The 100-Year-Old Secret
10 best books like The 100-Year-Old Secret (Tracy Barrett): The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, The Unteachables, Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, The Secret of the Mansion, A Tangle of Knots, The Familiars, How to Save Your Tail*:, Lunch Money, Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
The Case of the Missing Marquess
Author | Nancy Springer |
ISBN | 0399243046 |
When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared—on her 14th birthday nonetheless—she knows she alone can find her. Disguising herself as a grieving widow, Enola sets out to the heart of London to uncover her mother’s whereabouts—but...
Author | Nancy Springer |
ISBN | 0399245189 |
Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' right-hand man - so when he goes missing, it's a shock. Even Sherlock hasn't, well, the slightest clue as to where he could be. Enola is intrigued, but weary; she's still hiding from her older brothers - and getting involved could be disastrous.
But...
Author | Gordon Korman |
ISBN | 0062563912 |
What happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher?
The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic train wrecks. Like Aldo, with anger management issues; Parker, who can’t read; Kiana, who doesn’t even belong in the class—or...
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
Author | Shari Green |
ISBN | 1772780170 |
Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it. Already a For Sale sign mars the front lawn of her beloved house. Soon her mother will upend their little family, adding an unwelcome stepfather and pesky six-year-old twin stepsisters. To add insult to injury, what is Macy s final...
The Secret of the Mansion
Trixie Belden was not perfect. She got into trouble, she got dirty, she argued and lost, and she got kidnapped! Truly, if you cut her, did she not bleed?! yes!
My Mom bought me two Trixie Belden books to take on a family vacation to Florida the summer after 2nd grade. I think I had finished them before...
Author | Lisa Graff |
ISBN | 0399255176 |
Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny...
Author | Adam Jay Epstein |
ISBN | 0061961086 |
Is the kingdom's fate in the hands of an orphan cat? Running fast to save his life, Aldwyn ducks into an unusual pet store. Moments later Jack, a young wizard in training, comes in to choose a magical animal to be his familiar. Jack thinks his birthday pet is magical, and Aldwyn plays along.
He just...
Author | Mary Hanson |
ISBN | 0375837558 |
How does a cookie-baking Rat named Bob save his tail from being gobbled by two hungry cats? By serving them cookies and telling them fantastic fairy tales about his family, of course. There's the story about great-grand uncle Mustard who upgrades his family to a lovely three-bedroom brick house. (All's...
Author | Andrew Clements |
ISBN | 0689866836 |
Greg Kenton has always had a natural talent for making money -- despite the annoying rivalry of his neighbor Maura Shaw. Then, just before sixth grade, Greg makes a discovery: Almost every kid at school has an extra quarter or two to spend almost every day.
Multiply a few quarters by a few hundred kids,...
Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
ISBN | 1846972558 |
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, new, enchanting tale for children, we see how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know...
Author | Nancy Springer |
ISBN | 0399247815 |
3.5 stars
Audio version - narrated by the incredible Katherine Kellgren!!!
In this, the fifth installment in the Enola Holmes mystery series, Enola must help solve a mystery entangling her dear old landlady, Mrs. Tuppper. And the start of the mystery dates all the way back, some several...
Author | Dan Hampton |
ISBN | 0062262017 |
The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation—a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War...
Author | Barbara O'Connor |
ISBN | 0374310602 |
From Barbara O'Connor, the beloved author of Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of friendship, the challenges of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog.
Mavis Jeeter is fearless and bold, but she has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend. Her flighty...
Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game
Author | Chris Grabenstein |
ISBN | 0525646442 |
Mr. Lemoncello is going LIVE ACROSS THE NATION in his brand new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's
New York Times
bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series!
Greetings...
Author | Carola Dunn |
ISBN | 0312675496 |
The Daisy Dalrymple series continues in Heirs of the Body—when one of four potential claimants to the title of Lord Dalrymple dies a sudden, nasty death, the question on everyone’s mind is, “was it murder”?
In the late 1920s in England, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is recruited...
For anyone who loves cats, dogs (or both!), James Patterson's most pawsome story ever is set in a society defined by the oldest rivalry in the world: katts versus doggs!
Oscar is a happy dogg---a rambunctious kid who loves being a Dogg Scout. Thanks to his family, he knows that snobby katts are good...