American girls collection. American girl mysteries
Author
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Percé village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the war continues into May 1945, eleven-year-old Molly finds herself pulled in many different directions trying to cope with her troubled father's return from war, the abrupt resignation of her favorite Red Cross volunteer, a scrap-paper drive, and a mysterious neighborhood prowler.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In June 1907, twelve-year-old Samantha looks forward to a happy summer with Nellie and her younger sisters at Grandmary's country home in the Adirondacks but a series of mysterious accidents on the property lead Samantha to suspect that someone is deliberately causing trouble.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity runs the household while her mother and siblings are away, but is distracted by her horse's ill health, two strangers in town, and the fear that a box of family heirlooms is haunted. Includes historical information about life in colonial Williamsburg.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After Rebecca meets a new family in her New York City apartment building and helps watch their fussy baby while they are moving in, she becomes convinced that they have been victimized by the kidnappers that have been operating in their neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While trying to find a way for her elementary school to help fund the seabird rescue following an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, Julie investigates the theft of rare guitar. Includes a "Looking Back" essay about benefit concerts in the 1970s.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Cécile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat. Includes facts about the 1850s.
23) The hidden gold
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Marie-Grace can't wait to begin her journey up the Mississippi River with her father. The steamboat they're traveling on is the biggest and fanciest boat Marie-Grace has ever seen. It's crowded with all sorts of interesting passengers, including Wilhelmina Newman, a girl her age. Wilhelmina is traveling alone, and she's carrying a secret in one of her trunks--clues to hidden Gold Rush treasure. Marie-Grace and Wilhelmina have to unravel the clues...
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform at the very theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Océane, but as she and her friend Cécile help out backstage, the make disturbing discoveries.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1970's San Francisco, Julie is excited to take care of Ivy's talking parrot while her friend is on vacation, but strange things are happening at Ivy's house and an old friend of Julie may be to blame.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Caroline worries that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor, but when strange things start happening at Abbott's Shipyard Caroline wonders if a spy, either someone she has known all her life or Papa's long-lost friend, is responsible.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the early 1900s, Jewish cousins Rebecca and Ana must find the real culprit when they are unfairly blamed for a series of mishaps in the Japanese garden.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany, during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, but when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Paris in 1907 with Grandmary and the Admiral, Samantha and her adopted sister Nellie suspect that someone is trying to harm their beloved grandfather and stop his secret government mission. Includes a glossary of French words and an "Inside Samantha's World" essay about tourism and international tensions in Europe in the early 1900s.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Before Kit can write a news story about an upcoming sold-out jazz concert, sinister pranks threaten to cancel the show and Kit is falsely accused of stealing a valuable trumpet. Includes an "Inside Kit's World" essay about the popularity of jazz and swing music during the Depression.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
During the War of 1812, Caroline finds evidence that someone is smuggling precious supplies to the British and fears that the traitor may be her own uncle. Includes an "Inside Caroline's World" essay about smuggling during the War of 1812.