F Log
Claudia Logan, Melissa Sweet, and Boston. 1 Museum of Fine Arts.
The 5,000-year-old puzzle / Claudia Logan, Melissa Sweet, and Boston. 1 Museum
of Fine Arts. -- New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2002.
A fictionalized account of the excavation of a secret tomb at Giza, Egypt,
in 1925, told through the experiences of a young boy who accompanies his father
on an archeological dig.
F Chr
Agatha Christie.
The A.B.C. Murders / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
When Alice Ascher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already on to
the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one down, twenty-five to go.
F Mcl
Ralph McInerny.
Abracadaver / Ralph McInerny. -- : , .
F Doy
Arthur Conan Doyle.
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle. -- New York : Berkley,
1994,c1963.
A collection of twelve mysteries featuring detective Sherlock Holmes.
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Derrick Murdoch.
The Agatha Christie Mystery / Derrick Murdoch. -- : , .
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Marilyn Kaye.
And the two shall meet / Marilyn Kaye. -- New York : Bantam Books, 1999.
Amy's indulgence in extreme sports changes her life forever.
F Chr
Agatha Christie.
And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
First there were ten--a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend
guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric
millionaire unkonwn to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests
have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal--and a secret that
will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. One by one they
fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. And only the dead
are above suspicion.
F McD
Lurlene McDaniel.
Angels watching over me / Lurlene McDaniel. -- : Bantam Books, 1996.
Young romance is difficult at the best of times, but when you're dealing with
a life-threatening illness as well as the problems that can arise from a cross-cultural
relationship, it can seem downright impossible. Such are the trials facing
16-year-old Leah Lewis-Hall. Left alone right before Christmas (by her mother
who has just been married for the fifth time), Leah is admitted to the hospital
for treatment of a broken finger. Further tests indicate bone cancer. During
her stay, she meets Ethan, a handsome Amish boy, and is drawn to him despite
the difficulties she has understanding his culture. Factor in the mysterious
nurse Gabriella, who may or may not be an angel, and you have a story that
is an interesting blend of romance, mystery, and problem novel. The characters
are captivating and sensitively drawn and the plot is fast paced. There are
strong religious themes but the author avoids being preachy. A satisfying book
that also provides insight into the Amish way of life
SET F Kay
Marilyn Kaye.
Another Amy / Marilyn Kaye. -- New York : Bantam Books, 1999.
Amy is in danger of being destroyed by an evil replica of herself.
F Pec
Richard Peck.
Are you in the house alone? / Richard Peck. -- New York : Puffin, 2000,c1976.
As the recipient of threatening notes and phone calls, a high school girl
becomes aware that she is under constant observation.
F Sti
R. L Stine.
Bad moonlight / R. L Stine. -- New York : Pocket Books, c1995.
A Band murder is troubled by a dark memory.
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Nathan Aaseng.
The Bermuda Triangle / Nathan Aaseng. -- : Lucent Books, 2001.
F Sti
R. L Stine.
Broken date / R. L Stine. -- New York : Archway/Pocket Books, 1988.
To Jamie's horror, the boy she loves is stalking her, calling her. Tom can't
afford to let her live and Janice has nowhere to hide.
F How
Deborah Howe, James Howe, and Alan Daniel.
Bunnicula / Deborah Howe, James Howe, and Alan Daniel. -- New York : Aladdin,
1996,c1979.
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human
family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
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Blythe Cameson.
Careers for mystery buffs & other snoops and sleuths / Blythe Cameson.
-- Lincolnwood, Ill : VGM Career Horizons, c1997.
Provides descriptions of jobs that involve investigations, research, and mysteries,
including authors, investigative journalists, historians, private detectives,
law enforcement, and archaeologists.
F Geo
Jean Craighead George.
The case of the missing cutthroats / Jean Craighead George. -- New York : HarperTrophy,
1999,c1996.
After catching a cutthroat trout in the Snake River, Spinner Shafter and her
cousin Alligator search the nearby mountains to determine where the endangered
fish came from and how it survived.
F Hal
Bruce Hale.
The chameleon wore chartreuse / Bruce Hale. -- San Diego, CA : Harcourt, 2001,c2000.
When hired by a fellow fourth-grader to find her missing brother, Chet Gecko
uncovers a plot involving a Gila monster's revenge upon the school football
team.
F Cam
Eleanor Cameron.
The court of the stone children / Eleanor Cameron. -- New York : Puffin, 1990.
Aided by the journal of a young woman who lived in nineteenth-century France,
Nina solves a murder mystery dormant since the time of Napoleon.
F Ben
Jay Bennett.
Coverup / Jay Bennett. -- : , .
F Hil
Tony Hillerman.
Coyote Waits / Tony Hillerman. -- : , .
Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee investigate the murder
of a fellow Navajo policeman.
F AVI
Crispin : The Cross of Lead / -- : , 2002.
After being declared a "wolf's head" by his manor's corrupt steward for a crime he didn't commit (meaning that anyone can kill him like a common animal--and collect a reward), this timid boy has to flee a tiny village that's the only world he's ever known. But before our protagonist escapes, Avi makes sure that we're thoroughly briefed on the injustices of feudalism--the countless taxes cottars must pay, the constant violence, the inability of a flawed church to protect its parishioners, etc. Avi then folds in the book's central mystery just as the boy is leaving: "Asta's son," as he's always been known, learns from the village priest that his Christian name is Crispin, and that his parents' origins--and fates--might be more perplexing than he ever imagined.
