Rex Tabby, premiere cat detective on the Whiskerville police force, is hot on the trail of fish-stealing Ma Manx, and her two bad-to-the-bone kittens, Rumpy and Stumpy.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0439452872

ISBN-13: 9780439452878

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Robert's dad is the coolest!! Halloween at Robert's house is full of creepy spiders, moving hands, and screeching sounds. But Robert's friend Matt Blakey is not afraid of anything,so Robert invites all his friends over to his house for a Halloween party. Robert really wants to scare Matt. Can Robert's Dad help him find a way?

Similar authors: Patricia Giff

Similar books: Robert and the Attack of the Giant Tarantula Robert and the Great Pepperoni Robert and the Hairy Disasters Oh, No, It's Robert

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/3/2009

ISBN-10: 043944375X

ISBN-13: 9780439443753

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Lord Dougal needs the help of the famous mouse detective Rollo, and his trusted assistant Tweedy, NOW! There's a ghost in Dougal Castle! Rollo and Tweedy travel to Scotland to investigate the ghost that is frightening everyone in the castle. Follow Rollo and Tweedy as they uncover: a map in the kitchen with an X on it, a chimney sweep who is always in the castle library, and a mysterious white sheet in the shepherd's cottage. Is there a real ghost in the castle or could it be someone out to steal Lord Dougal's treasure? This is an easy-to-read mystery story for the beginning reader.

Similar authors: David A. Adler

Similar books: Nate the Great by Majorie Weinman Sharmat; Young Cam Jansen by David A. Adler Bones and the Math Test Mystery by David A. Adler

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/15/2009

ISBN-10: 006020107X

ISBN-13: 9780060201074

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It is 1st century Rome. Flavia is a young girl living in Ostia, a Roman suburb. (Ostia was a real city.) Her world is good, but is about to be disrupted, when a magpie triggers a set of events that lead to saving a young slave girl, meeting Jewish children, who have secretly become Christians, and finding a mute boy in a graveyard. Flavia, and her friends, combine forces to solve the mystery of the decapitated dogs found around Flavia's house. In the process, they are chased by wild dogs, and escape from slave traders. In addition, someone is trying to steal gold hidden in Flavia's house. Are these mysteries related? Find out in this action-packed, and slightly gory, book. Book one in The Roman Mysteries series.

Similar books: Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0142401471

ISBN-13: 9780142401477

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In a small, Nebraska town, Ted Hammond finds a real life mystery, when he sees a face in the window of an abandoned farm house, while on his paper route. The sixth-grader, who loves mysteries, decides this is one that he can solve on his own, and resolves to get to the bottom of it. He finds a girl, and her family, who are hiding out. He agrees to help them, and promises not to give away their secret. When they disappear, he must figure out what happened to them, and whom can he trust.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0689866879

ISBN-13: 9780689866876

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