Books with title The ABC Mystery

Soccer mom Yvette Palmer lives an ordinary life in San Antonio, Texas when a box is delivered to her by mistake, and in taking it to its rightful owner-a crotchety neighbor named Mona who shares her back fence-is drawn into a strange and haunting tale. Mona's ratty robe, mood swings, and secretive behavior all raise red flags, and Yvette is sure someone else is living there despite Mona's claim to live alone, but Yvette is unable to break away as she listens to how Mona transformed from a young college woman about to be married to the odd, reclusive, ghost of a woman she is now. As Yvette listens to her neighbor's tale, she discovers a shocking connection, but doesn't know whether Mona's come to help or to harm her and her family.

Nick and Katie didn’t sign up to go on an adventure. They didn’t ask to be nearly killed by a jaguar, or hunt for ingredients under a volcano. They most certainly did not ask to be sacrificed by some crazy high priest at the top of a Mayan temple. But that is just what they got when they volunteered to help pack up boxes in the basement of their grandfather’s museum …well sort of. Grandpa had warned them not to go into the Special Collections room. He had said the room was too dangerous. Nick and Katie probably should have listened. Behind that forbidden door they found a time machine—a time machine cleverly disguised as a stone obelisk. As soon as they touched it, they are whisked back to the time of ancient Maya. Now Nick and Katie need to solve the mystery of how to get home or they just might be stuck in a time without electronics and indoor plumbing forever!

Summer in Seattle... One week before school lets out for the summer, 7th graders Wilbur and Tess take a trip to the local zoo. Once there, Tess meets Marcus, a cute, inquisitive boy who just moved to Seattle from Australia. Meanwhile, Wilbur meets a punk-rock zookeeper named Sarah, who allows Wilbur to feed some bats. That very day, Wilbur witnesses something terrible he can't forget. Something he wasn't supposed to see. Wilbur convinces Tess to sign up as a volunteer at the zoo to help him solve the mystery. All the while, (much to Wilbur's dismay) Marcus befriends other kids Wilbur can't stand: a geeky science nerd named Doug Farber, the portly and strange Martin Schoebel, and, worst of all, the annoyingly perfect soccer star Dakota Tawning. Struggling with these and other distractions, along with the awkwardness of being a 14-year old boy, can Wilbur stay focused long enough to solve the Mystery at the Zoo?

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