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Genre: Mystery
The Running Man
For a long time, fourteen-year-old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next-door neighbor. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible happened to Tom in the past. Then Joseph is asked to draw Tom for a school art project, and that means Joseph has the opportunity to uncover the truth about this man [...]
Other Descriptors: Australia, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: artist, emotional problem, Fear, recluse, Secret, silkworm, Vietnam War Leave a comment
Griffin’s Castle
Lonely and friendless from constantly moving, Dinah finds herself wishing the animal statues protecting a nearby Welsh castle would keep her company. Suddenly, to Dinah’s delight, the stone animals start to magically spring from the walls and follow her home. But when the animals refuse to let Dinah leave her house, she quickly realizes that [...]
Other Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Wales (UK) Themes: animal, castle, imprison, Magic, mother and daughter, Supernatural Leave a comment
Canned
Fergal Bamfield doesn’t collect stamps like normal kids. He’s an oddball (his mother prefers to call him “clever”), and his collection is as strange as everything else about him. Fergal Bamfield collects tin cans. Then one day he finds a can without a label. What could be in it? Peaches, soup, perhaps revolting spam? But [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction Themes: Adventure, collection, Detective, Friend, investigate Leave a comment
The Traitors’ Gate
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: 19th century, detective story, Family life, London, Poverty, responsibility, spy Leave a comment
Framed!
Luke Harding is excited to become the youngest person ever to qualify as a forensice invstigator. He barely has time to celebrate his final exams when Malc, his Mobile Aid to Law and Crime, calls him to their first case. A fellow student has been mysteriously shot dead with an arrow. Two more grisly on-campus [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: Crime, forensic science, Murder, race problem, suspense Leave a comment
The Mystery of the Martello Tower
Hazel and Ned are home for summer vacation and looking forward to long, lazy days of sleeping late, shooting hoops, building stink bombs, and spending time with their art-dealer father. But when he disappears without saying good-bye, their summer plunges into chaos. The babysitter leaves town, their apartment is burgled, and two menacing thugs start [...]
Other Descriptors: Canada, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: Adventure, art theft, Dark, Family problem, father, Mystery, Rescue, Secret Leave a comment
A Thief in the House of Memory
Six years ago, when Declan Steeple was 10 and his sister was just a baby, his mother, Lindy, disappeared, searching for something better than the dusty family estate with its generations of clutter and memory. Now the Steeples live in a modern split-level down the hill from the Big House, but the mansion is still [...]
Other Descriptors: Canada, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Family problem, Friend, Imagination, memory, Mother Leave a comment
Mariah Mundi: The Midas Box
The Prince Regent is no ordinary hotel—powered entirely by steam, run by an eccentric inventor who doesn’t believe in sleep, it’s a place full of shadowy characters and dangerous secrets. Mariah has just started working there as a magician’s assistant, and when he and his coworker Sacha unwittingly learn more than they were meant to [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Adventure, Detective, disappear, Evil, Friend, investigate, Magic, missing person, Secret Leave a comment
The Magician’s Apprentice
It’s summertime 1874 and Jago Stonecipher is tired of being pushed around. The penniless apprentice of a mean-spirited magican, Jago dreams of a better life. It seems his wish is granted when he finds a mysterious message in a watch, which unexpectedly sets off a dangerous chain of events.
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: 19th century, Adventure, Apprentice, magician, orphan, swindler, Winchester Leave a comment
On October 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., Rosemary Wells, illustrator and author of the preschool series Max and Ruby, will be at Worlds of Words physical location on the 4th floor of the College of Education at the University of Arizona.
Framed