Providing plenty of period detail (appropriately gratuitous for the age group)
and plenty of chase-scene suspense, Avi tells a good story, develops a couple
of fairly compelling characters, and even manages to teach a little history
lesson. (Fortunately, kids won't realize that they're learning about England's
peasant revolt of 1381 until it's far too late.)
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
Daughters of Eve / Lois Duncan. -- New York : Dell Pub. Co, 1980, c1979.
The advisor of an exclusive high school girl's club uses her devoted club
members as instruments of revenge against all men.
F Nam
Lensey Namioka.
Den of the White Fox / Lensey Namioka. -- : , .
An intriguing blend of historical fiction and mystery that will be appreciated
by fans of either genre. Freelance samurai Matsuzo and Zenta are warned that
the valley they are about to enter is an "unwholesome place after dark." Rumors
about a powerful spirit that haunts the area and the more tangible threat of
an occupying army fail to dissuade the two, however, and they descend into
the valley's depths. The place is rife with intrigue and the samurai establish
an uneasy existence among the locals, ever unsure of who is friend and who
is foe. As the plot unfolds, the two warriors attempt to solve the mystery
of the White Fox, a shadowy figure who might be the leader of a political rebellion
or a supernatural spirit. This extremely well-researched work gives readers
a real sense of what life was like in 16th-century Japan. As a mystery, it
is methodically planned and resolved with no loose ends. The characters are
all well developed and interestingly drawn and YAs will be as unsure as the
samurai about whom to trust. The language is challenging and includes some
Japanese words. This novel will expose teens to a fascinating period in world
history
F Goo
Charles A Goodrum.
Dewey decimated / Charles A Goodrum. -- New York : Crown Publishers, c1977.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
Don't look behind you / Lois Duncan. -- : Delacorte, 1989.
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Madelyn Klein Anderson.
Edgar Allan Poe / Madelyn Klein Anderson. -- New York : F. Watts, c1993.
Chronicles the troubled life of the nineteenth-century author, focusing on
the haunting nature of his work.
F Ale
Lloyd Alexander.
The EL Dorado Adventure / Lloyd Alexander. -- : , .
F Sob
Donald J Sobol, and Warren Chang.
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the slippery salamander / Donald J Sobol,
and Warren Chang. -- New York : Bantam, 2000.
Encyclopedia Brown, the super sleuth in sneakers, solves ten new mysteries,
including "The Case of the Slippery Salamander," "The Case of
the Banana Burglar," and "The Case of the Dead Cockroach."
F Sob
Donald J Sobol, and Leonard Shortall.
Encyclopedia Brown / Donald J Sobol, and Leonard Shortall. -- New York : Bantam,
1978,c1963.
Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and,
by putting the solutions at the back of book, challenges the reader to do the
same.
F Hil
Tony Hillerman.
The Fallen Man / Tony Hillerman. -- : , .
The fallen man had sprawled on the ledge under the peak of Ship Rock mountainfor eleven years-visited only by the ravens who had picked his bones bareand scattered his rock-climbing gear.
Through the memory of those who had known him, emerges an understandingof
the fallen man, who had been given everything and found it was notenough.
F Hil
Tony Hillerman.
Finding Moon / Tony Hillerman. -- : , .
Until the telephone call came for him on April 12, 1975, the world of Moon Mathias had settled into a predictable routine. He knew who he was. He was the disappointing son of Victoria Mathias, the brother of the brilliant, recently dead Ricky Mathias and a man who could be counted on to solve small problems. But the telephone caller was an airport security officer, and the news he delivered handed Moon a problem as large as Southeast Asia.
His mother, who should be in her Florida apartment, is fighting for her life
in a Los Angeles hospital -- stricken while en route to the Philippines to
bring home a grandchild they hadn't known existed. The papers in her purse
send Moon into a world totally strange to him. They lure him down the back
streets of Manila, to a rural cockfight, into the odd Filipino prison on Palawan
Island and finally across the South China Sea to where Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge
is turning Cambodia into killing fields and Communist rockets are beginning
to fall on the outskirts of Saigon.
F Bel
Pura Belpr‚e.
Firefly summer / Pura Belpr‚e. -- Houston, Tex : Pi‰nata Books,
c1996.
At a plantation in rural Puerto Rico around the turn of the century the foreman
pursues the mystery surrounding his family.
F VanD
Wendelin Van Draanen.
Flipped / Wendelin Van Draanen. -- : Scholastic, 2001.
Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially
her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her
backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. Ever
since she saw Bryce's baby blues back in second grade, Juli has been smitten.
Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker
is a little weird--after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in
trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see
that Juli's unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool.
And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce's brilliant blue eyes are as empty
as the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care
about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery
author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series,
and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli's rants and raves about
each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least
one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. A perfect introduction to
the adolescent war between the sexes
F Syk
Shelley Sykes.
For Mike / Shelley Sykes. -- New York : Delacorte Press, c1998.
When Jeff's best friend Mike disappears in the fall of their senior year in
high school, Jeff has disturbing dreams in which Mike urges him to come get
him, and a secret begins to unfold.
F Chr
Agatha Christie.
