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La grand-mère de Cléo meanait d'incroyables enquêtes lorsqu'elle avait 12 ans ! Cléo raconte ses aventures ! Cléo te raconte les enquêtes que sa grand-mère Noémie a menées avec son amie Mona quand elles avaient son âge. Automne 1966 : Valentin, un charmant garçon qu'elles ont remarqué dans le bus au retour du lycée semble avoir disparu. Qu'est-il devenu ? Que cache cet étrange mystère ? Avec détermination elles se lancent sur sa piste, dans une enquête qui va les mener de surprise en surprise.

La grand-mère de Cléo menait d'incroyables enquêtes lorsqu'elle avait 12 ans ! Cléo raconte ses aventures ! Cléo, 12 ans, te raconte les enquêtes menées par sa grand-mère Noémie quand elle avait son âge. Décembre 1966 : Noémie et Mona sont bien décidées à explorer la galerie qui s'enfonce sous la colline, au fond de la cour du lycée. Peut-être découvriront-elles le fameux passage secret qui date de quatre siècles ? Elles ignorent que le souterrain cache désormais d'étranges agissements.

Cléo te raconte une nouvelle enquête menée par sa grand-mère quand elle avait son âge.Printemps 1967 : Dans le village où Noémie et Mona passent leurs vacances, un fermier doit faire face à une série de malchances qui ne semblent pas naturelles. La rumeur court qu'il est victime d'un envoûtement et on accuse le rebouteux, qu'on suspecte de sorcellerie. Les deux filles mènent l'enquête, persuadées que, derrière les apparences, un personnage mystérieux agit dans l'ombre.

Imagine planning revenge on your archenemy, fighting to keep your best friend, struggling for the love of your first crush, and deciding if you want to meet your biological mother (who just so happens to live across the world). And that’s just the beginning. When twelve-year-old Emily Vern’s meatballs go missing from her lunch bag, she blames her archenemy, the popular Madison Snow. Emily vows revenge even though her best friend, Abby, insists that Madison is innocent. Unfortunately, Emily’s attempts at getting even always miss her target. Destroying a birthday cake and some light ...

The Fabulous Four is a children's adventure novel featuring a group of young teenagers, Tunji and Ekaete who are Nigerians, Tamara and Adrian who are Liberians and Nelson the dog. The story starts off in Lagos, Nigeria from where the children were kidnaped and taken across the border to the Republic of Benin by a gang of kidnappers who specialize in selling children off to work across West African countries. How do these fabulous young girls and boys outwit the criminals who try to sell them off to buyers in Gabon? Find out in this beautifully written and colourfully illustrated novel.

Everyone says that ghosts are just stories. But what if they’re real? Return back to the magical world of Lunora, as Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn prepare for Autumn’s turn. Autumn’s season is known for small mishaps and mysteries, but this year something very strange and spooky is happening in the castle. Join the siblings as they race to try to solve a mystery and maybe even meet a real ghost! This book is perfect for middle grade readers and children ages 6-10. It can be a great gift for birthdays, bedtime reading, or any occasion! Check out the other books in the Season ...

When Bo Delafort finds treasure on the muddy bank of the River Thames, her life turns upside down. A solid silver circle, encrusted with pearls and edged in rubies, the jewel is worth more security and comfort than her family has ever known. The magic of the river runs in this treasure, and Bo wonders why it chose her to find it. But when its reappearance is discovered by someone who knows its hidden power, Bo is plunged into a centuries-old mystery with a dark secret at its heart.

Marco e Maia são jovens detetives que trabalham desvendando os casos misteriosos da pequena cidade de Valleby. Desta vez eles precisam descobrir porque Ribston, o cachorro sensível e caríssimo da importante família Akero, desapareceu durante a ceia de Natal no hotel. Marco e Maia percebem que todos os funcionários estavam fazendo algo estranho naquela noite. Afinal, por que alguém desapareceria com um cachorro? Essa intrigante história de mistério apresenta pistas e deduções lógicas que ajudam o leitor a solucionar o crime junto com os personagens.

Um valioso quadro desapareceu do museu de Valleby e o principal suspeito é... uma múmia! Para descobrir o que aconteceu, os jovens detetives da cidade, Marco e Maia, resolvem enfrentar as antigas e temíveis superstições do tempo dos faraós e passam a noite no museu, atrás de pistas para solucionar o mistério.

