Six parentless kids ranging in age from 5 to 18 run away from the orphanage and, as a family, successfully establish a household miles away until local do-gooders begin investigating.
Grief-stricken after the mid-air collision of her parents' planes leaves her an orphan, Sue Sudley moves to her aunt's small mid-western town where she hopes to become "a real teenager.
Shirley Holmes, the great great grandniece of Sherlock, solves two mysteries, one revolving around a racehorse guaranteed to win against all odds and one involving a scheme to swindle the principal of her school.
Shirley plans to run a catering business as a summer money-making enterprise, but her determination to keep it a secret from her mother causes some complicated situations.
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Eighth-grader Julie and ninth-grader Rusty try to reconcile their public image with their private selves and also work out their relationship with each other.
The return of her father, a former drug addict, after several years' absence, forces Nicki to confront her feelings about both of her parents, school, personal freedom, and her own way of life.
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Shirley Holmes is on the case in these thrilling new mysteries, using the cunning and logic that she inherited from her famous ancestor, Sherlock Holmes. In "The Case of the Burning Building", the new kid in school, Bo Sawchuk, is accused of causing several fires in the area. But Shirley believes Bo is innocent, and the two of them set out to find out who wants to frame Bo and why. In "The Case of the Ruby Ring", a famous ring on display in the school auditorium is stolen. Shirley gets to work using her superior detective skills to discover the thief and return the jewel to its proper place.
When Emma's sixteen-year-old boyfriend steps inside an old box in her father's magic shop and becomes invisible, they become involved in bringing him back to visibility.
After discovering that a plastic drinking mug bears a decal with a dangerously high lead content, twelve-year-old Alfred Caro manages to bring about a recall of the product and must deal with his father's advertising agency that promoted the mug.
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Shirley plans to run a catering business as a summer money-making enterprise, but her determination to keep it a secret from her mother causes some complicated situations.
Shirley Holmes is on the case in these thrilling new mysteries, using the cunning and logic that she inherited from her famous ancestor, Sherlock Holmes. In "The Case of the Burning Building", the new kid in school, Bo Sawchuk, is accused of causing several fires in the area. But Shirley believes Bo is innocent, and the two of them set out to find out who wants to frame Bo and why. In "The Case of the Ruby Ring", a famous ring on display in the school auditorium is stolen. Shirley gets to work using her superior detective skills to discover the thief and return the jewel to its proper place.
Shirley Holmes, the great great grandniece of Sherlock, solves two mysteries, one revolving around a racehorse guaranteed to win against all odds and one involving a scheme to swindle the principal of her school.
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