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Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 12
Language
English
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The Dupayne, a small private museum on the edge of London's Hampstead Heath devoted to the interwar years 1919-39, is in turmoil. The trustees--the three children of the museum founder, old Max Dupayne--are bitterly at odds over whether it should be closed. Then one of them is brutally murdered, and what seemed to be no more than a family dispute erupts into horror. For even as Commander Adam Dalgiesh and his team investigate the first killing, a...
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Series
My weird school volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A.J. thinks that nothing can possibly be as boring as a sleepover in the natural history museum. But anything can happen when Ms. Krup is in charge. The tour guide says that dinosaur skeletons come to life in the middle of the night. Is she right?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 44
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When the Aldens go to the Pickering Natural History Museum to assist with the opening of a dinosaur exhibit, their work is hampered by a series of mysterious happenings.
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Series
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers.For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Bostons Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum...
10) Knowing you
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Pictures of the heart volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Budding artist May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and longs to know more about her mother's heritage--which her mother refuses to speak of because of the heartache she left behind in Japan. Wanting to experience more of the exhibits, May works as a Camera Girl--but her curiosity leads her into danger when a suit of samurai armor becomes the target of an elusive art forger. After ten years apart,...
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Series
Casebusters volume 1
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Brian and Sean are investigating who stole several priceless masterpieces from the local museum, they unexpectedly see an ancient Egyptian statue walking at night.
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Series
Henry chapter books volume 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry, a young boy with autism, goes on a class field trip to the natural history museum, with instructions to find something new.
14) The museum
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
A young girl tours and twirls through museum galleries experiencing different emotions evoked by different styles of art, and then expresses her energy and inspiration when she finds an empty canvas.
Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Four orphans are shocked when their beloved friend, sculptor Siegfried Eckleberger, is murdered. As they investigate, they find clues that his death may be tied to the murder of a rich New York heiress as well as to their own past.
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Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three...