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Detective and mystery stories Friendship Juvenile fiction Jews United States Fiction Jews United States Juvenile fiction Minnesota History 19th century Fiction Missing persons Fiction Mystery and detective stories San Francisco (Calif.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Swedish Americans Fiction World War, 1939-1945 United States Juvenile fictionErnst, Kathleen
Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM ErnstErnst, Kathleen
Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM JONO'Dell, Kathleen
Summary: In 1970's San Francisco, Julie is excited to take care of Ivy's talking parrot while her friend is on vacation, but strange things are happening at Ivy's house and an old friend of Julie may be to blame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ODEBerne, Emma Carlson
Summary: When her friend Leah's grandfather has a rare and valuable orchid stolen and her own grandfather ends up as a suspect, Melody enlists the help of her cousin Val, and Leah herself, in finding the real thief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BERErnst, Kathleen
Summary: As the war continues into May 1945, eleven-year-old Molly finds herself pulled in many different directions trying to cope with her troubled father's return from war, the abrupt resignation of her favorite Red Cross volunteer, a scrap-paper drive, and a mysterious neighborhood prowler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant 2006
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Caroline worries that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor, but when strange things start happening at Abbott's Shipyard Caroline wonders if a spy, either someone she has known all her life or Papa's long-lost friend, is responsible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J FIC ERNHart, Alison
Summary: During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HARJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity runs the household while her mother and siblings are away, but is distracted by her horse's ill health, two strangers in town, and the fear that a box of family heirlooms is haunted. Includes historical information about life in colonial Williamsburg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform at the very theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Ocǎne, but as she and her friend Cčile help out backstage, they make disturbing discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J FIC BUC1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUC
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREReiss, Kathryn
Summary: Visiting a ranch and commune in California Gold Rush country, Julie stumbles on a mysterious message that hints at long-lost treasure and she endeavors to find it before trouble shows up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2017
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Summary: While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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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 REICalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, and when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CALReiss, Kathryn
Summary: During the Great Depression, aspiring reporter Kit Kittredge uncovers a mystery surrounding a secret room in the rundown mansion owned by elderly Miss Mundis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC REIReiss, Kathryn.
Summary: After Rebecca meets a new family in her New York City apartment building and helps watch their fussy baby while they are moving in, she becomes convinced that they have been victimized by the kidnappers that have been operating in their neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC REIBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: While visiting an old castle in England, Samantha and Nellie solve mysteries involving a ghost and some missing rare books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 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