The Mixed-up Mask Mystery

The Mixed-up Mask Mystery
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: Balls (Parties)
ISBN: 0689846282

Fletcher, the basset hound, tries to find out who is intent on ruining the masked ball celebrating the opening of a new park before the dance turns into a disaster.

The Mixed-up Mask Mystery

The Mixed-up Mask Mystery
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780613615587

He Won't Dance, Don't Ask Him Fletcher would much rather nap than dance, but he's still upset when someone tries to ruin the masked ball celebrating the opening of a new park. Could it be the annoying squirrel who doesn't want to share his wooded home wit

Mixed-Up Mask Mystery

Mixed-Up Mask Mystery
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780606274715

Someone is trying to sabotage the masked ball for pets that is celebrating the opening of the new park in town, but in spite of evidence pointing to a young park ranger, Fletcher refuses to believe she is the culprit.

Grey Mask

Grey Mask
Author: Patricia Wentworth
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453223622

Governess-turned-detective Miss Silver investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime. Never one for the heroic, Charles’s first instinct is to let the police settle it. But then he hears her voice. Margaret, his long lost love, is part of the gang. To unravel their diabolical plot, he contacts Miss Maud Silver, a onetime governess who applies reason to solve crimes and face the dangers of London’s underworld.

A Hare-Raising Tale

A Hare-Raising Tale
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689846266

A beloved basset hound takes center stage in a new chapter book mystery series. Illustrations.

The Principal's on the Roof

The Principal's on the Roof
Author: Elizabeth Levy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689846274

The principal of Jill and Gwen's school spends the morning on the roof to fulfill his promise that we would if the students read 1,000 books.

A Mystery of Errors

A Mystery of Errors
Author: Simon Hawke
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312873727

Symington Smythe, a would-be thespian, and fledgling dramatist Will Shakespeare meet at a tavern on the road to London and become travel companions and fast friends. Once in London, they wheedle their way into a company of players and wind up in the middle of romance, mystery, and intrigue.

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers
Author: Rob Reid
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-03-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1442274425

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.

Death Wears a Mask

Death Wears a Mask
Author: Ashley Weaver
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466846542

Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with Death Wears a Mask, the witty and stylish next installment in the delightful 1930s Amory Ames mystery series “Amory Ames and her rakish husband Milo might just be the new Nick and Nora Charles.” —Deborah Crombie It was amazing, really, what murder had done for my marriage . . . Following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel, Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with her reformed playboy husband, Milo. She hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their relationship. However, Amory soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when an old friend of her mother’s asks her to look into the disappearance of valuable jewelry snatched at a dinner party. Amory agrees to help lay a trap to catch the culprit at a lavish masked ball. But when one of the illustrious party guests is murdered, she is pulled back into the world of detection, caught up in both a mystery and a set of romantic entanglements where nothing is as it seems. Also out now in the Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell and A Most Novel Revenge

The Missing Mask Mystery

The Missing Mask Mystery
Author: Carole Marsh Longmeyer
Publisher: Bluffton Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-09-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780635120977

Venice, Italy: Mimi has taken her grandchildren Avery, Ella, and Evan on a surprise trip t the Grand Canal in Venice]] only the surprise is on Mimi! She does not realize that her special mystery writing suitcase containing her crucial-to-creativity mystery writing eyeglasses, monster coffee mug, and more had been stolen! Alas, so has a special historical mask that she has been lent to wear to the famous Black & White Ball. Who will save the day? Well, Avery, Ella, and Evan are used to bailing their grandmother out of mystery messes]] but this time? Well, they have their own problems: Kidnapped? Lost in the mysterious maze of side canals in the dark abroad a gondola]] And the only way they can solve the mystery seems to depend on THE READER OF THIS BOOK! After all, unless YOU figure out the clues in graphical novel-and in the nick of time! well, the kids and Mimi will be up the canal without a paddle, Mimi's writing tools, THE MASK, and as Evan will readily tell you: "NO DINNER!"