Funerals Are Fatal / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
The classic ingredients-the battling family, the jealous heir, the reading
of the will, the murder, and Detective Hercule Poirot-means classic Christie.
FIC CAM
Julie Campbell, Mary Stevens, and Michael Koelsch.
The gatehouse mystery / Julie Campbell, Mary Stevens, and Michael Koelsch.
-- New York : Random House, 2003.
When Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler find a cut diamond embedded in the dirt
floor of the old abandoned gatehouse, they set out to find whoever left it
there.
F Gai
Ernest J Gaines.
A gathering of old men / Ernest J Gaines. -- New York : Vintage Books, 1992,
c1983.
F But
Beverly Butler.
Ghost Cat / Beverly Butler. -- : , .
F Hoo
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. -- New York : Puffin
Books, 1999.
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's
son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century
Japan.
F Woo
Elvira Woodruff, and Elaine Clayton.
The ghost of Lizard Light / Elvira Woodruff, and Elaine Clayton. -- New York
: Dell, 2001,c1999.
Moving from Iowa to a lighthouse cottage in Maine, ten-year-old Jack struggles
to live up to his father's high standards and encounters a young ghost who
presents Jack with a 150-year-old unsolved sea mystery.
818 Poe
Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Poe.
Great tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe / Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Poe. -- New
York : Washington Square Press, 1951.
Contains twenty-one short stories, and thirty-four narrative and lyric poems.
133.1 Net
Patricia D Netzley.
Haunted houses / Patricia D Netzley. -- San Diego, Calif : Lucent Books, c2000.
Discusses haunted houses, including ghosts and apparitions, poltergeists,
communicating with spirits, and investigating hauntings.
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Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Larry Klein, Green Umbrella Productions, D.C.)
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
Hearing / Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Larry Klein, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
-- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995.
An educational discussion of hearing, one of the 5 senses.
F Rob
Willo Davis Roberts.
Hostage / Willo Davis Roberts. -- New York : Aladdin, 2001,c2000.
When eleven-year-old Kaci interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her
house, she and her nosy elderly neighbor Mrs. Banducci are kidnapped and held
hostage by the desperate and ruthless criminals.
F Doy
Arthur Conan Doyle.
The hound of the Baskervilles / Arthur Conan Doyle. -- New York : Dell Publishing
Co, 1959.
Sherlock Holmes and Watson set out to solve the mystery that had haunted the
Baskerville family for years and had recently occured again.
F Ham
Virginia Hamilton.
The House of Dies Drear / Virginia Hamilton. -- : , .
A huge, old house with secret tunnels, a cantankerous caretaker, and buried
treasure is a dream-come-true for 13-year-old Thomas. The fact that it's reputedly
haunted only adds to its appeal! As soon as his family moves in, Thomas senses
something strange about the Civil War era house, which used to be a critical
stop on the Underground Railroad. With the help of his father, he learns about
the abolitionists and escaping slaves who kept the Underground Railroad running.
While on his own, he explores the hidden passageways in and under the house,
piecing clues together in an increasingly dangerous quest for the truth about
the past.
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The house of Dies Drear (Videorecording / -- : BWE Video, 1990.
F Bel
John Bellairs, Edward Gorey, and Listening Library.
The house with a clock in its walls / John Bellairs, Edward Gorey, and Listening
Library. -- New York : Puffin, 1993.
A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden
in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.
F How
James Howe, and Lynn Munsinger.
Howliday Inn / James Howe, and Lynn Munsinger. -- New York : Avon, 1983,c1982.
While their family is away, Harold and Chester, a dog and a cat, board at
Chateau Bow-Wow where Chester becomes alarmed by the strange behavior of his
fellow guests.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
I know what you did last summer / Lois Duncan. -- Boston : Little Brown, [1973].
Four teen-agers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility
for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
F Cor
Robert Cormier.
In the middle of the night / Robert Cormier. -- New York : Delacorte Press,
c1995.
Sixteen-year-old Denny lives in the shadow of a deadly accident with which
his father was connected when he was Denny's age, a disaster for which some
of the survivors still blame his father.
F Lay
Richard Laymon.
The Intruder / Richard Laymon. -- Belmont, Calif : Fearon, c1984.
Goldie's blood runs cold when she realizes that she's not alone in the house
anymore.
F Fau
William Faulkner.
Intruder in the dust / William Faulkner. -- New York : Random, 1991.
F Fle
Sid Fleischman, and Joseph A Smith.
Jim Ugly / Sid Fleischman, and Joseph A Smith. -- New York : Bantam Doubleday
Dell Books for Young Readers, 1993], c1992.
The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel,
part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what
really happened to Jake's actor father.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
Killing Mr. Griffin / Lois Duncan. -- Boston : Little, Brown, c1978.
A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher,
but did he intend it to end with murder?
F Bab
Natalie Babbitt.
Kneeknock Rise / Natalie Babbitt. -- New York : Farrar, 1984,c1970.
Everyone else in the village is afraid of the creature who supposedly dwells
at the top of Kneeknock Rise, but young Egan investigates for himself.
FIC AND
Janet Anderson.
The last treasure / Janet Anderson. -- New York : Dutton Children's Books,
2003.
Thirteen-year-old Ellsworth leaves his father to visit the relatives he has
never met and eventually joins forces with Jess, his distant cousin, to uncover
family secrets and search for their ancestor's hidden treasure.
