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Nurturing an orphaned lamb pays an unexpected benefit when sheep rustlers come to town in this exciting episode in the Jasmine Green Rescues series. It’s lambing season at Oak Tree Farm! When a little lamb loses his mother, Jasmine names him Lucky and steps in to bottle-feed him and patiently...

NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH "This stunning tale of betrayal, trickery, and friendship takes the reader on a wild ride." —School Library Journal Ocean's Eleven meets The False Prince in this thrilling heist story for young readers, in which five kids with unusual...

Our Captayne took the pinnace ashore and I went with hym and six men also, who were sworne by God to be secret in al they saw. Here we buried five chests filled with gold. Buried Treasure. Ruthless Gansters. An Ancient Clue… Tom Trelawney was looking for excitement. Now he’s found it...

The Biltmore in New York City is full of mysteries, and Elodie LaRue, a novice detective, plans to piece together the clues and solve the case of the missing jewels. Left behind by her globe-trotting detective parents once again, Elodie decides to prove she’s worthy of joining them on a case by setting up her own detective agency at her renowned Upper West Side home, The Biltmore. When a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings mysteriously disappear from Mrs. Vanderzoot’s apartment, Elodie is asked to solve the case.

Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there solving mysteries, fighting crime and saving your butts! But when birds get BOXED, the streets get TRASHED and someone SNAPPY threatens Trent, the pigeons realise they might need help from an unlikely ally to make things right again.

The Real Pigeons are great crime-fighters – because most people ignore pigeons. But when a video of the pigeons goes viral, they are suddenly FAMOUS. It's much harder to solve mysteries when everyone is always watching! Can they figure out who's behind a slime crime, how a flock of rolling pigeons vanished into thin air, and why anyone would try to catch Frillback in a cage?

The REAL PIGEONS are all about pigeon powers. But what happens when a CURSED HOLE opens up in the park, a TONGUE MONSTER terrorises the city, and the pigeons discover that their powers have suddenly DISAPPEARED? There's only one thing to do, and that is for the Real Pigeons to figure out where their powers come from... so that they can hopefully get them back!

The REAL PIGEONS love solving mysteries. But when lunches start DISAPPEARING from tummies, a LOOKALIKE pigeon makes evil plans and a dangerous DOVE starts DESTROYING the city, the pigeons will need to use all the powers they have – and more – to save the day. Look for the special TRENT story in Real Pigeons Flap Out!

La notte bianca del liceo Carducci doveva essere una festa, ma si interrompe tragicamente con la morte di Walter, caduto dal secondo piano di un'ala in ristrutturazione dell'edificio. Teresa, sua compagna di classe, aiuterà nelle indagini la madre Greta, commissario di Polizia con problemi di memoria dovuti a un recente incidente. Ogni giorno Teresa riassume alla madre gli indizi raccolti e l'aiuta a scoprire una verità che potrebbe rivelarsi molto scomoda. E forse la soluzione del caso è da ricercare proprio dentro i confini della scuola...

Il commissario Lucius Asgren viene chiamato al condominio Cenere per risolvere un caso di omicidio. Uno dei dieci inquilini è stato ucciso senza un motivo apparente. Dal condominio nessuno è uscito, nessuno è entrato. È chiaro che il colpevole è uno degli inquilini. Ma, man mano che Asgren interroga i dieci, questi vengono trovati morti, uno alla volta. Il cerchio si stringe, in una trappola spietata che riunisce sotto lo stesso tetto l'assassino e le sue vittime.

In this twisty, propulsive mystery for kids from former public defender Emily Galvin Almanza, author of The Price of Mercy, a fearless fifth grader vows to help a classmate in danger of getting lost in the system. Andromeda Diaz knows a thing or two about fighting injustice--after all, she's the...

Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals’ best bet to keep a family alive. . . . The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the nation’s most notorious criminals. After all, the bad guys are...

Includes Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective and Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch. Encyclopedia Brown looks like the usual ten-year-old boy. Actually, he is very unusual. Encyclopedia is a boy who really uses his eyes, his ears, and his head–and his head is full of facts. As...

THE OWL EXPRESS Nate, the great detective, and his dog Sludge, hit the rails on their latest case. Their mission: To guard an owl named Hoot. Hoot belongs to Nate’s cousin, Olivia Sharp, and she thinks someone on the train might be out to get her feathered friend. Then Hoot disappears! THE...

Meet Daisy Bauer and her sometimes best friend, Graham, who are determined to break Daisy's dad out of prison in this hilarious middle-grade debut. No one believes her, but Daisy Bauer knows her dad has been wrongfully imprisoned and that it's up to her to break him out of jail (aka Club Fed)...

Florentine Blix ermittelt wieder: Seesterne sind interessante Tiere, findet Florentine Blix. Aber in ihrem neusten Fall sind sie mehr als das: Sie sind Zeichen für eine fiese Verbrechensserie. Erst stolpert Florentines Nachbarin Frau Hansen über einen gespannten Draht die Treppe hinunter, dann werden auch noch Wäscheleinen in Brand gesetzt. Und immer hinterlässt der Täter einen getrockneten Seestern am Tatort. Während die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt, vermuten Nachwuchskommissarin Florentine und ihr Freund Bo eine Racheserie. Doch wer will sich rächen - und an wem?

The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can...

In einem aufregenden Modegeschäft-Abenteuer entlarvt Hannah geschickt diebische Zwillinge, kann Hannah die beiden Frauen erfolgreich festsetzen?. Weiterhin begegnet sie der Herausforderung, einen mysteriösen Verfolger zu konfrontieren, der ihr unerwartet nachstellt.

Twelve-year-old Madeleine "Lainie" Stanton is about to make headlines. She was the first baby born at the new millennium, and a local TV station wants an interview. But when the reporter uncovers the dark history of Lainie's great-grandmother Maddie, who was executed for murder, the interview takes a dangerous turn.

Olivia und ihr bester Freund Ravi haben tolle Pläne für die Ferien, denn Olivias Onkel hat die beiden in sein Haus am Meer eingeladen. Für die zwei Nachwuchswissenschaftler ist das eine super Gelegenheit, das Leben und Verhalten von Meeresbewohnern zu erforschen. Doch als sie ans Meer kommen, sind sie entsetzt: Vor lauter Müll im Wasser sehen sie kaum Tiere und auf dem Ozean treibt eine riesige Plastikinsel. Eine Herausforderung für Olivia als Umweltdetektivin! Sie will unbedingt wissen, wie es zu so einer schlimmen Situation kommen konnte und was jetzt zu tun ist.