Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARRoy, Ron
Summary: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are enjoying a visit to San Francisco when Holden, their college-age tour guide, is accused of abducting Miss Chinatown from the Chinese New Year parade and stealing her valuable crown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2011
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Summary: While trying to find a way for her elementary school to help fund the seabird rescue following an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, Julie investigates the theft of rare guitar. Includes a "Looking Back" essay about benefit concerts in the 1970s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2011
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Summary: "After thwarting the ghost cell's chemical attack in Chicago, Q and his stepsister Angela arrive in San Francisco to continue their parents' concert tour. They find themselves helping Boone and the S.O.S. team in the final showdown with the ghost cell and its leader, Number One"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SMIBertman, Jennifer Chambliss
Summary: Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BERReiss, Kathryn.
Summary: In 1970s San Francisco, Julie and her best friend Ivy learn about Chinese immigration in the early twentieth century when they investigate a mysterious doll theft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC REIReiss, Kathryn.
Summary: In 1977 San Francisco, Julie wants to be just like her new friend Carla, until she discovers that Carla is either in big danger or telling big lies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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Summary: Nancy, Bess, and George visit the Hollywood set of the movie "The Aliens Next Door", and try to solve the mystery of the missing leading cat star, Fluffington.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KEEHahn, Dee
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Spade is ... 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 Spade must find the master of the Woegon: a deadly creature that is stalking the castle by night. Along the way, he meets Ember, the queen's niece, and together they race to solve the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Canada 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAHLee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)
Summary: In in 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Cousins Kate and Mike visit Kate's father, a baseball scout for the Dodgers, in Los Angeles just as a series of suspicious events lead him to think that someone is trying to steal his scouting reports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BPM 3Lacey, Josh.
Summary: Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LACManushkin, Fran
Summary: When Katie Woo and Pedro find a treasure map at the beach the wind snatches it away, and they chase after it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANJohnson, Varian
Summary: "When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young African American woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding the letter writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JOHJohnson, Varian
Summary: Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHMcNeil, Gretchen
Summary: Izzy and her family welcome foreign exchange student Alberto into their home, but after a series of mishaps and coincidences, and with a serial killer on the loose, Izzy begins to suspect Alberto is not who he seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Traveling to Paris in 1907 with Grandmary and the Admiral, Samantha and her adopted sister Nellie suspect that someone is trying to harm their beloved grandfather and stop his secret government mission. Includes a glossary of French words and an "Inside Samantha's World" essay about tourism and international tensions in Europe in the early 1900s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCStilton, Thea
Summary: Taking a road trip to San Jose along Route 66 while stopping in Chicago, St. Louis, and other iconic cities, the Thea Sisters are dismayed to learn that an unknown saboteur has wiped a special video game project off of a programmer friend's computer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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Summary: While staying at the Crooked House, the family home of their housekeeper Mrs. McGregor, the Aldens try to solve a riddle that will lead them to a hidden treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: When their favorite author fails to arrive as scheduled to speak at the local library, the Alden children investigate how he could board a train and never be seen again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARTravis, Lisa
Summary: "Rustle. Crunch. Rustle. Crunch. Something creeps by Jess' window in a Thai hill tribe village. Whatever it is sounds close enough to touch. The wind blows. Pebbles scatter. A shadow slithers th[r]ough the moonlight. What is this mysterious creature doing slipping into the jungle every night? Jess and Nong May are determined to find out."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Pack-n-go Travis 2019Steele, Michael Anthony
Summary: When an ancient Greek crypt at the Gotham City Museum of Natural History is opened unleashing mythological monsters, the Mystery Inc. gang team up with Batman and Batwoman to battle the creatures and uncover the super-criminal behind the mayhem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STEJagger, T. P.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JAGSpringer, Nancy
Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021