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Feinstein, John. Last shot : a Final Four mystery
(2005) After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Call number: Mystery Feinstein Teen
Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure #1)
(2001) After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
Call number: Fiction Horowitz
Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank (Alex Rider Adventure #2)
(2002) Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British M16, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps. When a investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, M assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious-and identical-overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.
Call number: Fiction Horowitz
Rabb, M.E. The Unsuspecting Gourmet
(2004) Sam and Sophie, two sisters from Queens, New York trying to create new lives in Venice, Indiana are at it again-- this time trying to solve a missing persons case involving Wilda Higgins and Griffin Gateaux all the while trying to keep themselves from being discovered.
Call number: Fiction Rabb Teen
Sternberg, Libby. Uncovering Sadie's secrets
(2005) When the boy she has a crush on sets his sights on Sadie, the mysterious new girl at school, Biana decides to find out what Sadie is hiding and gets more than she bargained for as her life suddenly becomes similar to a detective novel.
Call number: Mystery Sternberg
Sukach, Jim. Elliott's talking dog and other quicksolve mini-mysteries
(2005) Presents twenty-two unsolved mysteries, along with clues to solve the crimes.
Call number: Mystery Sukach Teen
Wallace, Karen. Wendy
(2005) In early twentieth-century London, before their encounter with Peter Pan, nine-year-old Wendy and her younger brothers lead far from perfect lives with their emotionally distant parents and abusive Nanny, a situation that only worsens for Wendy when she see her father kiss another woman and finds herself pulled into an adult world of mysteries and lies.
Call number: Fiction Wallace Teen
Whitcomb, Laura. A Certain Slant of Light
(2005) After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her, and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.
Call number: Fiction Whitcomb Teens
Zindel, Paul. The Scream Museum
(2001) When their friend Tom is accused of murder, teenage sleuth P.C. Hawke and his partner Mackenzie attempt to clear their friend's name by unraveling the circumstances surrounding the death of the museum's chief biologist.
Call number: Mystery Zindel Teen
Zindel, Paul. The Surfing Corpse
(2001) P.C. and Mackenzie's junior class trip ends in disaster when practically all the kids witness classmate Timmy Warner plunge to his death over a 300-foot waterfall. But several months later, the class vice president swears that he's seen Timmy at Venice Beach, California. P.C. and Mackenzie follow a trail of clues that sends them to Los Angeles to discover the truth.
Call number: Mystery Zindel Teen