hannah Swensen mystery

Author

Fluke, Joanne

Series

Hannah Swensen mysteries volume 6
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 6

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Appears on list

Cozy Reads

4) The haunted hotel

Author

Roy, Ron

Series

A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 8

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

Description

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When the guests of the Shangri-La Hotel are scared away by a white-haired female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery.

5) The bald bandit

Author

Roy, Ron

Series

A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 2

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

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Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.

6) Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops mystery

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Cam Jansen mysteries. Main series volume 15
Cam Jansen adventure volume 12

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

Description

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When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric go the music store at the mall for the latest CD by the Triceratops Pops band, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.

7) Nate the Great saves the King of Sweden

Author

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Series

Nate the Great volume 19

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

Description

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As Nate the Great sets to work on his first international case, he searches for a lost "something" and saves the King of Sweden from a troublesome traveler.

8) The lucky lottery

Author

Roy, Ron

Series

A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 12

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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Dink and his two friends help Lucky find the culprit who stole Lucky's winning lottery ticket.

9) The mystery of Alligator Swamp: #19

Author

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Series

Boxcar children specials volume 19
Boxcar children mysteries volume special 19

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Description

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While they are visiting bayou country, Benny sees something in the swamp that no one can explain, and he's not the only one to see it.

10) The case of the dumb bells

Author

Bonsall, Crosby

Series

I can read book

Pub. Date

[1966]

Language

English

Description

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Four boys install an old telephone in their clubhouse, and then investigate the mystery of the ringing doorbells.

11) A game called chaos

Author

Dixon, Franklin W

Series

Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 160

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

12) Nate the Great and the Owl Express

Author

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Series

Nate the Great volume 24

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

13) Young Cam Jansen and the ice skate mystery

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Young Cam Jansen mysteries volume 4
Puffin easy-to-read. Level 2
Cam Jansen adventure
Viking easy-to-read

Language

English

Description

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When her friend Eric loses the key to their locker at the ice skating rink, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.

14) The mystery of the stolen boxcar: #54

Author

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Series

Boxcar children volume 49

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

Description

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The Alden children plan to ride in their boxcar at the Greenfield Founders' Day Parade, but the newly refurbished boxcar is stolen a couple of days before the big event.