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(Fictitious character) De Luce, Flavia Fiction Child detectives Child detectives England Fiction Child detectives Fiction Child detectives Juvenile fiction Friendship Friendship Juvenile fiction Lost and found possessions Fiction Mystery and detective stories Washington (D.C.) Juvenile fictionPatterson, James
Summary: Alex Cross knows it's only a matter of time before his son finds his way into more trouble. When Ali and his friends witness a crime, Alex wants Ali to stay away from the investigation. But Ali can't do that.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: This summer, Tasembo just wants to chill. But that's not an option when it's a scorching day on the Reservation and the Ice Cream Man is a no-show. In an attempt to impress his crush by solving the mystery, Tasembo joins forces with his neighbor, Nuseka, and his dog, Billy Jack, to take on their first case as the Rez Dog Detectives. With twists around every corner, this case won't crack itself,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literati Press Comics & Novels 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JUDGoerz, Gillian
Summary: "Jamila Waheed does not want to spend her first summer in a new neighborhood at science camp when she could be shooting hoops at the local basketball court. And Shirley Bones is looking for a summer of freedom too. When the two girls meet, they quickly figure out a solution for each other's predicaments: Their moms agree to let them spend the summer together, hanging out on the basketball...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GOECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GOEBowling, Dusti
Summary: Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month. But when her teacher's lunch bag is taken and Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing, can this perceptive detective crack two cases at the same time?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC BOWPatterson, James
Summary: Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to Ali Cross, the best-selling mystery that introduced readers to detective Alex Cross' son. In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: JFIC PATBowling, Dusti
Summary: "Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWBradley, C. Alan
Summary: "The world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth" (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRAPatterson, James
Summary: Alex Cross' son, Ali, is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the mystery?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATJennings, Terry Catasús
Summary: Dom is excited to join her friend, Steph, for a mini vacation. They are going to visit Steph's grandmother in Virginia, where Dom hopes they can continue to have a lot of fun adventures. As soon as they arrive, they find that Gran's neighbors have lost their goat. There are some mysterious footprints near the goat pen that lead to the marsh. Dom decides to use the methods of her favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC JENPatterson, James
Summary: "Alex Cross. The brilliant DC detective who never gives up on a case. Ali Cross. The tenacious kid who's determined to follow in his father's footsteps. The case that finally gives him a chance. Ali knows Gabe Qualls better than anyone, so when his friend goes missing, Ali jumps right into action. Being Alex Cross's son has taught him the skills he needs to solve the mystery: intelligence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PATDeutsch, Stacia
Summary: When their friend Tina Maria Carlos tells them her family is moving away because their house is haunted, the Makers (Michael, his cousin Liv, and their friend Leo) set out to investigate--Liv believes the ghost is real and wants to prove it, but Michael is convinced that someone is creating a clever illustion, and he wants to know how and why.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DEUSpencer, Octavia
Summary: On a trip to New York City to visit Randi's aunt, the ninja detective trio explores Randi's old neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they uncover an art heist involving Fabergé eggs. Except no one will believe them. So they'll just have to catch the criminals in the act...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION SPEHaddix, Margaret Peterson
Summary: "Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends--even though their parents are business rivals. They also found hidden boxes of secret letters, which led them to unravel mysteries about kids from the 1970s. But when they started Mystery Solvers Inc., they didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADMcMann, Matt
Summary: When her small town is rocked by a series of baby kidnappings, Teo vows to spend her summer break solving the mystery, and convinces her friend Logan--who would much rather spend his vacation relaxing--to help. Their search for answers soon leads them to the woods at the edge of town, and Teo fears some kind of supernatural creature might be behind the snatchings. What else could explain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCMSouders, Taryn
Summary: Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball has left them a treasure map in her will. Grady's dad dismisses the map, but with his friends, Grady is determined to crack the clues and find the treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SOUCotugno, Katie
Summary: "Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COTAnappara, Deepa
Summary: "Based on a true story--Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality police shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she gets the best grades), and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANADixon, Franklin W.
Summary: Frank and Joe attempt to foil a ruthless espionage ring in their effort to sabotage the United States space program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1965
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIXBuckley, Michael
Summary: As the fairytale detectives race through the Book of Everafter searching for their baby brother, they encounter various characters including the Editor and his army of Revisers, who threaten the children with dire consequences if they continue to change the stories
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCStarmer, Aaron
Summary: "It's the first day of the fourth grade at Arthimos Elementary and things are already off to a strange start--poisonous cookies, a zipline disaster, a missing iPad, and what are those strange sounds coming from the school custodian's wheelbarrow? Luckily the Prime Detectives--Abby "the Abacus" Feldstein, Cameron "Cam" McGill, and Gabriel "Gabe" Kim--are on the case! Using arithmetic, geometry,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Odd Dot 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STABradley, C. Alan
Summary: "Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. "A church is a wonderful place for a wedding," muses Flavia, "surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar." Flavia is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRABradley, C. Alan
Summary: ""The world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth" (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Bradley 2018Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M BRAPatterson, James
Summary: "Ali Cross and his friends chase police cases while Ali is caught up in a debate about policing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATFromental, Jean-Luc
Summary: Sad, old Mr. Maximus comes to see Miss Cat at the old dairy she uses as an office. Someone has kidnapped his canary, Harry, his pride and joy. Mr. Maximus begs the detective to help find him. Following the trail of the missing canary, Miss Cat encounters the alluring Doris and aggressive Wolfgang, her talking dog. What could they be trying to hide? And could the elderly Maximus and the dashing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson, Ltd. 2024