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The Secret Explorers and the Moon Mission (The Secret Explorers #9)
By Sj King. 2022
Blast off into space with this lunar themed installment of DK Books' new educational fiction series for children. Meet the…
Secret Explorers--a band of brainiac kids from all over the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has a specialty, from outer space to dinosaurs, and each story follows a character who gets chosen for a "secret exploration." In this fun, fact-filled children's book, space expert Roshni and geology expert Cheng blast off into outer space on a mission to the moon. There, they must navigate the dangerous terrain to clear up space debris before it can interfere with a lunar mission! Along the way the Secret Explorers pilot a space buggy and collect important rock samples. (STORY DETAILS TBC). With a gripping narrative that keeps kids engaged, The Secret Explorers and the Moon Mission book by SJ King is the perfect gift for children who are into all things space. It's written for children aged 7-9 years, with lots of information about astronomy and space, to give them an exciting introduction to lunar exploration. At the end of this fictional book, you'll find "Roshni' Mission Notes" which is a summary of all the scientific facts and discoveries made throughout the story. With fun illustrations, quizzes, and a vocabulary list, the educational value of this book is outstanding and great for a classroom read!Cam Jansen and the mystery of the U.F.O
By David A Adler. 1980
Eric Shelton is planning to enter the Junior News Photography Contest, and his friend Cam is helping him search for…
a subject. When mysterious lights appear floating above the trees, Eric snaps away and Cam puts her photographic memory to use. Is the U.F.O. real or only a prank? Cam and Eric decide to find out. For grades 3-6Cam Jansen and the mystery of the monster movie
By David A Adler. 1984
Cam, her parents, and her friend Eric go to the theater on Sunday afternoon to see "Shoe Escape." The first…
half is great, but the second half is...missing! The manager is convinced that Mr. Bender's Bargain theater took it. But Cam's photographic memory tells her that it was really someone else. The police are on the way to arrest Mr. Bender. Will Cam be able to find the real thief in time? For grades 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the television dog
By David A Adler. 1981
As Cam, her friend Eric, and Eric's twin sisters Donna and Diane wait in line at Lee's Bookstore for an…
autograph by Poochie, the famous television dog, a suspicious-looking man in line just ahead is holding a dog that looks exactly like Poochie. After a commotion, Cam's photographic memory tells her that the dogs have been switched. Will Cam, Eric, Donna, and Diane be able to rescue the real Poochie? For grades 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the gold coins
By David A Adler. 1982
On the way to school with their science fair projects, Cam and her friend Eric stop so that Cam can…
take a picture with her homemade box camera of Eric with his big wooden sundial. A man in a red plaid shirt leaves the coin shop where they are standing, and rudely bumps into Cam. When her box camera disappears from the science fair, and two valuable gold coins vanish from the coin shop, Cam and Eric must use their sleuthing skills to solve both crimes. For grades 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the stolen diamonds
By David A Adler. 1980
While sitting on a bench in the shopping mall, Cam Jansen and her friend Eric see a tall, heavy man…
with a mustache run from Parker's Jewelry Store just as the burglar alarm sounds. When the police capture him, the witnesses inside the store are sure that it is the wrong man. Can Cam's photographic memory help to capture the real thieves? For grades 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the Babe Ruth baseball
By David A Adler. 1982
At the community hobby show Cam and Eric, her friend, test her photographic memory at the Babe Ruth exhibit. When…
the prized item, a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth, turns up missing, Cam's memory is put to a real-life test as she and Eric become super-sleuths in search of the thief. For grades 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the carnival prize
By David A Adler. 1984
Cam, her friend Eric, and Eric's twin sisters Donna and Diane are anxious to test their luck and have fun…
at Button Jar Guess, Water Gun Shoot, Beanbag Toss, and the other booths at the fifth-grade carnival. Cam and Eric soon become suspicious when the same boy and girl keep winning the prizes at the Dime Toss booth, while the other children are loosing. Will Cam's photographic memory help them to find the real winners and loser? For grade 3-5Cam Jansen and the mystery of the dinosaur bones
