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• The Beatrice Letters

  Snicket, Lemony

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  Presents a collection of correspondence between the elusive Lemony Snicket and the mysterious Beatrice.

• The Door by the Staircase

  Marsh, Katherine

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  Happy to be adopted, at last, twelve-year-old orphan Mary Hayes soon learns a terrifying secret about her new mother, the mysterious Madame Z.

• The League of Beastly Dreadfuls

  Grant, Holly

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  Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great-aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.

• The Mysterious Benedict Society

  Stewart, Trenton Lee

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  After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

• The Mysterious Howling

  Wood, Maryrose

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  Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye

  Del Rio, Tania

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  Twelve-year-old orphan Warren's pride and joy is his family's hotel, but he's been miserable ever since his evil Aunt Anaconda took over the management. Anaconda believes a mysterious treasure known as the All-Seeing-Eye is hidden…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who Could That Be at This Hour?

  Snicket, Lemony

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  Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.

• The Willoughbys

  Lowry, Lois

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  In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

  Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004

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  When her parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage, Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia are left in the cruel care of Miss Slighcarp. Together with Simon the Gooseboy, they make a daring escape, but they must find a way to wrest Willoughby…Read moreRead more of this annotation