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1) Awful auntie
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From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure.
Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky - weapon up her sleeve...
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From award winning author Lucy Strange comes a thrilling ghost story about a strong willed heroine who will follow even the most restless spirit in order to untangles the dark mystery of her own past.
It's 1899. The Earl of Gosswater has died, and twelve-year-old Agatha has been cast out of her ancestral home - the only home she has ever known - by her cruel cousin, Clarence. In a tiny tumbledown cottage, she struggles to adjust to her new life...
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Hello, Gerald. I hope this isn't too weird for you-a letter from beyond the grave! By now you are my heir and worth a good deal of money. I hope you don't mind... I expect you've figured out that I was murdered. I would like you to find out who did it.
Gerald Wilkins had only been hoping for a ski holiday, but plans change when a great aunt he's never met leaves him her entire estate worth twenty billion pounds! Whisked by his parents to London,...
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Swallowtail legacy volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Lark Heron-Finch inherits a house on Swallowtail Island in Lake Erie, where she untangles a decades-old mystery and saves the island from unscrupulous developers.
13) Nooks & crannies
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Eleven-year-old Tabitha Crum, whose parents were just about to abandon her, is invited to the country estate of a wealthy countess along with five other children and told that one of them will become her heir.
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Ascendance trilogy volume 4
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Ascendant King Jaron believes that his kingdom, Carthya, is at peace, so he and his bethrothed, Imogen, are sailing home from a trade mission when their ship is attacked by Prozarians, and Jaron and several of his friends are taken prisoner; the Prozarian captain seems to believe he had something to do with his parents' deaths and they also know a great deal about Jaron's long-missing older brother, Darius, the rightful heir to Carthya--who may be...
17) Hide and GEEK
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Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.
18) Between shadows
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Ari's grandfather has died, but he's left Ari the inheritance of his cabin and land. With the family's money troubles, the only sensible option is to sell it to a luxury hotel developer. But for Ari, it's the perfect place to live and a connection with his grandfather too precious to lose. With the adults determined to ignore everything Ari wants, how can he fight for his hopes, for his grandfather and for the land itself?
19) The wooden mile
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Something wickedly weird volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Stanley Buggle, happily anticipating a long summer vacation in the house he inherits from his great-uncle, discovers, soon after arriving in the seemingly peaceful village of Crampton Rock, that along with the house he has also inherited some sinister neighbors, a talking stuffed fish, and a host of mysteries surrounding his great-uncle's death.
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