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Series
Sparkle dragons volume 2
Publisher
Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Help! Sparkle Dragon alert! Princess Puff wants Robert the Troll's bustling smoothie shop closed. But why? The three glittery gumshoes, equipped with brains, sass, and brawnTrixie, Glinda, and Rueare on the case. While investigating Puff, the sparkly trio finds an even stranger string of clues that lead to none other than Malum, the mysterious unicorn. Malum is suspiciously inventing a new gadget in his stable and keeping it a big secret...and the...
43) Cosmic Detective
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling writers JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS, DESCENDER) and MATT KINDT (BANG!, MIND MGMT) unite with internationally acclaimed artist DAVID RUBÍN (BEOWULF, Ether) for original graphic novel COSMIC DETECTIVE, an epic science fiction mystery that asks: When a God is murdered, who solves the crime?
Enter our detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality, and only he stands in the way of utter
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Series
Geronimo Stilton reporter volume 9
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton is invited to a rat-jitsu martial arts championship in a snowy faraway land, much to the famouse reporter's surprise. With his helpful relatives, Thea, Trap and Benjamin, Geronimo goes to cover the event for the Rodent's Gazette. But something strange is happening. After each championship match, the winner disappears without a trace! Will Geronimo get involved and solve the mystery of the missing martial artists? Or will he be consumed...
45) Cruel summer
Author
Series
Criminal volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of '88, Teeg Lawless comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg's son Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers are on, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives" -- Amazon.
Author
Series
Pup Detectives volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fresh off of their victory in nabbing the lunchtime bandit of Pawston Elementary, Rider Woofson and the rest of the pup detectives are on the lookout for their next case. They don't have to wait long because before you can say Bow-Wowza! a crime occurs--the theft of a precious statue known as the Tiger's Eye that was on display for Show and Tell. The suspects are a-plenty, but the key to catching this crook will come from uncovering who had a motive....
Author
Series
Pup detectives volume 9
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Pup Detectives at Pawston Elementary are quick to notice something not quite right about their special guest Prince Bubbles.
48) Grimoire noir
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn't at fifteen? His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it-he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary power, Bucky has to get out of his own head and go on a strange journey to investigate the small town that gives him so much grief. And in the process he uncovers...
49) Sloth sleuth
Author
Series
Sloth sleuth volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On an island crawling with crime, everyone's a suspect. Luckily, its resident sloth can solve crimes in her sleep (and often does!). Meet Paz, the world's first sloth sleuth. She may be slow . . . but she's always one step ahead of the bad guys.
Author
Series
Rez dog detective agency volume 1
Publisher
Literati Press Comics & Novels
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2023 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Description
This summer, Tasembo just wants to chill. But that's not an option when it's a scorching day on the Reservation and the Ice Cream Man is a no-show. In an attempt to impress his crush by solving the mystery, Tasembo joins forces with his neighbor, Nuseka, and his dog, Billy Jack, to take on their first case as the Rez Dog Detectives. With twists around every corner, this case won't crack itself, but when you combine Nuseka's brains, Billy Jack's loyalty,...
Author
Series
Reckless (Ed Brubaker) volume 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth book in the best-selling Reckless series is here! Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. Except this time it's the winter of 1989 and Ethan is out of town, so Anna must tackle this job on her own. When a movie scream queen asks her to prove the mansion she's renovating isn't haunted, Anna will stumble into the decades-long mystery...
52) Trespassers
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Gabby Woods loves a mystery, but is breaking into an abandoned lake house going too far to uncover the truth? Gabby Woods is looking forward to another summer vacation at her family's lake house, even though she would rather bury herself in a mystery novel than make new friends. But soon Gabby meets Paige, a snarky kid from Chicago, and they get caught up in a local mystery: the sudden disappearance of a glamorous couple and the extravagant lake...
53) Dying is easy
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Syd Sh*t-Talk Homes, a disgraced ex-cop turned bitter stand-up comic turned ... possible felon? Carl Dixon is on the verge of comedy superstardom and he got there the dirty way: by stealing jokes. He's got a killer act, an ugly past, and more enemies than punchlines. So when someone asks Syd Homes how much it would cost to have Dixon killed, Syd isn't surprised in the slightest. But, once he's accused, he's on the run and it's going to take...
Author
Series
Creepy casefiles of Margo Maloo volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Charles thought he was prepared to be a monster mediator's assistant. After all, following Margo Maloo on her cases has already taken him to some of Echo City's most perilous places: a vampire's lair, an ogre's den, and even a monster grocery store. But now that Margo has disappeared on a secret mission on her own, Charles must face one of the biggest conundrums of his career alone: Who is the mysterous online presence know as the_eldritch_truth...
Author
Publisher
KaBOOM!
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When a giant lion statue in Trafalgar Square comes to life and wreaks havoc on 1930s London, it seems like the perfect case for the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. With an overwhelmed caseload, however, Holmes recruits the help of three precocious young detectives-in-training (and one cunning golden retriever) to solve the mystery. Molly, Rajani, Humphrey, and Wellington (the dog) will have to work together and use all their wits...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A witch courted by demons. A cop breaking the rules to enforce the law. A woman besieged by Internal Affairs, the witch-hunters of Aira, the forces of Hell, and the sisters of her own coven. Rowan Black is all these things ... and more. She's lost her partner, an unsolved homicide haunts her conscience, and the whiff of suspicion around her involvement is getting to her fellow cops. Even Alexandra Grey, her coven-mate and best friend for several...
Author
Series
Spectacle volume 1
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Pragmatic engineer Anna works as a psychic in the Samson Brothers Circus, but she doesn't believe in anything supernatural... until her twin sister Kat is murdered and comes back as a very demanding ghost. Sharing a room with her sister was hard, but now they're sharing a body while trying to identify the killer. But how can you solve a mystery when everyone around has their own shady secrets? -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Good Asian volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Following Edison Harkï, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban--the Chinese.
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