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Sometimes the Truth is Stranger than Fiction
(Adults)
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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison...But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever"--
3) Cougar clues
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Young sleuths Abbi, Lydia, and Daniel are excited to search for clues of a cougar near Abbi's home, but they soon discover something more might be going on.
Author
Series
Blight Harbor volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Evie Von Rathe discovers that the ghosts in Blight Harbor are disappearing, she teams up with a young ghost named Lark and ventures into the Dark Sun Side, where she unravels a personal mystery and battles with shadow creatures to reach the Nighthouse and release the trapped souls.
Author
Series
SpongeBob SquarePants mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The Bikini Bottom community theater is on its last days, so when someone starts sabotaging the production of a new play, Detective SpongeBob SquarePants and his new partner Sandy Cheeks step out of the spotlight and into the shadows to discover who is responsible.
Author
Series
Pigeon private detectives volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a thief steals the prized painting from the Museum of Food Art in the middle of the night, the Pigeon Private Detectives take on the case and break down clues, while still taking time to indulge in a sweet treat from Mama Pigeon.
Author
Series
Tangled mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-olds Sloane and Amelia embark on their first paid detective job to find a time capsule buried on the grounds of Cedar Point Amusement Park, but encounter opposition from a vengeful schoolmate, the park manager, and a ghostly figure.
Author
Series
The Misfits volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer. She used to lie a lot, but not anymore. Seriously, she only tells the truth now. Even though she hadn’t wanted to come to Marble Island in the first place, now she doesn’t want to leave. It's the truth. With her mom and new baby brother home from the hospital, it's almost time for Harriet to pack up and head home from Marble Island and all the friends she's made. But Harriet doesn't...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Lilac. The bard songs say that she's the world's most fearsome bounty hunter. That there's no criminal she can't catch, no mystery she can't solve. None of that is true. Yet. In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But the Lilac has set her goals on becoming the best bounty hunter in the Thirteen Kingdoms--and when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter...
13) Haunted holiday
Author
Series
The sinister summer volume 5
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Following the clues left behind, Theo and Alexander find themselves at Siren's Song Seaside Amusement Park, where they must work together to escape, stop their newfound nemesis Essa, save Wil and their friends, and find their parents.
Author
Series
Chicken Squad volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Chicken Squad is on the case when their beloved human, Barbara, goes missing around the same time they hear a report of a headless bear on the loose.
15) Detective Duck
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, and her pond animal pals investigate puzzling mysteries caused by human disruptions to their habitat.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 161
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are excited to learn more about raptors when they volunteer at a rehab center for wild birds, but not long after they arrive, a series of strange events makes it seem like someone might be trying to sabotage the center.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jillian thinks there's a ghost in her basement. King and Kayla know that ghosts aren't real, but what is making that dark shape and that scary noise? King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Thor and Jillian's house. King LOVES sleepovers. They're his favorite thing! And he particularly likes Jillian's basement, because animals are allowed on the furniture. But Jillian and Thor are afraid to go downstairs because there's big, dark blob that goes...
Author
Series
Great Shelby Holmes volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nine-year-old Shelby Holmes and eleven-year-old John Watson team up again, this time to investigate the new science teacher at the Harlem Academy of the Arts.
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