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The Hitwoman's Dying Wish by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaggie Lee is just doing the right thing when she drives her boyfriend to the hospital so that he can donate part of his liver to a stranger, but things quickly go wrong.On her way home, Maggie witnesses a car crash and rushes to try to help the driver, but he is dying... -
![Shattered Sky by Erin Hunter]()
Shattered Sky by Erin Hunter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnly shadows can clear the skyThe warrior Clans are facing an enemy more dangerous than they have ever known. Darktail and his band of rogues have seized ShadowClan's territory. Worse, many of ShadowClan's young warriors and apprentices have joined the rogues, forcing Rowanstar and a few loyal warriors to take refuge in ThunderClan... -
![The Silent Thaw by Erin Hunter]()
The Silent Thaw by Erin Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen the ThunderClan leader, Bramblestar, starts to behave oddly after losing one of his nine lives, suspicion quickly spreads across Clan borders. And after a strange apparition causes unrest in SkyClan and ShadowClan, each warrior must decide where their allegiances lie—with their Clan, or the warrior code itself... -
![Veil of Shadows by Erin Hunter]()
Veil of Shadows by Erin Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues! Discover more epic adventures in the third book in the action-packed Broken Code story arc.After losing one of his nine lives, ThunderClan’s leader, Bramblestar, became intent on rooting out and exiling cats he claims are traitors to the warrior code... -
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![The Hunt for the 100th Key by Geronimo Stilton]()
The Hunt for the 100th Key by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo unlocks the mystery in this fabumouse adventure -- which includes a bonus story! My sister, Thea, had discovered an enormouse old castle built by the founder of New Mouse City! She and Trap dragged me along with them to explore it. Inside, we found one hundred keys... but only ninety-nine doors to unlock...Categorized as:
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![Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro]()
Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure -- the brand new series Zoey and Sassafras has something for everyone! Easy-to-read language and illustrations on nearly every page make this series perfect for a wide range of ages.In the second book of this series, a forest monster shows up looking for help with an embarrassing problem and Zoey is sure it will be a simple fix... -
![Darkest Night by Erin Hunter]()
Darkest Night by Erin Hunter
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSkyClan has returned to its rightful place among the other four warrior Clans, hoping to find a new territory to call home. But not every cat is convinced that this is where SkyClan belongs—and the fate of all five warrior Clans remains uncertain... -
![Thea Stilton and the Mystery on the Orient Express by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Mystery on the Orient Express by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGeronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship!The Thea Sisters are boarding the famouse Orient Express for a journey from Paris to Istanbul! The train is on a special trip to return a precious wedding dress stolen years ago from an Istanbul museum... -
![The Last Black Cat by Eugene Trivizas]()
The Last Black Cat by Eugene Trivizas
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"It was a whisper at first. But then we knew. Black cats were disappearing. Silktail was the first. Then Whiny, Giuseppe, Rameses, Blackie, Lothario, and Bijou…" Island life had been good for the street cats—stealing fish, laying in the sun, singing under the stars. This is the story of dark deeds, cool cats, and The Society of the Superstitious... -
![Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoin Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters in this adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters are in Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival. The mouselets are having a great time -- until they learn that the festival is located on the side of a volcano that is about to erupt! No one else seems know about the danger...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of the Fairies by Thea Stilton]()
The Secret of the Fairies by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA magical world is in danger! The Thea Sisters are on their way. . . .Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters are on an expedition to the fantastical Land of Erin. While they are searching for a missing friend, they learn that the land itself is in peril! The mouselets are ready to help... -
![Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt]()
Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We’ll do it,” Callum said. “Of course we will,” I said. “Why would we not stalk the scary magician who might be trying to raise his son from the dead? For free?” Like it or not, when a sorcerer asks you to track a magician, you track a magician. It’s that or spend life as a hamster. So we did.But, turns out, the scary magician is the least of our worries... -
![Thea Stilton and the Star Castaways by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Star Castaways by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThea Stilton is out of this world!A professor at Mouseford Academy is organizing a trip to outer space, and the Thea Sisters are invited. The mouselings are headed on a fabumouse mission... to the moon! After much preparation, the mice blast off. But when they arrive at their lunar vacation spot, things start to go wrong, including spaceship wrecks and rebellious robots... -
![The Journey to Atlantis by Thea Stilton]()
The Journey to Atlantis by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn all-new hardcover adventure featuring Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters!At the beach by Mouseford Academy, one of the Thea Sisters discovers a mysterious boy with blue skin washed up on the shore. He speaks an unfamiliar language, so the Thea Sisters call Thea Stilton to help figure out how to communicate with him... -
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![Thea Stilton and the Secret of the Old Castle by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Secret of the Old Castle by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGeronimo's sister Thea Stilton narrates this action-packed adventure!When the Thea Sisters' friend Bridget returns to Scotland for a family emergency, the five mice offer to help... -
![Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGeronimo's adventurous sister Thea is taking the publishing world by storm in this fabumouse tale packed with action, mystery, and friendship. In this exciting adventure, the Thea Sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable doll is stolen from a wealthy Japanese collector... -
![Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGeronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship!Thea's friends the Thea Sisters take off for Australia to solve a mystery. A flock of sheep at Nicky's family's ranch is losing all its wool, and the ranch depends on the wool to stay afloat! Maybe the sheep's cure lies in an Aboriginal medicine containing a strange root... -
![River of Fire by Erin Hunter]()
River of Fire by Erin Hunter
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA shadow has fallen across the warrior Clans.The return of the long-lost SkyClan has ushered in a time of unprecedented change and upheaval, and one of the proudest warrior Clans is no more. ShadowClan has given up its territory. Its remaining warriors have joined SkyClan, and its former leader, Rowanclaw, has abandoned the name StarClan once gave him... -
![Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles]()
Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt should’ve been so easy… Blissful Breneaux has spent her career catching troublesome ghosts for a covert government agency. But all that changes the day she is fired. She has one shot to redeem herself— track down the biggest, baddest spirit the agency has ever known and haul him in. Too bad that ghost resides in the one place Blissful despises—Haunted Hollow, Alabama... -
![Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoin Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship!While Violet is taking an art class in the Netherlands, her friend's father mysteriously disappears! The missing mouse is a renowned botanist -- and his disappearance is linked to the rare black tulip. The Thea Sisters are eager to help find him... -
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fantasia III by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHoley cheese! Join Geronimo as he returns to the Kingdom of Fantasy for a third amazing adventure!In this 320-page, full-color hardcover adventure, Geronimo returns to the Kingdom of Fantasy when he learns that the Kingdom has fallen under an endless, freezing winter and the Queen of the Fairies is in danger... -
![The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty]()
The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhere have all the bedtime stories gone?One dark, dark night in Burrow Down, a rabbit named Eliza Brown found a book and settled down...when a Snatchabook flew into town.It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready for their bedtime story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief... -
![The Dance of the Star Fairies by Thea Stilton, Iacopo Bruno]()
The Dance of the Star Fairies by Thea Stilton, Iacopo Bruno
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Thea Sisters are on a magical adventure!The Thea Sisters' next adventure to the Kingdom of the... -
![Gobbelino London & A Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt]()
Gobbelino London & A Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Unicorns never were that bright,” I said. “That’s why they’re the only kind to stab their own entire species into extinction.”“Not quite the entire species,” Callum said.When a man from Callum’s past turns up at our door claiming to have lost both the last herd of unicorns in England and his sister, I knew it should be a hard pass. The past has teeth... -
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![The Chocolate Chase by Geronimo Stilton]()
The Chocolate Chase by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was spring in New Mouse City! I love to celebrate the season with my fellow mice by exchanging chocolate eggs and competing in a confectionary challenge. This year, there was also a special exhibition of priceless jeweled Mousebergé eggs in town. Then one of the Mousebergé eggs was stolen..Categorized as:
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![The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz]()
The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s even worse than having a snarky talking tabby as your best friend? When he inexplicably goes missing… Octo-Cat is gone, and all the evidence suggests that he was taken on purpose. With the growing number of people the two of us have put behind bars, it’s no surprise that someone’s out for revenge... -
![Cat Chase the Moon: A Joe Grey Mystery: The Joe Grey Mysteries, book 21 by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Chase the Moon: A Joe Grey Mystery: The Joe Grey Mysteries, book 21 by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeline P. I. Joe Grey and his friends pounce on three investigations that may connect to one larger mystery—including one case that is very personal—in this hair-raising installment in Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s beloved, award-winning seriesJoe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic when Courtney, their pretty teen-kitten goes missing... -
![Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton]()
Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo is on the hunt in this special edition adventure!Grandfather William was throwing me, Geronimo Stilton, a party -- it had been 10 years since I published my first book! He wanted me to write a new book especially for the occasion. Then my laptop was stolen right from under my snout... -
![Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.”—Kirkus Reviews“These Joe Grey mysteries will stay popular for many years to come.”—Tampa TribuneMystery fans and cat lovers alike rejoice... -
![The Way of the Samurai by Geronimo Stilton]()
The Way of the Samurai by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure!When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique... -
![Return of the Vampire by Geronimo Stilton]()
Return of the Vampire by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBreakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure! A mysterious old friend of Grandpa Frankenstein shows up one night on the doorstep of Cacklefur Castle. He's a vampire . . . and he needs the von Cacklefur family's help... -
![Mysteries According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney]()
Mysteries According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEEK-EEK-EEK! Mrs. Brisbane is missing! Humphrey has always investigated things, like why Speak-Up-Sayeh was so quiet and Tall-Paul and Small-Paul didn't get along, but this is a true mystery--Mrs. Brisbane is missing! She just didn't show up in Room 26 one morning and no one told Humphrey why. The class has a substitute teacher, called Mr. E., but he's no Mrs. Brisbane...Categorized as:
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![El tesoro de hielo by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton]()
El tesoro de hielo by Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGeronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this tale packed with action, mystery, and friendship!In this fabumouse adventure, the Thea Sisters head to Alaska, where they're attending a conference held by an important ecological association. Their host and his family are native Alaskans who show the mouselings their favorite games and activities... -
