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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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![সাবাস প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray]()
সাবাস প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের তৃতীয় এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৫টি গল্প -১. আশ্চর্য প্রাণী (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২.স্বপ্নদ্বীপ (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)২.মরু রহস্য (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)৪. কর্ভাস (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৫... -
![The Double Helix by Trudi Trueit]()
The Double Helix by Trudi Trueit
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mystery deepens and the action intensifies for 12-year-old Cruz Coronado and friends in the exciting third book in the Explorer Academy series.The adventure continues for Cruz, Emmett, Sailor, and Bryndis as they continue their studies at sea and travel to exotic locations around the world...Categorized as:
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![Explorer Academy: The Star Dunes by Trudi Trueit]()
Explorer Academy: The Star Dunes by Trudi Trueit
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCruz, Sailor, Emmett, and the gang are on their way to Africa when Nebula misses their intended target and someone close to Cruz ends up on the brink of death. Secrets creep out from the shadows and leave Cruz with more questions than answers in this fourth title in the hit series...Categorized as:
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![Thea Stilton and the Missing Myth by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Missing Myth 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 on vacation in Greece, the Thea Sisters make friends with a company of actors. They are rehearsing for a show that's about to open--and Colette ends up standing in for an actress who falls ill! Suddenly, right before the performance, the lead actor goes missing...Categorized as:
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![Thea Stilton and the Hollywood Hoax by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Hollywood Hoax by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Thea Sisters are visiting a friend in sunny California -- and she invites them to the set of a movie in Hollywood! The mice love being around famouse and fabumouse directors and actors as they're working... -
![The Lonely Silver Rain by John D. MacDonald]()
The Lonely Silver Rain by John D. MacDonald
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Travis McGee is back in action and he is in fine, fine form....What a treat. It is John D. MacDonald's 21st Travies McGee book and, without reservaton, his best."THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNESearching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the international cocaine trade, and finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he's ever met... -
![The Mystery of the Golden Dragons by Paul Moxham]()
The Mystery of the Golden Dragons by Paul Moxham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you up for a thrilling adventure?While setting up camp on Windswept Island, the Mystery Kids get the shock of their lives when three strange men appear and kidnap the girls...Categorized as:
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![The Long Lavender Look by John D. MacDonald, Darren McGavin]()
The Long Lavender Look by John D. MacDonald, Darren McGavin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMcGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he's limping along the deserted road, someone in an old truck takes a few shots at him... -
![Time Thief by Carolyn Keene]()
Time Thief by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mystery for the history books! River Heights Elementary School has been waiting a generation for this day to come. All the kids in Mrs. Ramirez's class, including Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George, have gathered to watch Principal Newman dig up the time capsule that was buried over 30 years ago. But, when it's unearthed, a very important vintage doll is missing from the capsule...Categorized as:
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![Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness by Thea Stilton]()
Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Thea Sisters are off to Madagascar for Adventure Camp, a wilderness survival competition! The five friends love exploring and learning about the many plants and animals that live there...Categorized as:
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![The Loner by J.A. Johnstone]()
The Loner by J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost people have no idea that successful young businessman Conrad Browning is the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. And that's one secret he plans to keep--until his beautiful wife, Rebel, was kidnapped by a group of deadly bandits...Categorized as:
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![Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes]()
Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
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![The X'ed-out X-ray by Ron Roy]()
The X'ed-out X-ray by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile attending the Penelope Gwinn concert, Dink injures his arm. At the same time, the singer's diamond necklace is stolen. Could the two mishaps somehow be connected? And could Dink's X-ray be a clue? Illustrations...Categorized as:
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![The Deadly Dungeon by Ron Roy]()
The Deadly Dungeon by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDink's favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose for a sleepover--in a haunted castle! But as soon as the young detectives arrive, they start hearing screams behind the walls...Categorized as:
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![The Hunt for the Curious Cheese by Geronimo Stilton]()
The Hunt for the Curious Cheese by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's a curious case for Geronimo in this special edition adventure! Rancid ricotta! Something strange was happening in New Mouse City. Rodents were suddenly getting sick with stomachaches, hiccups, and weird green warts -- and it seemed to be related to cheese! We mice eat a lot of cheese, so this was serious. My detective friend, Hercule Poirat, asked me to help him investigate...Categorized as:
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![Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove: A Mystery with a Blinking, Beeping, Voice-Recording Gadget Glove You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith]()
Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove: A Mystery with a Blinking, Beeping, Voice-Recording Gadget Glove You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEinstein is running amok! Darwin is losing his head! The science museum in Half Moon Bay is in big trouble because its robotic replicas of history’s greatest scientists keep going kablooey! As 11-year-old amateur inventors Nick and Tesla Holt try to uncover the cause, they’ll need to keep adding all-new gadgets to their latest creation, a customized super-cyborg glove...Categorized as:
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![The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly]()
The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBatting second—book #2 in a brand-new early chapter book mystery series where each book is set in a different American ballpark! Mike and Kate are waiting for Kate's mom at a boring press conference in Yankee Stadium when the team official says something that makes Mike perk up his ears...Categorized as:
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![The Secret City by Chris Archer]()
The Secret City by Chris Archer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpies. Underground tunnels. Old maps. New enemies. Pirate oaths. Hidden treasure. Endless danger.This series has real boy appeal. It has a fast pace, adventure, international intrigue, and more.George is fascinated by his family's legacy, the stories that link his ancestors to the infamous pirate Captain Kidd. But for 12 years, everyone has told him the stories are rumors...Categorized as:
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![Unicorn Uproar by Carolyn Keene]()
Unicorn Uproar by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Great Unicorn Caper!Sparkle the unicorn has gone missing from the town's medieval festival. Did third-grade diva Destiny Delgado or the mischievous Toby Leo steal Sparkle? Or did the wand Nancy bought from the fortune-teller make Sparkle disappear? Once again it's up to Nancy, Bess, and George to look for clues and find the culprit...Categorized as:
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![Mall Madness by Carolyn Keene]()
Mall Madness by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack-to-school shopping spree!The Clue Crew is headed to the mall! They are ready to shop till they drop for new school supplies. First the Pencil Box for glittery notebooks. But right away it looks like the girls have a back-to-school mystery on their hands. Money is missing from the Pencil Box's cash register, and all fingers point to the clerk, Rodger...Categorized as:
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![Princess Mix-up Mystery by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan]()
Princess Mix-up Mystery by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Princess Mix-up Mystery , Nancy Drew and her friends must uncover a stinky plot at the local princess makeover beauty parlor...Categorized as:
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![Mission Defrostable by Josh Funk]()
Mission Defrostable by Josh Funk
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur favorite breakfast food friends are back and all bready for their next adventure! Can they save the fridge before all the food is iced? It’s mission . . . defrostable.“And now with the two of you out of the fold, I’ve got my revenge and I’m serving it cold!” Brrr! There’s a frost in the fridge—and it’s hardened Pudding Pond and frozen Yogurt Falls...Categorized as:
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![The Halloween Hoax by Carolyn Keene]()
The Halloween Hoax by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoo! The Clue Crew is in for a fright! It's Halloween in River Heights! The girls can't wait to go trick-or- treating and are busy getting their costumes ready. They also can't wait for the Halloween special of their favorite TV show. They even get the chance to visit the TV studio while the show is being taped! But soon after they arrive, Nancy is spooked...Categorized as:
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![Ticket Trouble by Carolyn Keene]()
Ticket Trouble by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat fun is a fair with no tickets? River Heights Elementary is throwing a fall festival! It promises to be full of fun games, great food, and amazing amusement park rides -- even a roller coaster! All of the kids in River Heights, including Nancy, George, and Bess, are very excited and have been working hard to earn extra money for festival tickets...Categorized as:
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![She Wore Mourning by P.D. Workman]()
She Wore Mourning by P.D. Workman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dead child.A mother deep in mourning.Private Investigator Zachary Goldman’s life isn’t all roses, but he tries to put his own shattered life behind him to investigate the death of five-year-old Declan Bond.Declan’s death has been ruled an accident, but his grandmother thinks there is more to it... -
![First You Run by Roxanne St. Claire]()
First You Run by Roxanne St. Claire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAN UNSTOPPABLE BODYGUARD ON THE HUNT. A WOMAN HIDING A SECRET EVEN SHE DOESN'T KNOW. A PASSION THAT BEGINS WITH DANGER.... Bullet Catcher Adrien Fletcher is on a mission to track down a baby given up in a black market adoption thirty years ago. He has a list of possible names and one tantalizing clue: the infant girl had been marked with a tiny tattoo... -
![The Quicksand Question by Ron Roy]()
The Quicksand Question by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsQ is for Quicksand...Everyone in Green Lawn is in a quake about the ducks that keep crossing River Road. Just when the town raises enough cash to build a special duck bridge, the money is stolen! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on a quest to find the culprit. But to catch their quarry, the kids will have to go wading..Categorized as:
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![Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity]()
Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKevin Kerney, ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives and ex-rancher is working as a seasonal forest ranger in the Gila Wilderness and banking his pay toward the down payment on a small ranch. Despite the county militia's planting pipe bombs on hiking trails, Kerney looks forward to a quiet summer in the high mountains... -
![Blue Heaven by C.J. Box, Roberta Maresca]()
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box, Roberta Maresca
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder---four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children’s fate... -
![The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang by Hans Jürgen Press]()
The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang by Hans Jürgen Press
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour mysteries are solved by a group of children known as the Black Hand Gang... -
![Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker]()
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRough Weather (Spenser Mystery)A high society wedding ends unhappily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser—“the timeless hero of American detective fiction” (The New York Times Book Review)... -
![The Final Judgment by Richard North Patterson]()
