Laird, Jenny
Summary: "The magic tree house has whisked Jack and Annie to ancient Egypt. Inside a pyramid, Jack and Annie find a long-dead queen who needs their help solving a centuries-old riddle. If only they can find their way through the pyramid's maze!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHHymas, Allison K.
Summary: When twelve-year-old identical twins Peter and Kai accidentally raise an ancient sea god, they must delve into a world of hidden magic and dangerous puzzles to uncover the secrets of lost Atlantis and save their family and home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HYMOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Osborne 1997Clements, Andrew
Summary: As the new Keepers of the School, sixth-graders Ben and Jill must decipher a handful of clues written as maritime riddles to save their school from demolition by a greedy company.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CLESummary: "Riddler continues to tease Batman's brain... and all of Gotham as he leaves his riddles behind... some of them even solving the crimes of other criminals! And when a copycat tries to steal the Riddler's style, who will find them first--Batman or the Riddler?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BATHolt, Tom
Summary: A man slays a dragon that had his girlfriend spirited away with a bread knife, while another man wakes up trapped in a jar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLBillingsley, Franny
Summary: "The Robber Girl has a good dagger. Its voice in her head is as sharp as its two edges that taper down to a point. Today, the Robber Girl and her dagger will ride with Gentleman Jack into the Indigo Heart to claim the gold that's rightfully his. But instead of gold, the Robber Girl finds a dollhouse cottage with doorknobs the size of apple seeds. She finds two dolls who give her three tasks,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: A sultan's daughter who loves numbers and riddles devises a plan to find the man who is best suited to be her husband.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC THOMPCamilleri, Andrea.
Summary: "In Treasure Hunt, Montalbano is hailed as a hero after news cameras film him scaling a building-- gun in hand-- to capture a pair of unlikely snipers. Shortly after, the inspector begins to receive cryptic messages in verse from someone challenging him to go on a 'treasure hunt.' Intrigued, he accepts, treating the messages as amusing riddles-- until they take a dangerous turn" -- from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMBurns, Marilyn
Summary: As two children take a walk with their grandfather, they use their counting skills to help answer a series of animal riddles. Includes related activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996
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Summary: Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott MacaulayCrossley-Holland, Kevin
Summary: Anouk, Ben and Cara dream of a fabulous treasure buried on the golden island across the harbor. A mysterious and grizzled old man offers them passage on his boat, but only if they can solve seven vexing riddles. If they succeed, a strange and magical prize awaits them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tradewind Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CROAlmhjell, Tone
Summary: After a mysterious key arrives for her, eleven-year-old Lin Rosenquist finds a crack in the cellar, a gate to the world of Sylver. This frozen realm is the home of every dead animal that ever loved a child. Lin is reunited with Rufus, thepet she buried under the rosebush and together they must find the missing Winter Prince in order to save Sylver from destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ALMAnquetil, Stéphane
Summary: "Solve puzzles and riddles with your favorite pirates in order to escape the book, in the second installment of The Escape Book series!"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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Summary: Shanna dresses up as the animal answer in these easy-to-read riddles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MarAgee, Jon.
Summary: Mr. Putney has all sorts of animal friends with unusual names.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Di Capua Books/Scholastic 2010
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Summary: Leveraging the natural and universal fascination that children have with animals, the book utilizes hints and recognition to build a sense of anticipation on each page, that is resolved on the following page when the identity of the animal is discovered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KORKorman, Gordon
Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Summary: Shady Grove inherited her father's ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle's tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she can't let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, she's going to have to make those ghosts sing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WATChristie, Agatha
Summary: Hercule Poirot's vacation in the Holy Land is interrupted by death in Petra, where the lifeless body of Mrs. Boynton, a detestable English woman who cowed her family and strangers alike, is found atop the rose red cliffs. Though her family claims her heart failure was a natural event, the tiny puncture mark on her wrist is a clear sign of the fatal injection that really killed her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRJackson, Richard
Summary: A puddle sits despairingly as she is trampled on by humans and animals alike until something miraculous happens that makes her feel worthwhile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JACYoung, Heather
Summary: When a young boy finds himself at the center of a murder mystery, several members of an American small town must deal with the fallout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher 2020