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  The Maze Runner: Book 1

  The Maze Runner

  by James Dashner

  When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade -- a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the... (more)
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  The Mysterious Benedict Society: Book 1

  The Mysterious Benedict Society

  by Trenton Lee Stewart, Carson Ellis

  "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could... (more)
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  A Series of Unfortunate Events

  The Beatrice Letters

  by Lemony Snicket

  Top secret—only for readers deeply interested in the Baudelaire case. How I pity these readers. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket
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  Eleventh Hour

  by Graeme Base

  When Horace turns 11, he celebrates in grand style by inviting his friends to a splendid party. When the time comes for the birthday banquet, a most curious mystery will be revealed. Base has hidden messages that will keep sleuths searching happily for hours for the answer to the mystery. Full color.
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  Meanwhile

  by Jason Shiga

  Chocolate or Vanilla? This simple choice is all it takes to get started with Meanwhile , the wildly inventive creation of comics mastermind Jason Shiga, of whom Scott McCloud said “Crazy + Genius = Shiga.” Jimmy, whose every move is under your control, finds himself in a mad scientist’s lab, where he’s given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device, a time-travel machine, or the Killitron 3000... (more)
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  Blue Balliet's books: Book 1

  Chasing Vermeer

  by Blue Balliett

  When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a... (more)
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  Robert Langdon: Book 2

  The Da Vinci Code

  by Dan Brown

  Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons) is an exhaustively researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient coverups and savage vengeance.The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator,whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and... (more)
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  Where's Waldo?: Book 1

  Where's Waldo?

  Reissue

  by Martin Handford

  Hey, Waldo-whizzes! Are you ready for the great new Waldo challenge? This special new edition of Where’s Waldo? contains all the fun of the original book but with lots of eye-boggling extras! First, Waldo himself has move – he’s in a new place in every scene! As well as the excitement of finding Waldo again, you can now look for Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, loads of Waldo-watchers, and much more!... (more)
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  The Flanders Panel

  by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

  A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for... (more)
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  The Rule of Four

  by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

  An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Four —a brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery. It's Easter at Princeton. Seniors are scrambling to finish their theses. And two students, Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries... (more)
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  The Westing Game

  by Ellen Raskin

  Sixteen individuals who are mysteriously chosen to live in the Sunset Tower apartment building on the shore of Lake Michigan come together to hear the will of the self-made millionaire, Sam Westing. The will takes the form of a puzzle, dividing the sixteen "heirs" into eight pairs, giving each pair a different set of clues, and challenging the heirs to solve the mystery of which of them killed Sam Westing. As an... (more)
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  I Spy

  I Spy Treasure Hunt

  A Book of Picture Riddles

  by Walter Wick

  Welcome to I Spy Harbor, where you will stumble upon a treasure map and a pirate who offers clues in rhyme. From stormy Lighthouse Point to a treasure trove of gold and jewels, this I Spy tour de force is an eyeful of fun.
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  The Eight: Book 2

  The Fire

  by Katherine Neville

  Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now... (more)
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  Where's Waldo?

  Where's Waldo? The Complete Collection

  by Martin Handford

  The only place you'll find all of Waldo's adventures in one fabulous collection Just when you thought you’d found Waldo in all the likely places, we give you the slipcased edition — offering a complete set of Where's Waldo? adventures: WHERE'S WALDO? WHERE'S WALDO NOW? WHERE'S WALDO? THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY WHERE'S WALDO? THE WONDER BOOK WHERE'S WALDO? IN HOLLYWOOD Exclusively in paperback: WHERE'S WALDO?... (more)
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  Where's Wally?

  by Martin Handford

  An activity book that features Wally, along with his friends, who are fiendishly hidden in every scene.
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  A Series of Unfortunate Events

  Lemony Snicket

  The Unauthorized Autobiography

  by Lemony Snicket

  A Warning from the Publisher: Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under the collective title A Series of Unfortunate Events. Before purchasing, borrowing, or stealing this book, you should be aware that it contains the answers to some of those questions, such as the following: 1. Who is... (more)
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  Robert Langdon: Book 1

  Angels & Demons

  by Dan Brown

  World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful... (more)
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  Dragon in the Cupboard (Usborne Young Puzzle Adventures)

  by Karen Dolby

  A title from the series which combines a story with simple visual puzzles, and is aimed primarily at pre-readers aged three to five. Each story is told in lively language that is easy to read aloud, sometimes using rhythm and rhyme.
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  Breathless

  by Dean Koontz

  Grady Adams lives a simple, solitary life deep in the Colorado mountains. Here the thirty-five-year-old carpenter works out of a converted barn, crafting exquisite one-of-a-kind furniture. There’s little about this strong yet gentle man to suggest the experiences that have alienated him from the contemporary world. But that is about to change. One day, while hiking, Grady spots a pair of stunningly beautiful... (more)
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  Frannie in Pieces

  by Delia Ephron

  What does you in—brain or heart? Frannie asks herself this question when, a week before she turns fifteen, her dad dies, leaving her suddenly deprived of the only human being on planet Earth she feels understands her. Frannie struggles to make sense of a world that no longer seems safe, a world in which one moment can turn things so thoroughly for the worse. She discovers an elegant wooden box with an... (more)