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Noah, Lily, and Simon have been a trio forever. But as they enter high school, their relationships shift and their world starts to fall apart. Privately, each is dealing with a family crisis-divorce, abuse, and a parent's illness. Yet, as they try to escape the pain and reach out for the connections they once counted on, they slip-like soap in a shower. Noah's got it bad for Lily, but he knows too well that Lily sees only Simon. Simon is indifferent,...
2) Lost Island
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Two boys wreck their boat on a creepy island and it seems to hold mysteries.
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A priceless sculpture has been stolen from the Capitol City Art Museum! But with insurance money to cover the theft and build a new education wing, no one is overly worried about getting the missing art back. The only ones who seem concerned with solving the case are Clemetine and her friends. Can these determined detectives get to the bottom of the art-museum mystery before it's too late?
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When Clementine Wim spots a famous painting being carried away from the Capitol City Art Museum, she knows something is wrong. But when she arrives at the museum, the painting is hanging right where it should be. No one believes what Clementine saw: not even her mother, an assistant curator at the museum, or her friends. It's up to Clementine to convince the others and determine fact from forgery before it's too late.
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When the spacesuit of famous astronaut Sally Ride is stolen from a traveling exhibit, there's no shortage of suspects in Capitol City. Thankfully, Amal Farah, daughter of the Air and Space Museum's head archivist, and her friends are on the case. But they're running out of time and clues are hard to come by. Can they solve the mystery of the space case before the one-of-a-kind artifact is lost for good?
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The Air and Space Museum is adding a new exhibit, and Amal Farah and her friends get to attend the grand opening! But before the new exhibit goes live, some of the items go missing. This won't be good-the exhibit is funded by a rich local businessman, and without the objects to show, the exhibit can't open. Did another museum take the object, trying to make up for missing funding? Was it a thief interested in telescopes? Or someone else? Amal and...
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Something is weird at the Museum of Natural History. There are hominids in the dinosaur exhibit! Wilson Kipper knows this can't be right, since no hominids lived during the time of the dinosaurs, and it turns out his suspicions are correct: someone is altering the exhibit at night. Is someone on the janitorial staff? A new professor or her daughter? Or someone else? Wilson and his friends need to get to the bottom of this messed-up exhibit.
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Great music and great friendships aren't always in harmony. Terence Kato is a prodigy bass player, but he's determined to finish middle school on a high note. Life has other plans. In eighth grade, he's forced to transfer from a private arts school to a public school, where the kids seemingly speak a different language. Luckily, Terence knows a universal one: music. The teen sets out to build a rock band and, in the process, make a few friends. From...
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There's a vandal in the Capitol City Museum of American History, and he or she is intent on defacing priceless artifacts. Raining Sam, the son of the Head of Educational Programs and local Ojibwe tribe member, is determined to get to the bottom of things before anything else can be destroyed. But when Raining himself is considered a suspect, he and his friends must race against the clock to unmask the real culprit and solve the museum mystery before...
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When the plans for the prototype of a failed flying machine go missing from the Air and Space Museum's archives, Amal's father, the assistant archivist, is blamed. No one suspects a crime has been committed - except Amal and her friends. With her father's job on the line, it's up to them to track down the missing plans and get to the bottom of the museum mystery.
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A shipment of dinosaur bones meant for a new exhibit has been stolen from the Capitol City Natural History Museum! But even worse, the group of paleontologists working on the shipment has disappeared too-and among them is Wilson Kipper's mother. Wilson and his friends are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can they do it in time to save his missing mom?
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Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted - or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?
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