Kelly Murphy
1) Masterpiece
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After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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"When eleven-year-old Ginny Pierce's father gets deployed to Afghanistan just as her family is moving to a new post in Maryland, she tries to salvage a long and lonely summer by running her own geography camp"--Provided by publisher.
On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post...
7) Fiona's luck
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A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 2
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"The Wollstonecraft detectives (Mary Shelley & Ada Lovelace) tackle their second case, this time involving a horrible hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement and a client who can't be trusted."--
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 1
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"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
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The continuing adventures of beastologist-in-training, Nathaniel Fludd, as he accompanies his intrepid Aunt Phil on a dangerous mission across West Africa to find a deadly basilisk that is missing and begins to find clues relating to the mysterious disappearance of his parents.
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Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
OBD Reading Colors Your World Chapter Books - YOUTH
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
OBD Reading Colors Your World Chapter Books - YOUTH
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SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist -- and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye. Then everything falls apart. Ollie's dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving...
12) Secrets at sea
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In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 3
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When a dinosaur fossil hunter is blackmailed by kidnappers who need her to fake a validation in return of her beloved pooch, Ada and Mary are given three days to find the offenders and save the scientist's reputation.
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Masterpiece adventures volume 2
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"Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs his human friend James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late"--
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Masterpiece adventures volume 3
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Marvin the beetle finds adventure when his human friend James takes him to school.
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Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 4
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Beastologist-in-training Nathaniel Fludd and his Aunt Phil nurse a mysteriously ill unicorn, try to stop Obediah from taking the unicorn's horn, and finally get a solid lead on the whereabouts of Nathaniel's parents.
19) Faraway things
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Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.
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Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume 4
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Ada and Mary take on the case of young Princess Alexandrina Victoria's missing diary.