By David A Adler. 1981
When Cam and her friend Eric visit the museum with their class, Cam's photographic memory tells her that something is…
wrong with the Coelophysis dinosaur skeleton. Ms. Tyler, the museum guide, and even the museum director tell her that she is wrong. When Cam and Eric see an off-brand milk truck mysteriously making an evening pick-up, they are soon on their way to finding the missing bones and the culprits. For grades 3-5The night is for hunting
By John Marsden. 1998
In this sequel to Burning for Revenge (BR 13344), teenagers Ellie, Lee, Homer, Fi, and Kevin are still in Australia…
fighting the invaders of their homeland. They rescue four feral children and hide out in the desert until they are attacked by enemy forces. For junior and senior high readers.Naked at the window
By Bill James. 2002
When the neighborhood supplier of drug dealer Panicking Ralph Ember is murdered by London thugs, the discreet network of local…
drug traders is threatened. With budget cuts leaving zero-tolerance drug policies obsolete, detectives Harpur and Iles work to keep the peace. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.The cat who brought down the house
By Lilian Jackson Braun. 2003
Elderly film star Thelma Thackeray turns the opera house into a film club when she returns to Moose County. She…
graciously allows newspaperman Jim Qwilleran to host a Kit Kat Revue there. His Siamese cat Koko ruins the show but solves a murder. 2003Will you still love me tomorrow?
By Edward Gorman. 2001
Black Water Falls, Iowa; 1959. Anti-communism is at its peak after a visit to the state by premier Nikita Khrushchev…
of the USSR. When a high-profile local liberal, attorney Sam McCain's client, is murdered, Sam investigates. Trouble arises when the two main suspects are also killed. Some strong language.Death of Riley
By Rhys Bowen. 2002
New York City, 1901. Irish immigrant Molly Murphy, last seen in Murphy's Law (BR 14095), cajoles private investigator Paddy Riley…
to hire her as his assistant. When Paddy is murdered, Molly gets a glimpse of the culprit and attempts to track him down.The cat who talked turkey
By Lilian Jackson Braun. 2004
A dead body found on his property slightly dims Moose County columnist Jim "Qwill" Qwilleran's excitement over a new bookstore…
and a neighboring town's upcoming bicentennial. After wild turkeys, rare for the area, suddenly appear Qwill looks to his clairvoyant cat, Koko, for answers. Bestseller.The Defector (The Apollo Murders Series #2)
By Chris Hadfield. 2023
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!"—Jack…
Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series"Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters—what more could you want from a thriller?"—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone seriesFrom the author of the #1 bestselling thriller The Apollo Murders comes the supersonic hunt for a shadowy Soviet defector.Israel, October 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.NASA Flight Controller and former top US test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground—and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets’ mythical “Foxbat” MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz needs to tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse—bringing the defector into the heart of the United States’ most secret test site—and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.For Chris Hadfield’s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris’s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's top fighter pilots.Not That Kind of Place: A Novel
By Michael Melgaard. 2023
Dragon's claw
By Peter O'Donnell. 1978
A thousand miles from land, alone on a little sloop in the Tasman Sea, Modesty Blaise finds a man on…
a sinking raft--a man with a strange gap in his memory. When he claims to be Luke Fletcher, a renowned artist who disappeared while swimming in the Mediterranean weeks before, it becomes clear that Modesty has stumbled upon a bewildering mystery. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexThe fourth floor twins and the Silver Ghost Express
By David Adler. 1986
The two sets of twins, Gary and Kevin and Diane and Donna, use their super sleuthing skills at the train…
station to track down missing suitcases and catch the thief, all the while watching little brother Howie, who insists on wandering off. For grades 2-4No man's island (Crime Club Ser.)
By Jessica Mann. 1983
Tamara Hoyland, archaeologist and British agent, is sent to the quiet island of Forway off the Cornish coast to investigate…
the recent independence movement. After a near-fatal auto crash and a charming love affair, she uncovers a series of murders linked not by politics but by greed