Gibbs, Stuart. FunJungle.
Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered. Series. J-M GIB ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Grabenstein, Chris. Home Sweet Motel.
P.T. and his friend Gloria must solve a mystery at the world's wackiest motel: The Wonderland"-- Provided by publisher. J-M GRA ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Greenwald, Tommy. My Dog is Better than Your Dog.
Spending reclusive days doing the same three things for fun until his father lets him get a puppy, Jimmy begins to suspect his puppy has superpowers, including a potential for solving crimes and helping Jimmy make human friends. J GRE
Hale, Bruce. Murder, My Tweet.
Detective Chet Gecko and his associate, Natalie Attired, take a case tailing what they think is a cheating boyfriend but are instead led to a school mystery that involves blackmail and robots. J-M HAL ![hoopla](../images/hoopla.jpg)
Keller, Laurie. Bowling Alley Bandit.
Arnie the talking doughnut is delighted to be Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut-dog," so when Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls during a big bowling tournament, Arnie suspects foul play and sets out to solve the mystery. J KEL
Korman, Gordon. Swindle.
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back. Series. J KOR, J-PBK KOR ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Kosoczka, Jarrett. The Frog Who Croaked.
Paired together after a veteran detective retires, Platypus Police Squad members Rick Zengo, a hotshot rookie, and Corey O'Malley, a hard-nosed old-timer, struggle with their differences while tackling their first case involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle bag filled with illegal fish. J-M KRO
Lyall, Casey. Howard Wallace, P.I.
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 through stakeouts and narrow down their list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekick-and a friend-is such a bad thing after all. J-M LYA
Snicket, Lemony. All the Wrong Questions.
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue. Series. J-M SNI ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Swanson, Matthew. The Real McCoys.
After officially forming their detective agency, Moxie McCoy and her little brother Milton are on the case to find the mysterious Squiggler at Tiddlywhump Elementary. J-M SWA ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Quick Reads:
Cronin, Doreen. The Chicken Squad: [The First Misadventure].
When the squirrel Tail comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object. J-M CRO ![livebrary](../images/livebrary.jpg)
Paulsen, Gary. Mudshark.
Principal Wagner confidently deals with a faculty washroom crisis, a psychic parrot, and a terrorizing gerbil, but when sixty-five erasers go missing, he enlists the help of the school's best problem solver and locator of lost items, twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, aka Mudshark. J-M PAU |