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Meg follows a series of notes hidden in her grandfather's house to solve an old mystery of a missing baseball signed by Babe Ruth. The reader is challenged to interpret each clue before Meg solves it.

Back in print A longtime favorite of several generations of Tar Heels, Taffy of Torpedo Junction is the thrilling adventure story of thirteen-year-old Taffy Willis, who, with the help of her pony and dog, exposes a ring of Nazi spies operating from a secluded house on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, during World War II. For readers of all ages, the book brings to life the dramatic wartime events on the Outer Banks, where German U-boats turned an area around Cape Hatteras into 'Torpedo Junction'...

Frank and Joe are framed when they're asked to stage a fake crime at the Sky Blue Inn for a mystery weekend. When the robbery becomes real, the Hardy Boys are the prime suspects.

Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere, even in the school lunch room! When Jason opens his lunch box and finds only cookie crumbs, Cam's amazing memory clicks into action.

An attempt to help their kidnapped uncle leaves the Hardy Boys stranded in a strange city far from home, being hunted down by two desperate gangs.

Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller — an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud. The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini’s act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with car...

Jace Tanna is having the best summer holidays of his life! He has been allowed to help out at the Mash-Up Championship - a thrilling series of races through the wild terrain of Rumblemore Island, where Jace lives. The Mash-Up racers are scrap metal cars, powered by renewable electricity which is sourced from the island's smouldering volcano, Mount Rumblemore. Jace is thrilled just to be allowed to tidy up for the teams - but then something even more amazing happens - Jace gets to join a team and...

Ruth's greatest desire has come true-to attend Briarwood Hall with Helen Cameron. As soon as the girls arrive, they are accosted by Mary Cox, known as the Fox for her cunning. Mary wishes the girls to join her club, the Up and Doing Club. Helen, in particular, is enraptured by Mary's description of her club. Shortly after Mary Cox approaches the girls, Madge Steele informs the girls about her club, the Forward Club. Ruth and Helen's discussion of the clubs begins to drive a wedge between them. R...