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Raymond Chandler.
Later novels and other writings / Raymond Chandler. -- New York : Library of
America, c1995.
F Eye
Jeannette Eyerly.
The Leonardo touch / Jeannette Eyerly. -- Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1976.
When a seemingly simple trip to Wales to choose a painting for her father
involves seventeen-year-old Elizabeth with theft and murder everyone she knows
becomes suspect.
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Thomas Streissguth.
The Loch Ness Monster / Thomas Streissguth. -- : Lucent Books, 2002.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
Locked in time / Lois Duncan. -- New York : Dell Pub. Co, 1986, c1985.
A chilling mystery about a girl who must prove to her father that time can
stand still for some people.
SET FIC MAC
D. J MacHale.
The lost city of Faar / D. J MacHale. -- New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon, apprentice to his Uncle Press, a Traveler
responsible for solving interdimensional conflict, tries to locate the legendary
lost land of Faar which may hold the key to the survival of the water-covered
territory of Cloral, which stands on the brink of war.
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Sonya Newland.
The magic & mystery of Ireland / Sonya Newland. -- : Dempsey Parr, 1998.
203 RIE
J Ries.
Man and the sense of mystery / J Ries. -- Philadelphia, PA : Chelsea House,
c2002.
Explores how humans have tried to explain the mystery of infinity and religion
since the beginning of time, focusing on the religions of Africa and Australia.
F Wel
Rosemary Wells.
The man in the woods / Rosemary Wells. -- New York : Puffin Books, 2000, c1984.
Fourteen-year-old Helen investigates what she considers the false arrest of
a classmate, and is terrified by death threats, which no adult will take seriously.
F Yol
Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y Stemple, and Roger Roth.
The Mary Celeste / Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y Stemple, and Roger Roth. -- New York
: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1999.
A young girl relates the facts that are known about the unexplained disappearance
of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to
solve the mystery.
F Hes
Joan Hess.
Miracles in Maggody / Joan Hess. -- : Onyx, 1995.
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Agatha Christie.
The mousetrap and other plays / Agatha Christie. -- New York : Signet, 2000,c1978.
A collection of eight plays by the "Queen of Crime."
F Soo
Troy Soos.
Murder at Fenway Park / Troy Soos. -- New York : Kensington Books, 1995, c1994.
Young Mickey Rawlings stumbles across a murder in 1912 Fenway Park, where
he learns an entirely new lesson about foul play as he becomes the number one
suspect in a case that forces him to launch his own investigation. Reprint.
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Margaret, 1924 Truman.
Murder at the National Gallery / Margaret, 1924 Truman. -- New York : Random
House, c1996.
The senior curator at the National Gallery of Art plans a brilliant exhibition
around a long-lost Caravaggio painting while secretly scheming to steal the
priceless work of art for himself.
F Chr
Agatha Christie.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
This novel, written in 1927, is considered the best and most successful of
the early mysteries. It met with no small outrage when it appeared, as it uses
a plot device many readers thought "unfair." There is a full complement
of characters populating the cozy English village of King's Abbot: Major Blunt,
Colonel Carter, Miss Gannett, the butler, the housekeeper, the narrator, Dr.
Sheppard, and his know-it-all sister (the precursor of Miss Marple, according
to Christie), and, of course, the redoubtable Hercule Poirot and his little
grey cells. There are clues with a capital C to mislead us, and the listener
gets so involved with these red herrings (or not) that the very simple truth
eludes the puzzler. Venerable reader Robin Bailey keeps the light, almost comic
tone alive, although his voices are not particularly differentiated, and often
he rushes the reading of dialog. A classic of the genre and essential for any
fiction collection. Harriet Edwards, East Meadow P.L., NY
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Agatha Christie.
Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
Murder on the Orient Express is a tour-de-force variation on the theme of
the English house-party, gathering a remarkable set of characters, each a secretive
soul, for a journey on the fabled Orient Express train as it travels from Istanbul
to Paris. On hand to resolve the murder of an American passenger is Hercule
Poirot, the dapper Belgian detective, dependent only on his wit, who tucks
away obscure, seemingly unrelated minutiae in his facile mind.
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Patricia D Netzley.
The Mystery Library : UFO's / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
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Patricia D Netzley.
The Mystery Library; Alien Abductions / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
291.215 Net
Patricia D Netzley.
The Mystery Library; Angels / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
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Michael J Wyly.
The Mystery Library; Dragons / Michael J Wyly. -- San Diego, CA : Lucent Books,
2002.
133.8 Net
Patricia D Netzley.
The mystery Library; ESP / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
133.1 Net
Patricia D Netzley.
The Mystery Library; Haunted Houses / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
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Michael J Wyly.
The Mystery library; King Arthur / Michael J Wyly. -- : , .
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Stuart A Kallen.
The Mystery library; Pyramids / Stuart A Kallen. -- : , .
932.467 Net
Patricia Netzley.
The Mystery Library; The Curse of King Tut / Patricia Netzley. -- : , .
256.9 Nar
Don Nardo.
The Mystery Library; The Extinbction of the Dinosaurs / Don Nardo. -- : , .
398.469 Net
Patricia D Netzley.
The Mystery Library; Unicorns / Patricia D Netzley. -- : , .
