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Mystery in the Sand (Boxcar Children #16)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner David CunninghamHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer living in a mobile home on the beach. One morning Benny finds a valuable gold locket in the sand and decides to try to find its owner. Soon, the Boxcar Children are caught up in a puzzle that involves shadowy figures on the beach at midnight and the mysterious Miss Smith who seems to live alone in the big Tower House nearby....
Mystery in the Sand (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #16)
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerFour brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of an old gold locket in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.At the beach, Benny finds a valuable gold locket and decides to try to find its owner. Soon the children are caught up in a puzzle involving strange visitors at the beach and the mysterious Miss Smith, who seems to live along in the big Tower House nearby.What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide. Featuring timeless adventures, mystery, and suspense, The Boxcar Children® series continues to inspire children to learn, question, imagine, and grow.
Mystery of Crocodile Island: Mystery Of Crocodile Island (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #55)
by Carolyn KeeneIn a response to a friend's call for help, Nancy's father, a lawyer, asks her to travel to mysterious Crocodile Island with her friends Bes and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of suspected poachers.<P><P>Upon their arrival in Florida, the girls are kidnapped but cleverly escape to pursue their detective work. Dangers mount as they cope with reptiles, enemy boats, and exciting chases after the men who are responsible for a sinister racket that involves many unsuspecting victims. In the end, Nancy makes a bold move to untangle the mass of clues, but she and Ned become imprisoned in the enemy's submarine and are held for ransom!
Mystery of Metru Nui (Bionicle Adventures #1)
by Greg FarshteyThe city of Metru Nui is divided into six parts. Each part has a guardian-- a Toa-- who watches over the Matoran who live there. However, something strange is happening: Matoran are vanishing and it's up to the Toa to find them.
Mystery of Smugglers Cove (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #64)
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe have been set up and will take the blame for stealing a valuable painting unless they can prove their innocense. The Haryds and their friends travel to southern Florida to visit their accusers brother, who was originally supposed to receive the painting. Escaping an encounter with smugglers, the boys chase leads them to the famous Florida Everglades. There they find that members of a gang connected to the smugglers are poaching aligators. How do Frank and Joe tie up all the loose ends? And will they remember to clear themselves during all the chaos!
Mystery of the Angry Idol
by Phyllis A. WhitneyWhile spending the summer in Connecticut, Jan helps solve an old family mystery involving an ancient Chinese idol.
Mystery of the Bay Monster (Into Reading, Level J #19)
by Margaret Fetty Sean O'NeillNIMAC-sourced textbook
Mystery of the Bear Cub
by Tamra Wight Carl DiRoccoThe boys are down in the dumps—literally! Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground’s property. It’s bad for the campground, and bad for the wildlife there, too. When Cooper, Packrat, and Roy find a fox in the woods with its head stuck in a jar, they know it’s time to investigate. But when the boys start digging, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck and a hungry black bear. Tamra Wight keeps the adventures coming in Book 4 of the award-winning Cooper & Packrat series.
Mystery of the Bewitched Bookmobile
by Florence Parry Heide Sophie Escabasse Roxanne Heide PierceWhy would anyone break into a bookmobile--but take nothing? One night, Cindy, Jay, and Dexter see a flickering light in the window of the library's bookmobile--is it a ghost? No, it's a break-in. Someone is looking for a secret among the stacks and it's up to the Spotlight Club to figure out the truth. There is no shortage of suspects: P. Nelson Edward, who says he doesn't know Olga Ratchett, but he does. Olga Ratchett, who is clearly angry with P. Nelson, but why? Why is she so upset about the bookmobile being closed early? And who is the mysterious man with the silver cane? Another mystery needs solving. The Spotlight Club is on the case!
Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk: Mystery Of The Brass-bound Trunk (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #17)
by Carolyn KeeneFrom the moment Nancy Drew boards an ocean liner leaving for New York, she becomes involved in a new and dangerous mystery. A man on the pier gestures to someone on board in sign language. BEWARE OF NANCY DREW AND NE, he signals. Who is NE? Can it be Nelda Detweiler, a young woman who shares a cabin with Nancy, Bess, and George? Mystery and intrigue follow the girls across the ocean; but with her usual ingenuity Nancy solves the mystery and defeats her enemies before the ship reaches New York.
Mystery of the Dark Old House: A Woodland Mystery
by Irene SchultzThe children all lost their parents, but with Mrs. Tandy have made their own family. Why are they called the Woodlanders? Because they live in a big house in the Bluff Lake woods. On Woodland Street! Together they find fun, mystery, and adventure. What are they up to now? Read on!
Mystery of the Dark Tower (American Girl History Mysteries #6)
by Evelyn ColemanIn 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina, and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially after her father mysteriously disappears.
