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Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.

2) Detective Camp: Detective Camp

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A to Z Mystery Super Edition

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Z was just the beginning! With A to Z Mysteries® Super Editions, chapter book readers keep on collecting clues and solving mysteries with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. Now with over 8 million copies in print, this classic kid-favorite series is back with a bright new look!

Welcome to summer camp for detectives! The kids can’t wait to spend a week following clues and learning about the science of crime solving.

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3) The deadly dungeon

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While visiting Wallis's castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret.

4) The canary caper

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Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

5) The kidnapped king

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Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.

6) The invisible island

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While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.

7) The goose's gold

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When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florida, discover that her grandmother is about to invest in a project to recover sunken treasure, they stumble upon evidence that the entire plan may be a fraud.

8) The lucky lottery

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Dink and his two friends help Lucky find the culprit who stole Lucky's winning lottery ticket.

9) The missing mummy

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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit.

10) The X'ed-out X-ray

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Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.

11) The zombie zone

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Reports of zombies and grave-robbers alarm the people of a Louisiana swampland village, but Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink begin to suspect that the supernatural may not be the cause of the eerie occurrences.

12) The vampire's vacation

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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire.

13) The quicksand question

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When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.

14) The runaway racehorse

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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.

15) The Absent Author

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Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z!

Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look!

A is for Author . . . A famous writer is coming to Green Lawn! Dink rushes to the

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16) August acrobat

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Calendar mysteries
Calendar Mystery

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Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy try to help out the Flying Fortunatos, an acrobatic troupe with a very shabby traveling circus, by identifying the marvelous, hooded trapeze artist they spied rehearsing.

17) Sleepy Hollow Sleepover: Sleepy Hollow Sleepover

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A to Z Mystery Super Edition

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Z was just the beginning! With A to Z Mysteries® Super Editions, chapter book readers keep on collecting clues and solving mysteries with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. Now with over 8 million copies in print, this classic kid-favorite series is back with a bright new look!

Is there a real Headless Horseman haunting Sleepy Hollow? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose will sleep in a cabin, take a haunted hayride, and go to...

18) The orange outlaw

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While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.

19) January joker

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Calendar mysteries
Calendar Mystery

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Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens.

20) February friend

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Calendar mysteries
Calendar Mystery

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