Sebastian belongs to Detective John Quincy Jones. Unfortunately, John can't detect his way out of a donut bag. Luckily for him, Sebastian is quite talented at detective work, he just wishes someone would notice, even John. Finally Sebastian gets his break. The owners of Chummy the Wonder Dog have requested that John AND Sebastian fly to Hollywood, to help solve a mystery on the set of Chummy 's new movie. Can Sebastian catch the culprit before Chummy's movie gets canceled? Read Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the Stars in-His-Eyes Mystery to find out.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0027185400

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Nancy takes on her first case. Good-natured Nancy wants to help an elderly pair of women who were supposed to inherit enough money to send their foster daughter to a good school, but learned that the will left all the money to wealthy relatives. When Nancy learns that there are several others who have also been disinherited, she vows to find the 'real will.' Her search brings her up against the snooty relatives and a gang of thieves. Will she ever find the whereabouts of the real will?

Reviewed by: vverscaj

Date read: 7/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0448095017

ISBN-13: 9780448095011

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Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts. He is a photographer's apprentice in New York City in 1872, and he has been raised to believe in reason and science. The photographer that he is apprenticed to is shady, though, and a scam artist. He decides to pretend to be a spirit photographer to make more money. To do this, he finds a wealthy family whose daughter has just died, and sends Horace to photograph old pictures of the girl in order to superimpose them onto pictures of her mother, making the family believe that the young girl's spirit is there with them. While there, Horace discovers to his disbelief that he can actually capture spirits inside a photograph. Horace can't control his new-found powers though, and accidently lets loose a restless ghost bent on revenge. This book has great historical details, and is a spooky and exciting read!

Similar authors: Mary Downing Hahn; R.L. Stine; Betty Ren Wright; Robert D. San Souci

Similar books: The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn; The Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright; Count Karlstein by Phillip Pullman; City of the Dead by Tony Abbott

Reviewed by: lauraf

Date read: 5/16/2012

ISBN-10: 0060000171

ISBN-13: 9780060000172

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Olive has just moved into an old house in an old neighborhood with her parents, who are college math professors. Although Olive doesn't have a mathematical bone in her body, she does have an inquiring nature. The old house is full of rooms that have been left as they were when previous owners used them, and antique paintings, which were all painted by the former owner, Aldous McMartin. In her investigations, Olive meets a cat, Horatio, who warns her that 'they' are watching and want Olive and her parents to leave. Not wanting to believe the cat, Olive continues her search and finds a pair of spectacles which allow her to enter the paintings. In one, she meets a boy, Morton, who claims he was kidnapped and placed in the painting, where he was trapped. Pretty soon, Olive finds out that Horatio's warning was true, but Olive doesn't give up that easily and she continues to look for answers to the mystery. This is a suspenseful story that keeps the reader guessing until the end.

Similar authors: Neil Gaiman

Awards nominated: 2013 Bluestem Nominee

Reviewed by: vfv

Date read: 6/30/2012

ISBN-13: 9780142418727

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As usual, sixth-grader Hero's Shakespearean name prompts teasing in her new school, and her parents are clueless about her difficulties. Resigned to the constant teasing about her name being more suited to a dog, Hero concentrates instead on her newfound friendship with her eccentric, elderly next-door neighbor. Mrs. Roth tells Hero about the missing 'Murphy Diamond,' a precious jewel that supposedly disappeared from the house where Hero now lives. Mrs. Roth thinks it is still hidden somewhere in the house. The missing diamond and the 500-year-old necklace that goes with it reveal a mystery dating back to the time of William Shakespeare. So what is Shakespeare's secret, and who has the answer?

Similar books: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0805073876

ISBN-13: 9780805073874

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