American girls collection. American girl mysteries
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[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Percé village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
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[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Kirsten, a young girl living on the Minnesota frontier, tries to learn the truth about what really happened to her friend and neighbor Erik Sandahl, who has disappeared and is widely believed to have run out on his promises and responsibilities.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
As the war continues into May 1945, eleven-year-old Molly finds herself pulled in many different directions trying to cope with her troubled father's return from war, the abrupt resignation of her favorite Red Cross volunteer, a scrap-paper drive, and a mysterious neighborhood prowler.
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2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In June 1907, twelve-year-old Samantha looks forward to a happy summer with Nellie and her younger sisters at Grandmary's country home in the Adirondacks but a series of mysterious accidents on the property lead Samantha to suspect that someone is deliberately causing trouble.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity runs the household while her mother and siblings are away, but is distracted by her horse's ill health, two strangers in town, and the fear that a box of family heirlooms is haunted. Includes historical information about life in colonial Williamsburg.
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c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After Rebecca meets a new family in her New York City apartment building and helps watch their fussy baby while they are moving in, she becomes convinced that they have been victimized by the kidnappers that have been operating in their neighborhood.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
While trying to find a way for her elementary school to help fund the seabird rescue following an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, Julie investigates the theft of rare guitar. Includes a "Looking Back" essay about benefit concerts in the 1970s.
23) The hidden gold
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Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Marie-Grace can't wait to begin her journey up the Mississippi River with her father. The steamboat they're traveling on is the biggest and fanciest boat Marie-Grace has ever seen. It's crowded with all sorts of interesting passengers, including Wilhelmina Newman, a girl her age. Wilhelmina is traveling alone, and she's carrying a secret in one of her trunks--clues to hidden Gold Rush treasure."--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform at the very theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Oc�eane, but as she and her friend C�ecile help out backstage, the make disturbing discoveries.
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Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Caroline worries that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor, but when strange things start happening at Abbott's Shipyard Caroline wonders if a spy, either someone she has known all her life or Papa's long-lost friend, is responsible.
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, and when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.
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Danger in Paris: a Samantha mystery
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The smuggler's secrets: a Caroline mystery
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