Marco e Maia são jovens detetives que trabalham desvendando os casos misteriosos da pequena cidade de Valleby. Nas férias de inverno, Marco e Maia passam o dia lendo romances policiais. Os dois amigos aproveitam o tempo livre para aprender mais sobre o comportamento dos criminosos. Interessados em casos de mistério, eles resolvem montar seu primeiro negócio: a Agência de detetives Marco & Maia. Agora o trabalho dessa dupla vai ajudar nas investigações dos crimes e acontecimentos estranhos da pequena cidade de Valleby, na Suécia.

Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but deeply shy, Aggie hasn't got much to do since the death of her beloved father...until the fateful day when she crosses paths with 12-year-old Belgian immigrant Hector Perot and discovers a dead body on the floor of the Mermaid Dance Room! As the number of suspects grows and the murder threatens to tear the town apart, Aggie and her new friend will need every tool at their disposal - including their insatiable curiosity, deductive skills, and not a little help from their friends.

After an escaped kangaroo starts a fire that burns down his house, Teddy Fitzroy accepts an invitation to go to Malibu with his girlfriend, Summer, and her mother, Kandace. He’s hoping to spend some time relaxing on the beach, but wherever Teddy goes, trouble isn’t far behind. First, a massive dead whale has washed up on the beach—and before anyone can determine what killed it, it explodes. Doc, the head vet from FunJungle, suspects something fishy is going on and ropes Teddy and Summer into helping him investigate.

Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, my books are all best sellers! My stories are funny, fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-licking-good tales, and that's a promise.

Multiple award-winning author Michael Buckley's New York Times best-selling Sisters Grimm series is phenomenally popular. In their fourth adventure, Sabrina, Daphne, Granny Relda, and Puck hit the streets of New York City to search for Puck's family. They quickly get wrapped up in a murder investigation, however, when a maniacal Everafter is discovered to be on the loose.

In the sixth book in the number-one best-selling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, teenage spy Alex has a chance encounter with the son of multi-billionaire Nikolei Drevin. Soon Alex finds himself in the middle of an international crime hunt. The connection - Ark Angel, a revolutionary space hotel with catastrophic potential.

There’s no doubt about it: These kids are nerds. Awkward, unpopular, uncool as uncool can be—and yet, there’s something about these “nerds” that nobody else knows. These dweebs are actually superspies who use their dorky skills to battle the evil Hyena and other villainous baddies.

Noah, his sister Megan, and their best friends, Richie and Ella, live next door to the zoo. Megan is the first to notice the puzzling behavior of some of the animals. One day Megan disappears, and her brother and their friends realize it’s up to them to find her. Their only choice is to follow a series of clues and sneak into the zoo. But once inside, will they discover there’s much more to the Clarksville City Zoo than they could ever have guessed?

It's summertime, and the weather on Hank's West Texas ranch is hot and dry. So dry, in fact, that everyone is on the lookout for prairie fires. So Hank bravely adds the title of Head of Fire Safety to his already impressive list of responsibilities and gets to work. But patrolling for fires is dull, and it's hard to do on an empty stomach. Despite the distractions - desperate hunger, a cruel trick at the hands of Pete the Barncat - Hank somehow manages to stay focused on the job at hand.

Tom Angleberger scored two critical and popular hits with his Star Wars–inspired The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back. In the hilarious Fake Mustache, young Lenny Flem Jr.’s friend Casper disguises himself with a shockingly convincing handlebar mustache and begins robbing banks, quickly amassing a fortune. Setting his sights on the presidency, Casper is working on plans for world domination—and only Lenny stands in his way.

Teddy was all set for a campout at his friend Sage’s family ranch - but then Sage gets terrible news: The skull of a rare dinosaur that was being excavated on his property has mysteriously vanished overnight in the middle of a rainstorm, even though it weighed 500 pounds. Not a single footprint has been left behind. Since the dinosaur was top secret, the police don’t believe anyone outside the dig could have stolen it. A T-rex skull can sell for millions of dollars, and everyone is a suspect - including J.J. McCracken, the owner of FunJungle.