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Series
Smashie McPerter volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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When Room Eleven's beloved pet hamster, Patches, goes missing, Smashie and her best friend, Dontel, launch an investigation to bring the thief to justice--but they discover that there may be more than one secret to be uncovered.
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Baseball genius volume 1
Publisher
Jeter Children's/Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump."--
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Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Someone's stealing the squirrel's nuts, and it's up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief. Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant -- someone small, fast, and clever -- to help solve this terrible case. Then Detective Gordon would be able to go back to doing what he's best at: thinking, eating cakes, drinking tea, and stamping important papers.--
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One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
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National Archive hunters volume 1
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"Ten-year-old twins Ike and Iris race to find the thief stealing valuable historical artifacts before their family is framed for the crimes."--
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All the wrong questions volume 1
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.
10) Framed
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Swindle mysteries volume 3
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Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them--and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them, it is up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal them in 1671, or someone else entirely.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials. Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goes—with her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in tow—on a fabulous private railway coach headed for the English seaside. Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom,...
13) The grave thief
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Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Twelve-year-old Spade is a grave thief. With his father and brother, he digs up the recently deceased to steal jewels, the main form of trade in Wyndhail. Digging graves works for Spade--alone in the graveyard at night, no one notices his limp or calls him names. He's headed for a lifetime of theft when his father comes up with the audacious plan to rob a grave in the Wyndhail castle cemetery. Spade and his brother get caught in a royal trap, and...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 72
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When a celebrated goldsmith from Hawaii creates a necklace for a famous actress, rumors that the necklace is about to be stolen prompt Geronimo Stilton's investigation to identify the thief.
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Bowser and Birdie novels volume 1
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Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 65
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Asked by a Bollywood star for help protecting a valuable ruby, Geronimo Stilton and Hercule Poirat are inadvertently cast in the actress's film in spite of limited acting skills and are horrified when an anonymous thief makes off with the ruby.
18) Geronimo on ice!
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Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 71
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When Geronimo Stilton learns someone wants to steal the antique silver skates being offered as a prize in Mouse Island's annual winter Ice Skating Championships, he races to uncover the mysterious thief and save the prize.
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Calling upon only the BRAVEST detectives with the STRONGEST noses--do you dare to scratch 'n' sniff and help solve this foul mystery?! There's been a robbery at the Museum of Very Bad Smells! Somebody stole the world-famous rotten egg ... and everybody is a suspect. It's up to YOU to help sniff out the culprit and bring the prized exhibit back before the museum's grand opening."--
20) Ben rides on
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Ben rides his new bicycle the very, very long way to school but Adrian Underbite, perhaps the world's largest third-grader, takes the bike anyway and later, when Ben finds Adrian in trouble, he must decide whether or not to help the larcenous bully.