398.45 Rob
Russell Roberts.
The Mystery Library; Vampires / Russell Roberts. -- : , .
133.4309 Kal
Stuart A Kallen.
The Mystery Library; Witches / Stuart A Kallen. -- : , .
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Carolyn Keene.
Mystery of Crocodile Island / Carolyn Keene. -- : , .
A young detective's attempts to uncover a group of poachers on Crocodile Island
in Florida involve her with kidnapping, reptiles, enemy boats, and a sinister
racket.
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Carolyn Meyer.
The mystery of the ancient Maya / Carolyn Meyer. -- : Atheneum, 1985.
F KEE
Carolyn Keene.
Mystery of the Glowing Eye / Carolyn Keene. -- : , .
A fiery glowing eye in a museum, the abduction of Ned, the code name Cyclops,
and a pilotless helicopter draw Nancy and her friends into a dangerous investigation
F Ste
Joyce Stengel.
Mystery of the Island Jewels / Joyce Stengel. -- : , .
On a cruise to the Caribbean, fourteenÂ-yearÂ-old Cassie Hartt hopes to reconnect with her father, who she hasn't seen since her parents' divorce. But spending time with her new stepmother and stepsister leaves her feeling like an outsider. So she's thrilled when she meets Charles. Not only is he a cute boy her own age, but he's on a mysterious mission.
Charles is headed to Martinique to find an ancient silver statue that may
be the cause of a curse on his family. Cassie can't resist a good mystery,
so she decides to team up with Charles. But they aren't the only ones looking
for the statue -- and the other interested parties will stop at nothing to
get their hands on it....
001.9 Ben
Jeanne Bendick.
The mystery of the Loch Ness Monster / Jeanne Bendick. -- New York : McGraw-Hill,
c1976.
Examines the mystery of the Loch Ness monster by reviewing its history, the
geography of the lake, maps, photographs, and sketches.
SET FIC MAC
D. J MacHale.
The Never War / D. J MacHale. -- New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.
Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon and Spader from the planet Cloral journey
back in time to 1937 New York City to uncover a plot by the evil Saint Dane.
808.83 New
Martin Harry Greenberg, and Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh.
The New adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Martin Harry Greenberg, and Carol-Lynn
Rössel Waugh. -- New York : Carroll & Graf, 1987.
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Joan Lowery Nixon.
Nobody's there / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- New York : Delacorte Press, 2000.
Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, a seventeen-year-old
girl is paired by the court with an eccentric senior citizen whose hobby as
a sleuth turns deadly.
F Fos
Alan Dean Foster.
Orphan star / Alan Dean Foster. -- New York : Ballantine Books, 1977.
One man in the Universe held the key to the mystery of Flinx's parentage...
and that man was trying to kill him.
F Rob
Willo Davis Roberts.
Pawns / Willo Davis Roberts. -- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
c1998.
After her mother's death and her father's suicide, fourteen-year-old Teddi
finds some stability when she moves in with Mamie, her good-hearted nextdoor
neighbor--until the arrival of a woman claiming to be the pregnant wife of
Mamie's son who recently died in a plane crash.
F Pop
Elizabeth Marie Pope.
The Perilous Gard / Elizabeth Marie Pope. -- : , .
In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous
Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that
lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk—whose customs
are even older than the Druids" and include human sacrifice.
F Gri
John Grisham.
The Rainmaker / John Grisham. -- : , .
Rudy Baylor, a new law school graduate, once dreamed of the good life as a
corporate attorney. Now he faces joblessness and bankruptcy--unless he can
win an insurance case against a heavyweight team of lawyers, a case that starts
small but mushrooms into a frightening war of nerve and legal skill that could
cost Rudy not only his future, but also his life.
F How
James Howe, and Alan Daniel.
Return to Howliday Inn / James Howe, and Alan Daniel. -- New York : Avon, 1993,c1992.
The Monroe family pets are again boarded at Chateau Bow-Wow, where some spooky
goings-on serve as a distraction from the kennel's poor food.
F Pre
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Riptide / Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. -- : , .
The legend of Red Ned Ockham, a vicious 17th-century pirate, has cost many
men their lives as they have tried to locate the billions of dollars worth
of booty said to be at the bottom of Ragged Island's Water Pit. The current
owner, Dr. Malin Hatch, lost his brother and father to the island off the coast
of Maine, and it is with great reluctance that he allows Captain Neidelman
and his crew to begin a new quest for the treasure.
F Pul
Philip Pullman.
The Ruby in the smoke / Philip Pullman. -- New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, 1985.
"Beware the Seven Blessings..." When she first utters these words,
Sally Lockhart doesn't understand their meaning. But, when an employee of her
late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey
into the seamy underworld of Victorian Lond, in search of clues that will solve
the puzzle of her father's death.
F Had
Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Running out of time / Margaret Peterson Haddix. -- New York : Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, c1995.
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie
discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless
scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives
of the dying children.
F Had
Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Running out of time / Margaret Peterson Haddix. -- New York : Aladdin, 1997,c1995.
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers
it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists.
F Van
Wendelin van Draanen.
Sammy Keyes and the curse of moustache mary / Wendelin van Draanen. -- New
York : Scholastic, 2000.
