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Timmy Failure volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Though I, Timmy Failure, have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement, my fans have begged me to turn my memoirs into a movie, an ode to my greatness. I am, however, beset by enemies, the worst of whom is Tom John John, the buffoonish movie director. What's more, my father is in town, working at a bar, which is obviously just a cover for our father-son crime-fighting partnership. And my dim-witted polar bear business partner,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016].
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what he's got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much else; least of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he's ready to take it on himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter...
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 1
Description
Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Author
Series
Threads that bind volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, Io, a descendant of the Greek Fates, must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
136 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"En un instante, el gatito demacrado y hambriento, que tenía frente a él, se convirtió en una criatura aterradora: ojos enormes como bolas de fuego, cabeza grande como una sartén y su boca parecía una caverna negra, llena de dientes dientes afilados"-- Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Timmy Failure volume 4
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In this fourth book of Timmy Failure's memoirs, Timmy is forced to take his investigation into stolen charity funds on the road when his mother forces him to help her boyfriend move to Chicago. They are on the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy's mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and criminal mastermind Molly Moskins. It's a world gone mad, where good becomes bad, and Timmy Failure is a condemned man.
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Series
Timmy Failure volume 3
Description
His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It's dirty business. It's best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure that Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!
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Series
Spongebob Squarepants mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
When retired superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy ask them to figure out what the glowing green trail outside of Shady Shoals Rest Home is, SpongeBob and Patrick get into a slimy situation with Bikini Bottom's most dangerous villains.
12) Shadowghast
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Series
Legends of Eerie-on-Sea volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"When townspeople start disappearing after the arrival of a magician who knows about his past, Henry must separate truth from sleight-of-hand to solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before they are all swallowed by darkness"--
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Series
Secret Spy Society volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Description
"After officially naming themselves the Petite Private Eyes, Peggy, Rita, and Dot are ready to take on a new assignment from the Lady Spies. The Fashion Twins, two local designers, have been robbed! When the girls go undercover to investigate, they find themselves joining a curious scout troop run by a mysterious scout leader. With the help of the Lady Spies and a feisty pet cheetah, will the girls crack the case and make some new friends?"--
14) Ghostly echoes
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold...
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Swifts volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure. She's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives...
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Have you ever had one of those moments? You know--you're trying to find a stolen diamond pencil box for your beautiful butterfly customer, your mosquito witness won't give you any information, and your clumsy scorpion assistant has just tampered with your only bit of evidence?Joey Fly has those moments a lot.
19) Gargantis
Author
Series
Legends of Eerie-on-Sea volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
334 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Description
There's a storm brewing over Eerie-on-Sea, and the fisherfolk say a monster is the cause. Someone has woken the ancient Gargantis, who sleeps in the watery caves beneath this spooky seaside town where legends have a habit of coming to life. It seems the Gargantis is looking for something: a treasure stolen from her underwater lair. And it just might be in the Lost-and-Foundery at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, in the care of one Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder....
20) The dire king
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 4
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Description
An evil king is using a blend of magic and technology to push Earth and the Otherworld into a mortal competition. In New Fiddleham, Jackaby and Abigail are caught in the middle as they try to close the rend between the two worlds, and discover why zombies are appearing around town. As the romance between Abigail and the shape-shifting police detective Charlie Cane deepens, Jackaby's feelings for 926 Augur Lane's ghostly lady, Jenny, begins to deepen....
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