Lark Holds the Key

Lark Holds the Key
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459811305

The first book in the Lark Ba Detective series! It’s the third day of summer vacation, and Lark’s halmoni—that’s Korean for grandmother—has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. Only trouble is, they arrive to discover that the town librarian is missing her key to the library. Lucky for her, Lark just happens to be a budding private eye. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve this mystery and recover the lost key? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Lark Takes a Bow

Lark Takes a Bow
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459817176

Mysteries seem to follow Lark and Connor Ba wherever they go, and today is no exception! The part-time detectives head to their local community theater to rehearse the play they are in, only to discover that someone is playing pranks on the theater company. The twin sleuths need to work quickly to catch the culprit before one more prank closes down the play for good. It's showtime, Lark and Connor! Lark Takes a Bow is the third title in the Lark Ba Detective series. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Lark and the Diamond Caper

Lark and the Diamond Caper
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459814029

Rookie detectives Lark and Connor Ba are back on the case! When a pair of diamond earrings goes missing from the neighborhood general store, Lark and Connor just happen to be in the right place at the right time. Carefully mining the adults for clues, the twin sleuths work together to solve the mystery. Lark and the Diamond Caper is the second title in the Lark Ba Detective series. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Lark Has the Shivers

Lark Has the Shivers
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459826078

The summer is for sleuthing, and Lark and Connor have been served a double helping! It's time for the annual pet fair and the twins have been hard at work teaching their dog, Max, some new tricks. But on their way to the fairgrounds, they're offered not one, but two intriguing cases. Pets from the pet show have gone missing and their guardians are blaming each other for the disappearances. Meanwhile, Lark and Connor's frenemy, Sophie, thinks her house might be haunted and refuses to go inside. The twins split up to solve the mysteries, but can they find the vanished pets and the source of the spooky noises before the show has to start? Lark Has the Shivers is the fifth title in the Lark Ba Detective series, following Lark and the Desert Disaster, Lark Takes a Bow, Lark and the Diamond Caper and Lark Holds the Key. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Lark and the Dessert Disaster

Lark and the Dessert Disaster
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 145982069X

Lark and Connor are judges for the annual baking contest at the community center. When they arrive, they discover that someone has destroyed a contestant's entry. And not just any contestant’s entry—Sophie's! Sophie is Lark's best friend (she just doesn't know it yet). The twin sleuths can't simply roll with it. To save the contest they'll have to take a whisk risk and start investigating the other contestants. With the timer ticking, Lark and Connor have to find the culprit before someone actually takes the cake. Lark and the Dessert Disaster is the fourth title in the Lark Ba Detective series. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Deadly Fall

Deadly Fall
Author: Rich Wallace
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1680779621

Stu hears a voice calling him late one night and leaves his house to investigate. He enters an abandoned house down the road and is scared off by a ghost. Stu and Dan go back during daylight and find nothing, but Dan says a boy died fifty years ago at the house, falling from a deck into the steep gorge below. Rumor has it he was pushed by another kid, but the death was declared an accident. That night, Stu returns to the house alone. He meets the ghost of the young boy who was pushed off the deck and the ghost of the murderer. Stu finds himself falling off the deck. The ghost saves his life.

The Crown Affair

The Crown Affair
Author: Jeanie Franz Ransom
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580895522

Full of puns and fractured fairy tale characters you know and love, this rollicking sequel to What REALLY Happened to Humpty? will engross you in yet another Joe Dumpty, Private Eye mystery. Jack (Jill’s other half) fell down the Hill and had his crown stolen. The Mother Gooseland Games are coming up, and that crown is the grand prize, so detective Dumpty is on the clock! It’s up to P. I. Joe Dumpty to round up the usual suspects and track down the culprit before it's too late. He's hot on the case, but will he recover the crown in time? Kids and adults alike will love this laugh-out-loud read-aloud.

The Truth About Everything

The Truth About Everything
Author: Bridget Farr
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1635830818

“Homeschooled” teenager Lark secretly attends high school, against the wishes of her conspiracy-theorist-doomsday-prepping parents.

Cracked

Cracked
Author: Michele Martin Bossley
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 155143704X

Bobsledder Josh Gantz is accused of deliberately injuring a fellow competitor and might be thrown out of the sport, right before the World Cup. His younger sister Courtney asks her friends to help clear his name. Can amateur sleuths Trevor, Nick and Robyn find out who framed Josh? What is the meaning of the strange coded messages they keep finding around Olympic Park? Who eats orange bananas anyway? The kids must unearth the clues before Josh’s championship dreams end up on ice.