Kelly Murphy
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 1
Language
English
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Description
"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
3) Fiona's luck
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
4) Masterpiece
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spotting a ghostly girl in the park who resembles the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency's new client, Lady Ada and Mary discover links between the girl and a case involving a hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement, and a devious servant.
Author
Series
Wollstonecraft Detective Agency volume no. 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a dinosaur fossil hunter is blackmailed by kidnappers who need her to fake a validation in return of her beloved pooch, Ada and Mary are given three days to find the offenders and save the scientist's reputation.
10) Secrets at sea
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
12) Dancing Matilda
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Matilda dances through every part of her day.
13) Haunted houses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Scare-master Robert San Souci serves up ten chilling tales about untraditional haunted houses: a mansion full of pirate treasure, a ghost trapped in a mysterious dollhouse, a boy whose vacation house comes complete with people-eating spiders, and many more. But beware because not all of the protagonists in these stories get out alive.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs his human friend James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late"--
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 3
Language
English
Description
Marvin the beetle finds adventure when his human friend James takes him to school.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Karl and Christina are getting married! James feels happy for his father. Karl asks James to be the ring bearer. James is excited to attend the wedding... but also very nervous. While he loves Christina, he is worried about losing his dad to a different family. And what if, at the ceremony, James drops the ring? His best friend Marvin promises to help him, but Marvin ends up with an even more important job when something goes terribly wrong. Will...
Author
Series
Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The continuing adventures of beastologist-in-training, Nathaniel Fludd, as he accompanies his intrepid Aunt Phil on a dangerous mission across West Africa to find a deadly basilisk that is missing and begins to find clues relating to the mysterious disappearance of his parents.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 1
Language
English
Description
When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny hopes to use her geographical knowledge to overcome her...
20) Faraway things
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.
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