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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
Monday mornings aren't supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable. However, on this particular Monday, Stephanie Plum knows that something is amiss when she turns up for work at Vinnie's Bail Bonds to find that long-time office manager Connie Rosolli, who is as reliable as the tides in Atlantic City, hasn't shown up. Stephanie's worst fears are confirmed when she gets a call from Connie's abductor. He says he will only release her in exchange...
Author
Series
Malcolm at midnight volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered in McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, they just might save the school from closing.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jasmine wants to find the perfect gift for Aladdin's birthday so she sets off in search of a camel coin Aladdin needs for his collection, but when the magic carpet leaves Jasmine stranded in the desert, she fears they will not make it back in time for the celebration.
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.
10) Meltdown madness
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 2
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Description
Montaro Caine, CEO of the Fitzer Corporation, is losing control of the company he built. At this moment of crisis, a man and woman appear at his office with a coin of unknown provenance, composed of a metal unknown on Earth. Montaro immediately recognizes it as the companion of a coin he analyzed as a graduate student working in a lab at MIT, which was later returned to its unidentified owner. But the value of the coin lies not in its monetary worth...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Sixth-grader Griffin Penshine has always believed wishes can come true, and so when a strange woman curses her with a box of pennies, Griffin fears her evil desires will come true until she returns each penny to the person who first wished upon it.
Author
Series
Virginia mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"When ten-year-old Derek and eight-year-old Sam move with their family to Virginia, they have no idea what adventures the summer will bring. As the brothers explore their creaky old house and the deep surrounding woods, they uncover a sixty-year-old mystery of a valuable coin collection stolen from the local museum. Join the boys as they spend their summer running from danger and searching the woods, secret caves, rushing waters, and hidden passageways...
Author
Series
43 Old Cemetery Road volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.
15) Stage fright
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright."
16) A penny's worth
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Pennies, worthless? Non-cents! Hot off the minting press, Penny feels like a million bucks. But as other coins and bills are spent while she sits forgotten, she begins to doubt her value. She is too small to slot-surf with Quarter. Even penny candy sells for a dime! Refusing to be short-changed, she sets out to find her purpose at any cost. Readers will laugh at a wealth of money puns, learn a basic lesson on US currency, and discover that self-...
Author
Series
Gill Park mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Aiden is very unhappy when, after her father's death, her mother moves them from the family farm, but soon she and new friends are caught up in the search for long-lost coins in the historic Ingle building that towers over the city of Gloria.
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