American girls collection. American girl mysteries
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The curse of Ravenscourt: a Samantha mystery
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Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
132 p. ; 18 cm.
Description
In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Perce village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Perce Indians.
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Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
165 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
162 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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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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Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
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Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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When Kirsten's neighbor and friend, Erik Sandahl, disappears, everyone believes he is skipping out on the money he owes Uncle Olav, but Kirsten believes that something is terribly wrong and sets out to clear her friend's good name.
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Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
177 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Description
When someone anonymously calls her father and her friend's father traitors, Felicity sets out to find out who is making the terrible accusations that could bring danger to both their families.
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Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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The cry of the loon: a Samantha mystery
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Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
171 p. ; 18 cm.
Description
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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Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
181 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Description
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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The puzzle of the paper daughter: a Julie mystery
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Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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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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Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
173 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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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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The silver guitar: a Julie mystery
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The cameo necklace: a Cecile mystery
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Description
"Marie-Grace can't wait to begin her journey up the Mississippi River with her father. The steamboat they're traveling on is the biggest and fanciest boat Marie-Grace has ever seen. It's crowded with all sorts of interesting passengers, including Wilhelmina Newman, a girl her age. Wilhelmina is traveling alone, and she's carrying a secret in one of her trunks--clues to hidden Gold Rush treasure. Marie-Grace and Wilhelmina have to unravel the clues...
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Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
171 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform at the very theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Océane, but as she and her friend Cécile help out backstage, the make disturbing discoveries.
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Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Description
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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Traitor in the shipyard: a Caroline mystery
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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
165 pages : col. ill. ; 17 cm
Description
Volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the early 1900s, Jewish cousins Rebecca and Ana must find the real culprit when they are unfairly blamed for a series of mishaps in the Japanese garden.
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The traveler's tricks: a Caroline mystery
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Danger in Paris: a Samantha mystery
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The jazzman's trumpet: a Kit mystery
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The smuggler's secrets: a Caroline mystery
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