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Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When their beloved aunt--matriarch of the world's most powerful family--dies, orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill compete with less honorable Cahill descendants in a race around the world to find cryptic clues to a mysterious fortune. Includes game cards which the reader may use to play an online version of the treasure hunt.
Author
Series
Winterborne home volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After years in foster care, April gets to live in a mansion where she and four other children are caught up in a mystery related to a missing heir, a lost legacy, and the Phantom.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
Author
Series
Wishes and Wellingtons volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maeve Merritt, chafing against the rigid rules of her London boarding school, finds her life transformed by the genie she happens upon--and by those who want to steal him.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, Feiwel and Friends
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Micah Tuttle loves living at the magical Circus Mirandus, but when a dangerous enemy from the past threatens his new home, every magician will have to be ready to fight--including Micah"-- Provided by pubisher.
12) Raising Lumie
Author
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Newly orphaned and living with the half sister she hardly knows, twelve-year-old Olive rediscovers her hope when she starts training a guide dog puppy.
13) Blue Bay mystery
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Alden children, who are on vacation on a deserted South Seas island, discover clues that suggest that they may not be alone.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 156
Language
English
Formats
Description
When eerie events at a Halloween escape room start scaring people away, the Alden siblings investigate.
15) The Enigma game
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Told in multiple voices, fifteen-year-old Jamaican Louisa Adair uncovers an Enigma machine in the small Scottish village where she cares for an elderly German woman, and helps solve a puzzle that could turn the tide of World War II.
16) Nightshade
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Teen spy Alex Rider is sent to a maximum security facility in Gibraltar to impersonate Julius Grief while seeking information about a new criminal organization called Nightshade.
17) Surprise Island
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After the Boxcar Children move in with their grandfather, they spend the summer having adventures on a private island.
Author
Series
Clockwork crow volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphan Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at a remote country mansion when she is given a package by a stranger. The package contains a cranky mechanical talking crow, which Seren reluctantly brings to her new home.
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