The Final Judgment by Richard North Patterson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA young man is brutally murdered. His distraught girlfriend is the prime suspect. Her aunt, Caroline Masters, about to take up a top job in the US Court of Appeals, decides to defend the young woman in the murder trial... -
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![Resolution by Robert B. Parker]()
Resolution by Robert B. Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFeatures the main characters first introduced in Appaloosa- now a major motion picture from New Line Cinema. A greedy mine owner threatens the coalition of local ranchers in the town of Resolution, pitching two honorable gunfighters, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, into a make-shift war that'll challenge their friendship -and the violently shifting laws of the West... -
![The Ninth Nugget by Ron Roy, David Pittu]()
The Ninth Nugget by Ron Roy, David Pittu
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsN is for Nugget...Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are spending a week at a dude ranch. Everything is normal in a cowboy kind of way–until Josh finds a huge gold nugget! Just as they are deciding what to do with their newfound riches, the nugget disappears...Categorized as:
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![The Orange Outlaw by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney]()
The Orange Outlaw by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsO is for Orange. . . . An art thief is on the loose! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink's Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. A trail of orange peels, a missing pie, and an orange hair are the only signs that someone was there. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty--and hungry--crook? From the Trade Paperback edition...Categorized as:
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![The School Skeleton by Ron Roy]()
The School Skeleton by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsS is for Skeleton. . . .It’s a bone-afide mystery at Dink’s school. Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. Soon mysterious clues are showing up all over the school. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest...Categorized as:
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![The Panda Puzzle by Ron Roy]()
The Panda Puzzle by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThere's pandemonium in Green Lawn! The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . -
![The Zombie Zone by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney]()
The Zombie Zone by Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited to vacation in the Louisiana bayou. But the small village they visit has a scary problem. The villagers tell stories of voodoo and a giant zombie with silver hair who has been digging up graves in the cemetery. Can the tales be true? Illustrations...Categorized as:
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![Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett]()
Nightmare Town: Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIntroduced by Colin Dexter, one of England's greatest writers of detective fiction, here are twenty long-unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and one of the finest writers of the twentieth century.In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart...Categorized as:
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Mandie and the Ghost Bandits by Lois Gladys Leppard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMandie and her friends unravel the mystery of the missing gold...Categorized as:
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Color Tour by Aaron Stander
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's a tranquil October morning in northwest lower Michigan, a rural paradise of cherry orchards, blue lakes, and sandy shorelines. The serenity of the day -- and the season -- is shattered when an elderly woman walking her dogs along the beach stumbles upon the bodies of a brutally murdered couple... -
![Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin]()
Phoebe and The General by Judith Berry Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring the Revolution, Phoebe Fraunces has a chance to save the life of General George Washington while he has dinner at Mortier House in New York City...Categorized as:
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![The Mystery of the Singing Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner]()
The Mystery of the Singing Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Aldens' cousins, Joe and Alice, move into a house that their neighbors say is haunted...Categorized as:
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![The Goonies by James Kahn]()
The Goonies by James Kahn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's summer in the small seaport town of Astoria and The Goonies are restless. Big developers threaten to take over the town. Then Mikey finds an old pirate map and the kids take off to find the loot that can save their neighborhood. But they never counted on skeletons with swords, a booby-trapped underground passage and the murderous ex-con, all of whom want the Goonies' head. Take the oath... -
![The Case of the Stinky Stench by Josh Funk]()
The Case of the Stinky Stench by Josh Funk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Uncle,” Crossaint said, “the fridge is in trouble! A mystery stench turned a whole shelf to rubble! I’m the last hope or the fridge will be lost! Help me or else we’ll be cooked, served, and sauced...Categorized as:
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![The Chocolate Sundae Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner]()
The Chocolate Sundae Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Aldens are excited to work at Mr. Brown's ice cream parlor. But on their first day, an angry customer storms out, and then each night ice cream disappears from the freezer! With a rival ice cream truck attracting the store's old customers, will the Aldens be able to save Mr...Categorized as:
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![Mandie and the Mysterious Bells by Lois Gladys Leppard]()
Mandie and the Mysterious Bells by Lois Gladys Leppard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the bells in the steeple of the big downtown church in Asheville suddenly begin ringing at the stroke of midnight, Mandie and her friends have a new mystery to investigate. The unscheduled bells and bizarre writings on the outside walls of the church have the townspeople upset. Mandie determines that whoever is vandalizing the house of the Lord must be discovered and brought to justice...Categorized as:
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![Mayflower Treasure Hunt by Ron Roy]()
Mayflower Treasure Hunt by Ron Roy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDINK, JOSH, AND RUTH ROSE are spending Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They can't wait to see the sights and have a Thanksgiving dinner just like the Pilgrims would have eaten. Then the kids learn about a sapphire necklace that went missing on the real Mayflower...Categorized as:
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