Hale, Shannon.
Summary: Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Hale 2008Milford, Kate
Summary: In 1810, Lucy Bluecrowne, twelve, is bored living ashore with her stepmother and half brother until two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need for their evil plan.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Barnhill, Kelly Regan
Summary: When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARYee, Wong Herbert.
Summary: When shop owners call on Detective Small to track down a banana thief, he follows the clues to a likely suspect, then learns that the real culprit is still on the loose.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YEEDaneshvari, Gitty.
Summary: Thirteen-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, fourteen-year-old Garrison, and ten-year-old new "contestant" Hyacinth, must face their phobias and join forces to learn who is stealing wigs and pageant trophies from the School of Fear.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DANFunke, Cornelia Caroline.
Summary: Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord". Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC FUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FUNKukkonen, Janne
Summary: "Lily is a young novice who dreams of being a master thief. That's not easy when the Guildmaster of Thieves only assigns you the lowliest jobs: pick-pocketing, trespassing, and petty theft. But on one of these meager quests, Lily unearths a plot involving a mysterious cult and long-forgotten gods -- a secret that could destroy the whole world. Lily must fight to save the same people who have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: :01, First second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KUKManning, Matthew K.
Summary: Using her computer hacking skills and her drone to scan the streets of Brooklyn, Parker Reading follows clues and locates a local bank robber--until the thief employs similar methods to turn the tables on Parker and track her down.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MANRoy, Ron
Summary: The absent author: Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Listening Library 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ROYBuckley-Archer, Linda.
Summary: While sinister Lord Luxon makes himself at home in twenty-first century Manhattan, Peter and Kate, aided by Gideon, pursue The Tar Man through the streets of eighteenth-century London, when history is at its tipping point.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUCMichaelis, Antonia.
Summary: Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MICWatson, Tom
Summary: Much to Edith's delight, she and Stick Cat are enjoying a lazy day at his apartment. But not for long. Soon, strange and threatening sounds come from the ceiling. What could it be? An elephant? Santa?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION WATTaylor, G. P.
Summary: When an anonymous note threatens someone they love, twins Sadie and Saskia Dopple are thrust into a series of crimes that look suspiciously like something from the pages of a mystery novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 2010
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TAYWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: The Boxcar children must track down an instrument thief in time to save Greenfield's music festival from disaster.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARSchachner, Judith Byron
Summary: Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitten who dreams of being a Chihuahua, travels with his amigos to a faraway island to find El Bumblebeeto, who has stolen beans from Los Chimichangos. Includes translation of Spanish words.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN SCHKeene, Carolyn
Summary: While investigating a case of sabotage at a dog show, Nancy and her friends are drawn into an undercover international operation in pursuit of a jewel smuggler.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Chee, Traci
Summary: "Set in a world where reading is unheard-of, Sefia makes use of a mysterious object to track down who kidnapped her aunt Nin and what really happened the night her father was murdered"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHECody, Matthew.
Summary: In the late 1100s, thirteen-year-old Will, the future Lord of Shackley, is exiled to Sherwood Forest, where he meets Robin Hood and the Merry Men and bands with them to try retake Shackley Castle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CODRoy, Ron
Summary: Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ROYDixon, Franklin W.
Summary: The young detectives puzzle over a series of mysterious events taking place in the old Montana mining camps of Lucky Lode. Clue by clue, Frank and Joe fit the pieces together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Dixon 1991Schachner, Judith Byron.
Summary: Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitten who dreams of being a Chihuahua, travels with his amigos to a faraway island to find El Bumblebeeto, who has stolen beans from Los Chimichangos. Includes translation of Spanish words.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Schachner 2009Ungerer, Tomi
Summary: Three robbers terrify the countryside until they are subdued by the charm of a little orphan girl named Tiffany.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE UNGFleischman, Sid
Summary: A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Troll Associates 1987
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC FLEVo, Nancy
Summary: A small Western town lives in fear of another visit from a known outlaw, but a while after the outlaw mysteriously disappears, a stranger rides into town to make repairs to the dilapidated village.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020