Mystery of the Dark Tower (Mysteries through History #6)
by Evelyn ColemanA young girl&’s life changes forever when she investigates a mystery with the help of writers, artists, and musicians in 1920s HarlemBessie Coulter has no idea why her father spirits her and her brother, Eddie, away from their home in Burlington, North Carolina, in the middle of the night, leaving their sick mother behind. But from the moment she steps off the train at Grand Central Station, she&’s captivated by this teeming, colorful city that&’s both scary and exciting. Although Harlem is a thrilling place, Bessie misses her mother and can&’t get used to living with her two aunts. She&’s lonely and homesick, especially when her father begins going out with a beautiful, well-dressed woman. Desperate to find out what&’s going on, Bessie launches an investigation that takes Eddie and her into a world of artists, jazz musicians, and writers, in search of a strange place called the Dark Tower. With the help of their next-door neighbor Lillian Moore and a Caribbean hoodoo woman named Miss Flo, Bessie is determined to uncover the mystery and get her family back together. This ebook includes a historical afterword.
Mystery of the Desert Giant (Hardy Boys #40)
by Franklin W. DixonIn a search for the missing Willard Grafton, Frank Hardy and younger brother Joe, encounter a gang of criminals intent on defrauding the US government, and are lead across California and even into Mexico.
Mystery of the Fallen Treasure (The Boxcar Children #132)
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerOn their trip to Oregon, the Aldens are excited to find out that Watch has the right skills to be a search and rescue dog! When they start training him in the woods one of the first things he "rescues" is a backpack filled with valuable jewelry--and it fell out of a plane! How could that have happened? When the children try to return the backpack to its owner, the mystery becomes even deeper!
Mystery of the Fire in the Sky (Mystery Solver Series)
by Gloria Skurzynski Alane FergusonOne night Caitlin sees a giant fireball in the sky. The fireball crashes soundlessly to earth -- and disappears! At first Caitlin thinks that a plane has crashed, but there are no reports of missing planes.
Mystery of the Flying Express (Hardy Boys #20)
by Franklin W. DixonAfter the new hydrofoil they are guarding is stolen, the Hardy boys face frequent danger in solving a mystery involving criminals who operate by signs of the zodiac.
Mystery of the Glowing Eye (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #51)
by Carolyn KeeneWhen Nancy Drew eagerly agrees to help her lawyer father solve the mystery of the glowing eye, she has no way of knowing that it will involve the kidnapping of her close friend Ned Nickerson. <P><P>A puzzling note in Ned's handwriting set Nancy and her friends Bess and George on a hazardous search for a bizarre criminal. From their base of operations, the Emerson College campus, the three girl detectives and Ned's college pals follow a maze of clues to locate the kidnapper's hideout and rescue Ned. Not only is Nancy greatly worried about Ned, but also she is alarmed by the high-handed methods of a woman lawyer who tries to take the case away from her.Readers will follow Nancy's exciting adventures as she unravels this dangerous web of mystery.
Mystery of the Haunted Cave
by Penny WarnerThirteen-year-old Becca and her friends Sierra, CJ, and Jonnie are determined to win the gold medal for Troop 13 at the Gold Rush Jamboree. But they face stiff competition from the other troops--especially Troop 7, whose members love to pull pranks on them. When a mysterious clue hints at treasure buried in Camp Miwok's Haunted Caves, Becca and her friends are determined to get their hands on that, too--even if it means sneaking from camp, hanging out with bats, and being threatened by robbers....
Mystery of the Haunted Hut
by Mary Graham BonnerThere is blood on the snow outside a deserted shack. Then there are puzzling lights and a disappearing ice boat. Can Rusty and her brothers discover the truth at Deep Hollow?
Mystery of the Haunted Pool
by Phyllis A. WhitneyA string of carved wooden beads... A ship captain's log... A strange face that appears—then disappears—at the bottom of a pool. What is the secret of the old sea captain's mansion? Susan Price and her brother Adam unravel the clues to a century-old mystery . . . and discover a fortune!
Mystery of the Haunted Silver Mine (Mystery Solver Series)
by Gloria Skurzynski Alane FergusonA group of Science Club friends solve the mystery of the "haunted" silver mine by using scientific principles in this first chapter book in the tradition of Encyclopedia Brown.
Mystery of the Island Jewels
by Joyce A. StengelOn the search for an ancient treasure... On a cruise to the Caribbean, fourteenyearold 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....
Mystery of the Island Jungle (Ladd Family Adventure #3)
by Lee RoddyTwelve-year-old Josh Ladd's discovery in the Kauai jungle of a Japanese World War II airplane and its pilot who doesn't realize the war is over leads him on a race against time with a conniving foe.
Mystery of the Lost Heirloom (Sara & Sam Series, Book #3)
by Ruth Nulton MooreWhile accompanying their father to Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, to do research on a French refugee settlement of 200 years ago, twins Sam and Sara become involved in a search for the valuable stolen pendant of an Indian princess.