With the markings of a map of the world on his fur, Jill thinks her new dog Fletcher is an excellent candidate for show and tell. But when the class rabbit mysteriously disappears, Fletcher isn't such a hit anymore ; in fact, he's the prime suspect!
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All of the beloved characters are back in the ninth mystery in this popular series. This time the 13-year-old sleuth is up against a cat burglar – literally! Cats are disappearing and Sammy is finding some of them in neighborhood garbage cans – dead! Miss Kitty, a local psycho cat lady, blames Sammy. Meanwhile, there’s something fishy going on with one of the students from Slammin' Dave's Pro Wrestling School that just opened up next door to Sammy’s friend Holly. If that isn’t enough, Sammy’s mother reveals that her true birth date is a year off, so she isn’t really turning 14 and Sammy discovers that she actually shares her birthday with archenemy Heather Acosta. Is it another year of unlucky 13 or is this the year Sammy’s luck will finally change?
The tenth mystery in the popular Sammy Keyes series offers more spirit and adventure than ever! Sammy accidentally makes a deadly mistake, but all clues point to her nemesis Heather, and she gets blamed. As Sammy struggles with her conscience – she should confess, but there’s a certain justice in Heather finally getting what she deserves – she gets distracted helping an ailing senior citizen in her fight against urban renewal. There’s a local council member who seems to be on both sides of the issue, and neighborhood vandalism that could be a clue to what’s really at stake. While Sammy’s trying to sort out those truths, her own haunt her, along with her feelings for Casey, Heather’s brother, who she’s agreed to attend the Farewell Dance with on a “non-date.”
Tired of the abuse that he's suffered because of bully Bubba Bixby, fifth-grader Nolan Byrd allows his inner super hero to emerge, inspired by a class project. Shredderman is born, and Nolan springs into action, armed with a computer, a cleverly concealed digital camera, and his own top-secret Web page, Shredderman.com. This clever story kicks off a series of fun-filled first chapter books.
Will the secret identity of cyber-hero Nolan Byrd be revealed before he can uncover the true graffiti bandit? Fast-paced fun continues in this second, satisfying adventure of Shredderman!
Fletcher is upset when someone tries to ruin the masked ball celebrating the opening of a new park. Everything seems to point to the young park ranger who's always getting mysterious calls on her cell phone, but Fletcher is sure she's innocent.
Can Fletcher's trusty nose sniff out the real culprit?
The principal has promised to read aloud from the school's roof if the students read 1000 books during their reading marathon. When he agrees to read a story by Fletcher's owner Gwen, she is thrilled - until the principal starts sneezing uncontrollably as he's reading her science fiction story about aliens who live on rooftops and make humans sneeze! Can Fletcher and Jasper solve the mystery before the principal falls off the roof and Gwen gets blamed?A Live Oak Media audio production.
In this adroitly woven tale of suspense and the supernatural, Christina and her Uncle Ralph forge a reluctant but touching relationship when the young girl spends the summer in his isolated Victorian mansion. The two come together on a ghost hunt that may be linked to murders that took place in the house thirty years earlier.
Twelve-year-old Amy knows there's some connection between Aunt Claire's old dollhouse in her great-grandparents' attic and a deadly family secret from years ago. Aunt Claire seems upset about the dollhouse, which is a replica of the house they're in, but she's not talking.
Then Amy discovers that the dolls, who look like her relatives, move! They seem to be trying to tell her something, but Aunt Claire refuses to believe her, or answer any questions. Can Amy unravel the mystery and liberate her aunt from her burden? This fast-paced adventure is a solid, suspenseful story sure to appeal to young mystery lovers.
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What do you do when it seems like everyone in your family has done something magnificent-everyone, that is, except you? That's Andy's problem. So when his class visits an Egyptian exhibit, he figures it'll be just another field trip. But he's wrong, because somehow a mummy's spirit seems to have given him a weird magic power. Suddenly, Andy's magnificent-all he has to do is wish for whatever he wants! But Andy soon learns to be very, very careful of what he wishes for...
Fifteen-year-old Bobby thinks he knows what it's like to be invisible-he's used to being ignored by the popular kids at school (especially the girls). Even his parents hardly seem to notice whether he's home or not. Then one morning, Bobby wakes up to find that he IS invisible. For real. He can't stop wondering if he'll ever reappear-especially when his parents wreck their car and wind up in the hospital. Now Bobby is all alone. How can he survive in a world where he can't be seen? One thing's for sure: Bobby's not going to just wait around to see if his body will decide to show up again on its own. He's got to take action. Fast.
In this, the second Unlikely Exploit, Fergal McNally's brain, last seen in a pickling jar in the basement of the Sacred Heart Hospital, is stolen, and the remaining McNally children are mysteriously drawn to Fishbone Forest and the forgotten crumbling mansion which lies at its heart. Here they meet the terrifying teddy-bear-clutching Mr. Maggs who is planning to make sweeping changes to the world, which is all rather unlikely, isn't it?