The normally unflappable Sammy Keyes is reeling--not from her encounters with a corpse, an arsonist, or an irate policeman, these she can handle. No, what completely unbalances her is the teen-scene at a New Year's Eve party. Caught up in this adolescent ambush, Sammy begins to doubt herself. And if she can't trust her own instincts, how can she possibly figure out who burned down a pioneer-era cabin, how a 200-pound pig has disappeared , or why Casey might want to hold her hand?
In this fifth Sammy Keyes mystery, Wendelin Van Draanen gives us her most
ambitious work to date. While her prose is as comic as ever, there's a very
serious undercurrent here--Sammy is tossed and torn, both literally and figuratively,
as she shoots the rapids of this plot. But in puzzling out whodunit and how
and why, she manages not only to turn the culprits over to the police, but
also to reclaim a belief in her own strength.
F Van
Wendelin van Draanen.
Sammy Keyes and the sisters of mercy / Wendelin van Draanen. -- New York :
Scholastic, 1999.
While serving a detention in the soup kitchen at St. Mary's Church for an
infraction committed during her last case, Sammy Keyes becomes the prime suspect
in the disappearance of Father Mayhew's prized ivory cross. Ace detective that
she is, Sammy manages to prove her innocence but soon discovers that, under
its calm exterior, St. Mary's is abuzz with gossip, jealousy, and intrigue--just
like junior high! Meanwhile, back at school, Sammy's beloved catcher's mitt--her
only connection to her father--disappears just when her team makes the semifinals.
Add to this mix: a dog who eats everything in sight, a lesson in safe cracking
from a homeless girl who bears a striking resemblance to Sammy, and an exuberant
trio of gospel-singing nuns called the Sisters of Mercy, and you've got one
wild ride of a mystery--or just another week in the life of Samantha Keyes.
F Van
Wendelin van Draanen.
Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man / Wendelin van Draanen. -- New York : Scholastic,
1998.
Now in Knopf Paperback, seventh-grade gumshoe Sammy Keyes returns in her second
mystery--a Halloween intrigue involving Frankenstein and a skeleton man in
a tale of greed, grudges, and getting even.
F Rob
Willo Davis Roberts.
Scared stiff / Willo Davis Roberts. -- New York : Aladdin, 2001,c1991.
When their mother disappears, two brothers go to stay with a great uncle in
a mobile home park next to an abandoned amusement park and begin a search which
puts them in danger.
F KEE
Carolyn Keene.
The Secret Of The Forgotten City / Carolyn Keene. -- : , .
Nancy and her friends plan to join a dig sponsered by two colleges to hunt
for gold. Before the adventure seeking ypung adults begin their journey, ancient
stone tablets with petroglyphs on them were stolen. All but one, that is. Meanwhile,
dear Mrs. Wabash is very concerned about her fragile tablets stolen by Fleetfoot
Joe. nancy and her friends got a ransom note demanding the other tablet. nancy
and her friends thought quick and made a very convincing with slight changes.
When Nancy and her friends got to the camppsite Ned and Nancy go exploring.
There they found one of the clay tablets and Fleetfoot's wallet. From that
point on, they are lead to discover the clay tablets and maybe even the secret
of the Forgotten City!
F Cro
David A Crossman.
The secret of the missing grave / David A Crossman. -- Camden, ME : Down East
Books, 1999.
Summering on a Maine island, thirteen-year-old Ab joins her friend Bean in
investigating the odd noises in her boarding house and solving the mystery
of a missing treasure and stolen paintings.
F Nix
Joan Lowery Nixon.
Secret, silent screams / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- New York : Laurel-leaf/Dell,
1990, c1988.
A high school senior is convinced her friend Barry did not commit suicide
but was a murder victim, and she endangers her own life to prove it.
821.08 Gre
Horace Gregory.
The Silver Swan / Horace Gregory. -- : Holt, .
F KEE
Carolyn Keene.
The Sky Phantom / Carolyn Keene. -- : , .
While vacationing in the Midwest with her friends, Nancy Drew investigates
a mysterious magnetic cloud, searches for a hijacked plane, and hunts a horse
thief.
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Lemony Snicket.
The Slippery Slope / Lemony Snicket. -- : , .
What would you do if you found yourself trapped in a runaway caravan hurtling
down a precipitous mountain slope? Fourteen-year-old Violet, the oldest orphan
of the three Baudelaires, decides to try to slow the velocity of the caravan
with a drag-chute invention involving a viscous combination of blackstrap molasses,
maple syrup, maraschino liqueur, peanut butter, etc. If plummeting to their
death weren't scary enough, Violet and her brother Klaus have been separated
from Sunny, their baby sister who is in a car headed in the opposite direction
up the mountain with the "facinorous" Count Olaf, his "villainous
and stylish" girlfriend Esmé Squalor, and their creepy sidekicks.
Do Violet and Klaus find Sunny on the mountain? How will they survive the treacherous,
snow-covered peaks with not much more than a ukulele and a bread knife, especially
in the face of the "organized, ill-tempered" snow gnats? Will they
finally unearth the mystery of the V.F.D.? Will they find out if one of their
parents is alive after all? The suspense! As ever, the Baudelaires' unfolding
tale of woe is sprinkled with Lemony Snicket's ridiculous, hilarious observations
such as "Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant with odd waiters
who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like." The tenth
book in The Series of Unfortunate Events takes readers through the Mortmain
Mountains to the churning waters of the Stricken Stream with all the coexistent
horror and silliness a Snicket fan could hope for along the way.
