106 results for "Mystery"

Matasha

Erens, Pamela
"It's 1970's Chicago. Eleven-year-old Matasha Wax is in the sixth grade and just starting to feel the pressures of growing up. Her best friend Jean has been blowing her off, while her parents are in a standoff over her mother's desire to adopt a refugee from Vietnam. And while the bullies in school have started to grow breasts and inches, Matasha remains a puny four-foot-four--which means she will need growth hormone shots, and she is terrified of needles. Apart from her daily reading of the advice columns in the newspaper, keeping up with the Patty Hearst and Watergate scandals, and tracking her parents' deteriorating marriage, Matasha is fixated by the story of Martin Kimmel, a nine-year-old boy who disappeared a few months ago, and whose body has yet to be found. But none of these ongoing problems could have prepared Matasha for her mother's sudden disappearance. When the letters start coming from Switzerland, she knows something is very, very wrong--but no one will tell her what's going on, so Matasha has to figure it all out for herself."--Page 4 of cover
Ig Kids 2021 295 pages

The Person Controller

David Baddiel
From the author of THE PARENT AGENCY comes a thrilling, funny and touching new adventure. Fred and Ellie are twins. But not identical (because that's impossible for a boy and a girl). They do like all the same things, though. Especially video games. Which they are very good at. They aren't that good, however, at much else - like, for example, football, or dealing with the school bullies. Then, they meet the Mystery Man, who sends them a video game controller, which doesn't look like any other controller they've ever seen. And it doesn't control any of their usual games. When the twins find out what it does control, though, it seems like the answer to all their problems. And the key to all their wildest dreams. At least it seems like that...
HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2024-06-04 384 pages

Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery

David A. Adler
When Cam Jansen, her father, and her friend Eric go to the library, Cam finds a mystery to read. But soon, she has a mystery to solve. Her father's shopping list has disappeared. Cam decides to use her amazing skills to investigate, and with a click, she puts her photographic memory into action. Where was the list seen last? And where can it possibly be? The Young Cam Jansen books are "appealing mini-mysteries [that] will find a ready audience." ( Booklist )
Penguin 2002-11-11 32 pages

The Mystery of the Missing Belly Button Kerry M. Olitzky

Kerry M. Olitzky
A group of young students are in a museum as part of a school field trip. Suddenly, the museum security guard announces that someone has stolen the belly buttons from the museum's statue of Adam and Eve. This initiates a search for the missing belly buttons, which is resolved with humor, insight and a bit of science. The book arouses children's curiosity about stories in the Bible and how they can relate personally to these stories
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp 2022-03-24 32 pages

Young Cam Jansen and the Zoo Note Mystery

David A. Adler
Cam and Eric's class is going on a field trip to the zoo. But Eric can't find his permission slip, and without it, he can't go on the field trip. Where did it go? Did he drop it somewhere? Was it stolen? Will Cam Jansen's amazing memory help to find Eric's permission slip in time? Or will he have to sit in the principal's office all day while the other children go to the zoo? Hurry, Cam, time's running out!
Penguin 2004-11-18 32 pages