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If You Were a Writer
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Joan Lowery Nixon
Melia's mother is a writer and Melia thinks she might like to be one as well. With her mother's encouragement and gentle suggestions, Melia learns some practical tips for creating stories. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text.
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Family Apart
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The first in an exciting new four-part series about the more than 100,000 homeless children taken from the streets of New York and sent west to new families. Book 1 is the story of six brothers and sisters whose mother makes the ultimate sacrifice to give them hope for a better future. Filled with heartbreak, joy and love.
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Gus & Gertie & the Lucky Charms
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J Nixon
Gus and Gertie, the penguins of the title, set off for the Animal Winter Olympics, only to find their event--synchronized swimming--isn't a winter sport. Two scheming rats make off with all of the competitors' lucky charms, and it's up to the penguin sleuth crew to track them down in the surrounding mountains--or everyone will have an unlucky day. ...
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Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
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Grabbed off the street, Christina Lattimore is kidnapped and held for ransom--which her family pays. Christina, however, is devastated to discover that her family suspects her of plotting her abduction in order to gain access to her wealthy grandmother's money. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award.
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Haunted Island
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Edgar Award-winning mystery writer Joan Lowery Nixon tells the story of two children who explore a deserted island, said to be haunted by ghosts of vengeful Joshua and his ferocious dog.
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Dangerous Promise
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Set in the 1800s, this book is part of the continuing adventures of the orphaned Kelly siblings.
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Playing for Keeps
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While a stowaway on a cruise ship bound for the United States, a teenaged Cuban baseball player finds mystery, danger, and romance.
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Other Side of Dark
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After being in a coma for four years, Stacy finally wakes up. The last thing she remembers is the man who burst out of her house, shot and wounded her, and killed her mother. Now she must struggle to go on with her life, knowing that the killer is still out there, waiting.
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Trap
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While visiting her aunt and uncle's farm for the summer, a girl named Julie gets caught up in a dangerous mystery. At first it's just small things, like pieces of jewelry disappearing--but then people start dying. Will Julie be able to find the culprit behind these events? Or will she become the perpetrator's next victim?
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Deadly Game of Magic
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During a fierce storm, Lisa and her friends Teena, Julian, and Bo, take refuge in an old deserted house. Oddly, the house is full of magic tricks and props. Could the four friends have been lured there on purpose?
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Stalker
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Joan Lowery Nixon
Jennifer Wilcox is shocked when her best friend's mother, Stella Trax, is murdered. Even worse, Bobbie, Stella's daughter and Jennifer's friend, is accused of the crime. Jennifer doesn't believe that Bobbie is Stella's killer and sets out to prove that her friend is innocent.
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Place to Belong
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Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St. Joseph, Missouri, with kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson. Danny is thrilled to have a "real" father again, but when Olga suddenly dies, he is devastated--until he thinks of an ingenious plan to find Alfrid a new wife.
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Haunting
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Fifteen-year-old Lisa is forced to move with her parents into the old Louisiana plantation of her ancestors, where she must confront her fears and chase away a terrible horror lurking inside the house. Can she find the courage to deal with a noisy ghost out for revenge?
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Circle of Love
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The Civil War has officially ended and Frances Mary Kelly's true love, Johnny, is back from the war. But to Frances's dismay, Johnny is hesitant to marry her. Attempting to ease her aching heart, Frances accepts an offer to go to New York City and escort a group of orphans out West to new homes. Along the way, she must deal with a flood of painful ...
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Name of the Game Was Murder
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Fifteen-year-old Samantha and other guests are invited for a weekend party at the home of Samantha's uncle, bestselling author Augustus Trevor. When the guests arrive, Augustus reveals that he has written a new tell-all book which details embarrassing information about all the people at the party. The manuscript is hidden somewhere in his mansion ...
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Nightmare
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Emily Wood is plagued by a nightmare that is so confusing and terrifying that she can not bring herself to talk to anyone about it. Concerned by Emily's withdrawn behavior, her parents send her to a special, "restorative" summer camp; but when Emily arrives there, she is horrified to discover that the camp is populated by the same people who ...
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Weekend Was Murder
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Teen sleuth Liz Rafferty, first introduced in "The Dark and Deadly Pool", returns to solve another mystery. As a worker at the Ridley Hotel, Liz is approached to take part in the Ridley's "Murder Mystery Weekend", in which visitors try to solve a murder play-acted by the hotel staff. Unfortunately, the body that Liz discovers is real.
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Keeping Secrets
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Set in the 1800s, this book is part of the continuing adventures of the orphaned Kelly siblings.
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Who Are You?
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Kristi Evan's life is turned upside-down when a man she doesn't even know is shot. When the police questioning her about the shooting, her parents want to know what she's hiding from them. Kristi's determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, even if it means her life will never be the same again.
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Caught in the ACT
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As the saga of the Kelly children continues, Mike Kelly is adopted by a German immigrant farm family living in Missouri. Although they are kind to him, they are mainly interested in having cheap labor.
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A Deadly Promise
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In this sequel to "High Trail to Danger", Sarah sets out to fullfill her father's dying wish by clearing him of murder charges. As she and her younger sister, Susannah, attempt to clear their father, they find themselves in many dangerous situations.
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Land of Dreams
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An entry in the "Ellis Island" series set in the early 1900s. This series focuses on the lives of immigrants in the United States. The featured characters include Russian Rebekah, Irish Rosie, and Swedish Kirsten.
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Will's Choice
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Will Scott is riding the orphan train in 1866 because his father, a circus performer, believes his son will have a better life with a family out west. Will comes to live with a kindly doctor and forms a special bond with him as he accompanies him on his rounds to the local farms. When the circus comes to town, Will has to make a big decision about ...
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Shadowmaker
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When 16-year-old Kate and her investigative reporter mom arrive in small-town Kluney, they hardly expect trouble. But Kate's mother's work makes enemies; could her work in uncovering the illegal dumping of toxic waste in town be the cause of the shadowy figures lurking outside the house at night? And could the series of murders suddenly occurring ...
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Nancy's Story: 1765
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