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This is the sixth installment of the 2010 Edgar Award Nominations.
Best Juvenile
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The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (The Brixton Brothers Series #1)Author: Barnett, Mac |
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Nominated for the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Audio book is available from the CLEVNET eMedia Collection. Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective . . . It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Bixton’s first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind to unmask, and a social studies report due Monday — all while on the run from cops, thugs, and secret-agent librarians. Since when can librarians rappel from helicopters? Does Steve have any brothers or sisters? If not, then why is this series called The Brixton Brothers? You will solve all these mysteries and many more by the time you finish The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity. We think you’ll agree: Steve Brixton’s first adventure is his best adventure yet. |
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The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of RocamadourAuthor: Beil, Michael D. |
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Nominated for the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile eBook and Audio book is available from the CLEVNET eMedia Collection. It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes. Are these sleuths in school uniforms modern-day equivalents of Nancy, Harriet, or Scooby? Not really, they’re just three nice girls who decide to help out a weird lady, and end up hiding under tables, tackling word puzzles and geometry equations, and searching rather moldy storage rooms for “the stuff that dreams are made of” (that’s from an old detective movie). Oh, and there’s A Boy, who complicates things. As boys often do. Intrigued? The Red Blazer Girls offers a fun, twisty adventure for those who love mystery, math (c’mon, admit it!), and a modest measure of mayhem. Michael Beil, a New York City high school English teacher, makes his literary debut with this fun and brainy mystery. |
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Closed for the Season: A Mystery StoryAuthor: Hahn, Mary Downing |
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Nominated for the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile A contemporary thriller by the bestselling author of The Old Willis Place. Two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, set out to solve the mystery of a murder that took place some years ago in the old house Logan’s family has just moved into. The boys’ quest takes them to the highest and lowest levels of society in their small Maryland town, and eventually to a derelict amusement park that is supposedly closed for the season. |
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Creepy Crawly Crime (The Joey Fly Private Eye Series #1)Author: Reynolds, Aaron |
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Nominated for the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Have you ever had one of those moments? You know — you’re trying to find a stolen diamond pencil box for your beautiful butterfly customer, your mosquito witness won’t give you any information, and your clumsy scorpion assistant has just tampered with your only bit of evidence? Joey Fly has those moments a lot. In fact, he’s probably having one right now. But that won’t stop him from solving the mystery in Creepy Crawly Crime, his fantastic first graphic novel! |
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The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (The Enola Holmes Mysteries #5)Author: Springer, Nancy |
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Nominated for the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Enola may have met her match with . . . Florence Nightingale? For Enola, who has been longing for her absent mother, it’s difficult to make personal connections. Other than her occasional run-ins with her brother Sherlock, Enola doesn’t have many people in her life, except her landlady, Mrs. Tupper. While she’s nearly deaf and can’t cook to save her life, Mrs. Tupper is endearing — really the closest thing Enola has to family these days. So imagine her horror when Enola comes home to find Mrs. Tupper kidnapped! Who would take her, and why? And what does Florence Nightingale have to do with it? There must be more to the kind, homely Mrs. Tupper than meets the eye. Enola will put absolutely everything at risk to find Mrs. Tupper. And whoever took her had better watch out — because this time, it’s personal. |
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The 2010 Edgar Award Nominations Series:
Part 1 — Best Novel
Part 2 — Best First Novel By An American Author
Part 3 — Best Short Story
Part 4 — Best Paperback Original
Part 5 — Best Best Critical/Biographical
Part 6 — Best Juvenile
Part 7 — Best Fact Crime
Part 8 — Best Young Adult
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