Mystery
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Briony knows she's a witch. Her beloved stepmother told her so. Whenever Briony gets angry or jealous, bad things are apt to happen. If anyone finds out, Briony risk hanging. But now her twin sister Rose is in danger. The Boggy Mun has given Rose the swamp cough, and everyone who gets the swamp cough eventually dies. The Boggy Mun is angry that the engineering men are draining the swamp, and he wants Briony to stop it. But how can Briony stop it without confessing to being a witch?
Briony knows she's a witch. Her beloved stepmother told her so. Whenever Briony gets angry or jealous, bad things are apt to happen. If anyone finds out, Briony risk hanging. But now her twin sister Rose is in danger. The Boggy Mun has given Rose the swamp cough, and everyone who gets the swamp cough eventually dies. The Boggy Mun is angry that the engineering men are draining the swamp, and he wants Briony to stop it. But how can Briony stop it without confessing to being a witch?
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. When the pod lands and the doors open Salim is gone. How is this possible? It isn't, but somehow Salim has disappeared. Ted and Kat are determined to find him, despite the police and their parent's insistence they stay out of the way.
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. When the pod lands and the doors open Salim is gone. How is this possible? It isn't, but somehow Salim has disappeared. Ted and Kat are determined to find him, despite the police and their parent's insistence they stay out of the way.
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners — and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls is a cover for an all-female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. -From Goodreads.com First in a series.
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners — and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls is a cover for an all-female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. -From Goodreads.com First in a series.