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Bibliography: Haines, Kathryn Miller. (2011).  The Girl is Murder.  New York: Roaring Brook Press.  ISBN: 978-1596436091 (hc) 978-1250006394 (pb) Plot Summary:  15-year-old Iris Anderson wants to help her pop with his detective agency if he would just let her.  It’s 1942 and times are hard–her mother is dead and it’s hard to be a great detective when [...]

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Bibliography: Lee, Y. S. (2012). The Agency: The Traitor and the Tunnel.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763653163 Plot Summary:  Petty thefts have been reported at Buckingham Palace, and Mary Quinn is working undercover as a maid to try to catch the thief in action.    In between domestic chores and fending off the prince, little seems [...]

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Bibliography: Larkin, Jillian.  (2010).  Vixen: The Flappers #1. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers. ISBN:  978-0385740340 Plot Summary:  Gloria’s country cousin Clara comes to Chicago help with her wedding to society’s favorite son Sebastian Grey.  She catches the eye of debonair Marcus which raises the hackles of Gloria’s best friend Lorraine.  All three girls will be [...]

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Bibliography: Levine, Kristen. (2012). The Lions of Little Rock.  New York: Putnam Juvenile. ISBN: 978-0399256448 Plot Summary: In 1958 Little Rock, 12 year old Marlee becomes friends with new girl Liz.  Brave and never at a lack for words, she helps Marlee overcome her fear of speaking in class.  But when Liz is gone from school, [...]

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Bibliography: Moore, Graham. (2010).  The Sherlockian.  New York: Grand Central Publishing.  ISBN: 978-0446572590 Plot Summary:  Sherlockian and minor researcher Harold White is thrilled to be inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars.  And then a real-life murder mystery worthy of Holmes himself lands in his lap–a prominent Doyle scholar is dead after announcing he has found a [...]

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