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York (Laura Ruby) volume 1
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English
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"It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before. Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher -- a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at the end of which was promised a treasure beyond...
3) Winterhouse
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Winterhouse volume 1
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English
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Cozy Winter Reads for Middle Grades
If You Like...Greenglass House
Let it Snow
Cozy Winter Reads for Middle Grades
If You Like...Greenglass House
Let it Snow
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Orphan Elizabeth Somers's malevolent aunt Purdy and uncle Burlap ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms - most notably its massive library. It's not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But as she uncovers the hotel's secrets, Elizabeth starts...
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Book scavenger volume 3
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English
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Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action, this time with "Unlock the Rock." For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an...
5) Who done it?
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English
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The simple text asks the reader a series of questions about the characters on each page, and the child must seek out the visual clues to answer.
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Red Blazer Girls volume 2
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English
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Seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann follow a trail of cryptic clues to locate a rare violin, catch the person sneaking into St. Veronica's School for late-night cleaning and redecorating, and outsmart a conniving classmate.
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Puzzling world of Winston Breen volume 2
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English
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Winston and his friends enter an all-day puzzle contest to win fifty-thousand dollars for their school, but they must also figure out who is trying to keep them from winning. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
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"Claudia Dalton's father has disappeared. What began as a late night at work has spiraled into a missing persons case-one that's left twelve-year-old Claudia questioning everything she's ever known about her father and their family. But when she finally gets word from her dad, it turns out he isn't missing at all. He's just gone to “think things over” and visit an old friend, whatever that means. Feeling confused and helpless, Claudia starts to...
12) Who what where?
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English
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Simple text asks the readers a series of questions about the characters on each page, and the child must decipher the visual clues to find the answer.
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Winterhouse volume 2
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English
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Back at the Winterhouse hotel for another holiday season, Elizabeth and Freddy, who love puzzles, dig deeper into the mystery surrounding a hotel guest who left behind odd artifacts, including a magical book that evil Gracella Winters once attempted to use to gain destructive power over the entire Falls lineage.
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Lost Wonderland diaries volume 1
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English
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"When Celia and Tyrus discover the four lost diaries of Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), they are pulled into Wonderland and must solve riddles and puzzles to stop the Queen of Hearts from opening a door and taking over our world"--
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Floors volume 3
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English
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Leo and Remi have gotten used to the strangeness of the Whippet Hotel, but when the entire top floor is hoisted into the sky and transported to the field of wacky inventions, they find that they must compete against a number of foes to solve a puzzle or lose their beloved hotel forever.
17) Who was that?
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English
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Simple text asks the reader a series of questions about the characters on each page, and the child must find the visual clues that give the answer.
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Hide and Geek volume 2
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English
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After eleven-year-old Gina Sparks and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin save thier otwn of Elmwood, New Hampshire, someone from the next town says the GEEKS are frauds, but the GEEKs are determined to prove thier-puzzle solving skills.
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Red Blazer Girls volume 1
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English
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Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago.
20) The Eureka key
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Secrets of the seven volume 1
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English
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Sam (a puzzle master) and Martina (a history whiz) become involved in a dangerous quest to find seven keys left behind by Benjamin Franklin and a secret society of descendants, which, when gathered together, unlock a powerful weapon, so the middle schoolers must solve the puzzles, find the artifacts before the bad guy does, and save the nation.