VID 612 Sme
Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Michael Gunton, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, WGBH Educational Foundation,
and Carolina Biology Supply Company.
Smell / Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Michael Gunton, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, WGBH Educational Foundation,
and Carolina Biology Supply Company. -- Boston, MA : Dist. by Carolina Biology,
1995.
An educational discussion of smell, one of the 5 senses.
597.96 Gre
Harry W., 1945 Greene.
Snakes / Harry W., 1945 Greene. -- Berkeley, Calif : University of California
Press, 1997.
A photographic exploration of the world of snakes, discussing anatomy, feeding,
venoms, predation and defense, social behavior, reproduction, evolution, and
conservation; surveying the major groups of snakes; highlighting special topics,
such as the evolution of the rattle; and including anecdotes and reflections
by the author.
F Kah
Joan Kahn.
Some things dark and dangerous / Joan Kahn. -- New York : Harper and Row, [1970].
A collection of suspense stories, some fact and some fiction, all of them
based on those dark and dangerous things found in mens minds.
F Chr
Agatha Christie.
Spider's Web / Agatha Christie. -- : , .
Clarissa, the young wife of a foreign office diplomat, delights in tweaking
the sensibilities of her more serious friends by playing a game she calls "supposing"--imagining
a difficult situation and finding out how people would respond. But Clarissa's
lighthearted games becomes deadly serious when she discovers the body of an
unknown person in her own drawing room. If that weren't bad enough, her husband
is on the way home with an important foreign politician. Clarissa decides to
dispose of the body and persuades her three houseguests to help. But before
she can get the corpse off the premises, a policeman knocks at her front door.
Now Clarissa must keep the body hidden, convince the skeptical police inspector
that there has been no murder, and, in the meantime, find out who has been
murdered, why, and what the body is doing in her house...
F Nix
Joan Lowery Nixon.
The stalker / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- New York : Dell, 1992, c1985.
A killer is on the loose in the small Texas town of Corpus Christi. Jennifer,
with the help of a retired police detective, sets out to find the murderer
only to learn he has been stalking her all along.
F Str
Brad Strickland, Todd Cameron Hamilton, Pocket Books, and Copyright Paperback
Collection (Library of Congress).
The star ghost / Brad Strickland, Todd Cameron Hamilton, Pocket Books, and
Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). -- New York : Pocket
Books, c1993.
Jake sees a ghost on the space station.
F Kim
K. M Kimball.
The star-spangled secret / K. M Kimball. -- New York : Aladdin, 2001.
In 1814, as the War of 1812 threatens her Maryland home, thirteen-year-old
Caroline sets out to discover the truth about the disappearance of her older
brother.
398.2 SHA
George Shannon, and Peter Sis.
Still more stories to solve / George Shannon, and Peter Sis. -- New York :
Beech Tree Books, 1996.
Fourteen brief folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that the reader
is invited to solve before the resolution is presented.
F McC
Anne McCaffrey.
Stitch in snow / Anne McCaffrey. -- New York, N.Y : Tom Doherty Associates,
1985, c1984.
On a United States tour to promote her books, children's book author Dana
Jane Lovell finds herself attracted to Dan Lowell, a fellow traveller stranded
in a Denver blizzard, who is abruptly arrested for thr brutal murder of his
ex-wife.
ART REF F Cha
Raymond Chandler.
Stories and early novels / Raymond Chandler. -- New York : Library of America,
c1995.
F Ste
Michael Lawrence, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ian P Andrew.
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Michael Lawrence, Robert Louis
Stevenson, and Ian P Andrew. -- New York : DK Pub, 1997.
A retelling of the tale in which a kind and well-respected doctor is transformed
into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation. Illustrated
notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
970.01 Irw
Constance H. Frick Irwin.
Strange footprints on the land / Constance H. Frick Irwin. -- New York : Harper & Row,
c1980.
Examines the detective work historians are performing to solve the mystery
of whether Vikings inhabited North America during the five centuries preceding
Columbus' arrival.
F KEE
Carolyn Keene.
The Strange Message in the Parchment / Carolyn Keene. -- : , .
While trying to recover a set of stolen parchment paintings, Nancy Drew becomes
involved in tracking a kidnapper and extortionist
398.2 BIR
Cyril Birch, and Rosamund Fowler.
Tales from China / Cyril Birch, and Rosamund Fowler. -- Oxford, UK : Oxford
University Press, 2000, c1961.
A collection of eighteen legends and folktales, bringing to life the magic
and mystery of China.
808.8 POE
Edgar Allan Poe.
Tales of mystery and terror / Edgar Allan Poe. -- London : Puffin, 1994.
A collection of thirteen mystery and horror tales written by the American
author, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The
Pit and the Pendulum."
VID 612 Tas
Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Thomas Levenson, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
Taste / Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Thomas Levenson, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
-- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995.
An educational discussion of taste, one of the 5 senses.
818 Poe
Edgar Allan Poe.
The tell-tale heart and other writings / Edgar Allan Poe. -- New York : Bantam,
1982.
Contains sixteen short stories, one novel, and fifteen poems.
F Mul
Marcia Muller.
There's something in a Sunday / Marcia Muller. -- New York : Mysterious Press,
c1989.
