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WOW is committed to creating an international network of people who share the vision of bringing books and children together, thereby opening windows on the world. We encourage thoughtful dialogue around international literature so that children can reflect on their own cultural experience and connect to the experience of others across the globe.

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Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
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The Star Of Kazan

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

Published: 2004,
Tags: 19th Century, Adventures, Mystery
Categories: AustriaAustria, EuropeAustria, Europe, GermanyAustria, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Austria, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller

From Charlie’s Point Of View

Best friends Bernadette and Charlie begin seventh grade and help unravel the mysterious case of the Stocking Bandit.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Economic conditions, Politics, Social conditions
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Americas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller

Utterly Me, Clarice Bean

When someone steals the winner’s trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Dogs, Natural disasters, People with disabilities
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14)England (UK), Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller

Naomi And The Secret Message

When Naomi and Mrs. Lumbago discover a mirror among the coins hidden by the late Mr. Lumbago, they notice that it changes the reflected image of the person looking into it, and find a cryptic message engraved on its back.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Holocaust, Personal narrative, World War II
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Mystery and ThrillerAmericas, Canada, Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9)

Walking With The Dead

When the ancient Greek mummy in his father’s basement museum of oddities gets up and begs for help, twelve-year-old Alex and his sidekick Freddie not only find themselves tackling a brutal local bully, but also taking a journey to the netherworld.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Adventures, Heroes
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Americas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller

Duel

In Jerusalem, when elderly Mr. Rosenthal receives a threatening letter accusing him of stealing a painting and challenging him to a duel, twelve-year-old David needs to find who really stole it before someone gets hurt.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Orphans
Categories: AsiaAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), IsraelAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Mystery and Thriller

Dog Den Mystery

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?

Published: 2005,
Tags: Detective, discovery, Dog
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and ThrillerAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Phantom Mudder

All dogs like mud. All dogs like biscuits. This is a fact. But when mud and biscuits happen at the same time, Jack knows there is skulldoggery in the air. Who is mudding the show dogs of Doggeroo?

Published: 2005,
Tags: Detective, discovery, Dog
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and ThrillerAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9)

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