![This Hotel Is Haunted! by Geronimo Stilton]()
This Hotel Is Haunted! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEach Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.My good friend Hercule Poirat and I were called to investigate mysterious events in the famouse Grand Hotel in New Mouse City. There was a ghost haunting the hotel and scaring guests! It was wearing armor and carrying a ball and chain... -
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![Mouse in Space! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Mouse in Space! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor use in schools and libraries only. When an evil professor begins threatening New Mouse City with terrible inventions, Geronimo Stilton is enlisted by local authorities to embark on a top-secret mission to outer space to thwart a nefarious plot... -
![Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett]()
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all... -
![Сафари пун опасности by Thea Stilton, Теа Стилтон]()
Сафари пун опасности by Thea Stilton, Теа Стилтон
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsJoin Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on this adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters are in Kenya on a photo safari! The mouselets love exploring the magnificent landscape and learning about the animals on the reserve they're visiting... -
![Return of the Forgotten by Lisa Fiedler]()
Return of the Forgotten by Lisa Fiedler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLoyalties are tested and secrets are revealed in this third book of the epic animal adventure series set in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn, ideal for “fans of Erin Hunter, Brian Jaques, and Kathryn Lasky” (School Library Journal).Felina the cat queen may be gone, but the subway tunnels of Atlantia are still dangerous to all rodents who dwell within the twists and turns... -
![The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee]()
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation when his paintings imitate life too well by quacking, crawling, and erupting all over Paris.The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau is a 1988 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year... -
![Raccoon Racketeer by Molly Fitz]()
Raccoon Racketeer by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLooks like my new P.I. business has a bit of competition... from a sticky-fingered raccoon who'd just as soon rob his clients as help them. "I just finished KITTY CONFIDENTIAL last night... and wow, what a ride! I fell in love with Molly Fitz's fresh, zany voice on the first page... A delightfully fun ride... -
![Himalayan Hazard by Molly Fitz]()
Himalayan Hazard by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEver feel like your entire world has been turned on its head? That’s how I’ve felt ever since the gang and I found out that Nan has been keeping major family secrets stashed neatly away in the attic. What’s worse, she won’t stop talking about them now that they’re out in the open... -
![Ride for Your Life! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Ride for Your Life! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBreakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure!The fair has come to Mysterious Valley! Creepella is looking to forward a fun, thrilling day of rides and games with her family and friends... -
![Storm Chaser by Layla Nash]()
Storm Chaser by Layla Nash
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSophia Frazier only fights for money. With her life before age twelve a complete blank, the search for her identity and family carries a hefty price tag. She'll even take on a big bruiser like Atticus Chase for a couple of rounds if it means getting closer to figuring out who she is... -
![The Hunt for the Secret Papyrus by Geronimo Stilton]()
The Hunt for the Secret Papyrus by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere was a mystery in New Mouse City's Egyptian Mouseum! The Black Papyrus, an ancient document that reveals the secret of eternal youth, had disappeared. The mouseum's director asked me to help him find it. Yikes -- those Egyptian artifacts freak me out! Luckily, a secret agent came to our aid.. -
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![Cat Seeing Double by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Seeing Double by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRomance is in the air in the charming seaside village of Molena Point, California. Everyone is excited about the upcoming wedding of its chief of police to the lovely Charlie Getz, even cool feline detective Joe Grey. But the festivities are interrupted when two uninvited guests try to blow up the church... -
![Cat Fear No Evil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Fear No Evil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat's the perfect read for fans of New York Times bestselling mystery authors Lilian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown? This delightful ninth Joe Grey Mystery from award–winning author Shirley Rousseau Murphy.When antiques and valuables begin to disappear from residents' homes, Joe Grey, Feline Detective, knows that something is very wrong in sleepy Molena Point, California... -
![Cat Striking Back by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Striking Back by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Why is it, Joe, that you are always the one to find the body?"On a lovely moonlit night, while carrying a gift of mice to a litter of kittens, Joe Grey stumbles upon a murder scene. Behind an empty house, in an empty swimming pool, there's blood, the smell of human death, and drag marks. But there's no victim—and it's hard to prove a crime without a corpse... -
![Cat Bearing Gifts by Shirley Rousseau Murphy]()
Cat Bearing Gifts by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this latest entry in Shirley Rousseau Murphy's award-winning series, feline P.I. Joe Grey and his four-legged cohorts are plunged into a nightmarish mystery.On the way home from visiting their friend Kate Osborne, tortoiseshell Kit and her elderly housemates, Lucinda and Pedric Greenlaw, are hurt in a terrible car crash... -
![Terrier Transgressions by Molly Fitz]()
Terrier Transgressions by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m finally coming to terms with the fact I can speak to animals, even though the only one who ever talks back is the crabby tabby I’ve taken to calling Octo-Cat. What I haven’t quite worked out is how to hide my secret… Now one of the associates at my law firm has discovered this strange new talent of mine and insists I use it to help defend his client against a double murder charge... -
![Watch Your Tail! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Watch Your Tail! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo Stilton meets the Stone Age in this NEW spin-off series!Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot stars in the Cavemice series!Geronimo Stiltonoot wakes up to a terrible morning...
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