American girls collection. American girl mysteries
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Danger at the zoo: a Kit mystery
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Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
132 p. ; 18 cm.
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 Perce? village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Perce? Indians.
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Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2005
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165 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006.
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163 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 18 cm
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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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Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006
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183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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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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Pleasant
Pub. Date
c2007
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162 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
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American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
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p. cm.
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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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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2009
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179 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2009
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181 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
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171 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2010
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181 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
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The puzzle of the paper daughter: a Julie mystery
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Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Description
When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2011
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173 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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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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Clue in the castle tower: a Samantha mystery
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
161 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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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.
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American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
165 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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Eleven-year-old Cécile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat. Includes facts about the 1850s.
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
150 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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"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. Marie-Grace and Wilhelmina have to unravel the clues...
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Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
171 pages : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 19 cm.
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 Océane, but as she and her friend Cécile help out backstage, the make disturbing discoveries.
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Lost in the city: a Julie mystery
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Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
182 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 18 cm.
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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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A growing suspicion: a Rebecca mystery
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The traveler's tricks: a Caroline mystery
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
During the War of 1812, Caroline finds evidence that someone is smuggling precious supplies to the British and fears that the traitor may be her own uncle. Includes an "Inside Caroline's World" essay about smuggling during the War of 1812.