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Closer by sea : a novel / by Chafe, Perry,author.;
"In 1991, on a small, isolated island off the coast of Newfoundland, twelve-year-old Pierce Jacobs struggles to come to terms with the death of his father. It's been three years since his dad, a fisherman, disappeared in the cold, unforgiving Atlantic, his body never recovered. Pierce is determined to save enough money to fix his father's old boat and take it out to sea. But life on the island is quiet and hard. The local fishing industry is on the brink of collapse, threatening to take an ages-old way of life with it. The community is hit even harder when a young teen named Anna Tessier goes missing. With the help of his three friends, Pierce sets out to find Anna, with whom he shared an unusual but special bond. They soon cross paths with Solomon Vickers, a mysterious, hermetic fisherman who may have something to do with the missing girl. Their search brings them into contact with unrelenting bullies, magnificent sea creatures, fierce storms, and glacial giants. But most of all, it brings them closer to the brutal reality of both the natural and the modern world. Part coming-of-age story, part literary mystery, and part suspense thriller, Closer by Sea is a page-turning, poignant, and powerful novel about family, friendship, and community set at a pivotal time in modern Newfoundland history. It is an homage to a people and a place, and above all it captures that delicate and tender moment when the wonder of childhood innocence gives way to the harsh awakening of adult experience."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Coming of age; Child detectives; Communities; Islands; Missing persons;
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The case of the pilfered pin / by Hutchinson, Michael,1971-;
The Windy Lake First Nation's lands have been shared with cottagers for fifty years, but no one can agree on where the reserve land ends. The only thing that can prove the boundary is a steel surveyor's pin with the borders of the Windy Lake reserve etched into its head. When the Mighty Muskrats hear that the pin was stolen years ago--and that it is connected to their grandpa's mysterious past--they make it their mission to find the missing pin and prove that the land belongs to their people. But the mystery gets tense when Grandpa becomes a suspect. Cousins Sam, Otter, Atim, and Chickadee must find that pilfered pin!
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cousins; Child detectives; Grandfathers; Boundary disputes; Criminal investigation; Indigenous peoples;
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Ali Cross : the graphic novel / by Rau, Adam.; Tajalle, Phillip.; Kao, Ray.; Patterson, James,1947-; Caravan Studio.;
"When Ali Cross, son of the famous detective Alex Cross, discovers his best friend is missing, it's up to Ali to follow in his father's footsteps and solve the case"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Detective and mystery comics.; Child detectives; Middle school students; Missing persons; Cartoons and comics.;
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Ali Cross : like father, like son / by Patterson, James,1947-;
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Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Child detectives; Child witnesses; Criminal investigation; Friendship; Fathers and sons;
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Ace Wonder [videorecording] / by Grossman, Robert.; Gundersen, Chad,1977-; Moore, Gator.; Moore, John Robert.; Moreland, Derek.; Moreland, Jeff.; Gundersen Entertainment.; Heumoore Productions.; Vertical Entertainment.;
Gator Moore, Derek Moreland, Jeff Moreland, Robert Grossman, Garrett Schneck, Benjamin Botkin.When boy detective Ace Wonder seeks inspiration for his next novel, he stumbles upon a family mystery of corporate espionage, scientific discovery, and murder.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Child detectives; Children's films.; Detective and mystery films.; Espionage; Feature films.; Murder; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Vertical Entertainment,
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Magnolia Wu unfolds it all / by Miller, Chanel.;
A self-proclaimed sock detective inside her parents' New York City laundromat, 10-year-old Magnolia Wu and Iris, a new friend from California, set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable along the way.Ages range: 7-11.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Self-service laundries; Child detectives; Lost articles; Socks; Friendship; Chinese Americans;
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Peril at Owl Park / by Jocelyn, Marthe.; Follath, Isabelle.;
Includes bibliographical references.Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death in her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can't wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country; Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie's almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway AND an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie's festive cheer. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. With the help of a certain nosy reporter, Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Christmas stories.; Preteen girls; Belgians; Child detectives; Murder; City and town life; Nineteen hundreds (Decade);
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Shirley & Jamila save their summer / by Goerz, Gillian.;
Both girls need a new plan for the summer, and they might as well become friends. Then this kid Oliver shows up begging for Shirley s help. His pet gecko has disappeared, and he's sure it was stolen! That's when Jamila discovers Shirley's secret: She's the neighborhood's best kid detective, and she's on the case. When Jamila discovers she's got some detective skills of her own, a crime-solving partnership is born.LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Mystery comic books, strips, etc.; Preteen girls; Child detectives; Geckos; Female friendship; Criminal investigation;
© [2020], Dial Books for Young Readers,
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The secret detective / by Patterson, James,1947-;
"Ali Cross and his friends chase police cases while Ali is caught up in a debate about policing."-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Child detectives; Criminal investigation; Friendship; Police; Debates and debating; Middle schools; African Americans;
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The dead man in the garden / by Jocelyn, Marthe.; Follath, Isabelle.;
Includes bibliographical references.Aggie, her widowed mother, Grannie Jane, and Aggie's friend Hector travel to a spa in Yorkshire. There is even a potential new friend in George, a young patient at the spa. Aggie is looking forward to having more grand adventures with Hector. But rumors surface about the spa's recently deceased former patient, and then another body appears under strange circumstances. Aggie and Hector must put their deductive skills to use to determine whether the people have been murdered. LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Morton, Aggie (Fictitious character); Perot, Hector (Fictitious character); Preteen girls; Belgians; Child detectives; Murder; Health resorts; Hotels; City and town life;
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