F Man
Paul Many.
These are the rules / Paul Many. -- New York : Walker and Co, 1997.
Having quit his school's swim team, Colm tries to swim the lake at his family's
summer home, at the same time working on his difficult relationship with his
father and pondering the mystery of girls.
F Hil
Tony Hillerman.
A Thief of Time / Tony Hillerman. -- : , .
A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves
of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid
stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt.
Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the
astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
The third eye / Lois Duncan. -- New York : Dell Pub. Co, 1985, c1984.
High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her
seem different from other people, is frightened when a young policeman asks
her to use her gift to help locate missing children.
F Cro
Gillian Cross.
Tightrope / Gillian Cross. -- New York : HarperTrophy, 2001,c1999.
When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems
to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood
tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.
FIC HOE
Michael Hoeye.
Time stops for no mouse / Michael Hoeye. -- New York : Speak, 2003, c1999.
When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be
repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a dangerous search
for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to her.
VID 612 Tou
Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Peter Jones, Green Umbrella Productions, D.C.)
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
Touch / Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Peter Jones, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
-- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995.
An educational discussion of touch, one of the 5 senses.
FIC HAL
Bruce Hale.
Trouble is my beeswax / Bruce Hale. -- Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2003.
Chet and his partner, Natalie Attired, investigate a cheating ring at Emerson
Hicky Elementary school.
F Hay
Daniel Hayes.
The trouble with lemons / Daniel Hayes. -- New York : Ballantine Books, 1992,
c1991.
Tyler and Lymie, eighth grade msfits discover a dead body in a quarry and
work to uncover the mystery behind it.
F Dun
Lois Duncan.
The twisted window / Lois Duncan. -- New York : Delacorte Press, c1987.
Tracy, a high school junior, becomes embroiled in the problems of a strange
boy, who asks her assistance in "snatching" his half-sister from
her father who has allegedly kidnapped her.
F Voi
Cynthia Voigt.
The Vandemark mummy / Cynthia Voigt. -- New York : Aladdin, 2001],c1991.
When, as the new Classics professor at Vandemark College, their father is
made responsible for a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, twelve-year-old
Phineas and his older sister Althea try to find out why the collection is the
target of thieves, especially when the mummy disappears.
F Voi
Cynthia Voigt.
The Vandemark mummy / Cynthia Voigt. -- New York : Ballantine Books, 1992,
c1991.
When, as the new Classics professor at Vandemark College, their father is
made responsible for a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, twelve-year-old
Phineas and his older sister Althea try to find out why the collection is the
target of thieves, especially when the mummy disappears.
VID 612 Vis
Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Carroll Parrott Blue, Green Umbrella Productions,
D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational Foundation.
Vision / Diane Ackerman, Francelle Dorn, Carroll Parrott Blue, Green Umbrella
Productions, D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, and WGBH Educational
Foundation. -- Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995.
An educational discussion of vision, one of the 5 senses.
F Pec
Richard Peck.
Voices after midnight / Richard Peck. -- : Delacorte, 1989.
Chad always hears voices after midnight in the 100-year-old town house that
his family has recently moved into. His brother Luke hears them too, and the
boys wants to help, but at what cost?
F Ras
Ellen Raskin.
The Westing game / Ellen Raskin. -- New York : Puffin Books, 1978.
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely
assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before
they can claim their inheritance.
F Nix
Joan Lowery Nixon.
Whispers from the dead / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- New York : Dell, 1991, c1989.
After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience,
Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages
about a murder committed in her house.
F Nix
Joan Lowery Nixon.
Who are you? / Joan Lowery Nixon. -- : Delacorte Press, 1999.
When the police discover that a man who has been shot has been keeping a file
of her entire life, sixteen-year-old Kristi, an aspiring artist, suspects a
connection with the possible theft of painting from a museum.
F Gle
Mel Glenn.
Who killed Mr. Chippendale / Mel Glenn. -- New York : Dutton, 1996.
A murder mystery told in free verse poems, describing the reactions of students,
colleagues, and others when high school teacher Mr. Chippendale, loved by some,
hated by others, is shot as the school day begins.
F Gle
Mel Glenn.
Who killed Mr. Chippendale? / Mel Glenn. -- New York : Lodestar, c1996.
A murder mystery told in free verse poems, describing the reactions of students,
colleagues, and others when high school teacher Mr. Chippendale, loved by some,
hated by others, is shot as the school day begins.
F Avi
Avi.
Wolf rider / Avi. -- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1986.
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed
murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father
crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
Set F Gar
Larry Mike Garmon.
The wolfman / Larry Mike Garmon. -- New York : Scholastic, 2001.
Bob and Joe thought the monsters that had escaped from the projector had been
dissolved, but when a wolf starts killing people they are determined to find
and return it to the movie it came from.
F Pev
Stella Pevsner.
Would my fortune cookie lie? / Stella Pevsner. -- New York : Pocket Books,
1999.
While worrying that her mom is plotting to move the family from their Chicago
home, thirteen-year-old Alexia also wonders about the mysterious young man
who seems to be shadowing her and her friend.
F L'E
Madeleine L'Engle, and Listening Library.
A wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle, and Listening Library. -- New York :
Dell, 1993.
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search
for Meg's father, who disappeared while working for the government.
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