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Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.

2) Ivy + Bean take the case / (bk. 10 Ivy and Bean)

Author

Barrows, Annie

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Pub. Date

2013

Description

After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.

3) Baby Monkey, private eye

Author

Selznick, Brian

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Description

Baby Monkey, private eye, will investigate stolen jewels, missing pizzas, and other mysteries--if he can manage to figure out how to put his pants on.

4) The case of the spoiled rotten spy / (bk. 31 Jigsaw Jones)

Author

Preller, James

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2007]

Description

Jigsaw gets the opportunity to be an extra on the coolest show on TV, Spy guy.

5) Now look what you've done / (bk. 2 Timmy Failure)

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Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe.

6) We meet again / (bk. 3 Timmy Failure)

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Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to master global domination right after he solves the case involving the coveted Miracle Report at school.

7) Nate the Great and the fishy prize / (bk. 8 Nate the Great)

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Publisher

Coward-McCann

Pub. Date

c1985

Description

Though it means Nate can't get his dog ready for the smartest pet contest, he agrees to search for the missing prize for the contest.

8) Sanitized for your protection / (bk. 4 Timmy Failure)

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Timmy Failure and Molly Muskins travel to Chicago to investigate when money is stolen from a class fundraiser.

9) The book you're not supposed to have / (bk. 5 Timmy Failure)

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Timmy Failure is banished from practicing his detective skills in the wake of a missing tooth, a teachers' strike, and his mother's romance with a doorman, situations further complicated by the disappearance of his private notebook.

10) Last ride at Luna Park / (bk. 4 Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel)

Author

Stilton, Geronimo

Publisher

Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic

Pub. Date

2022.

Description

A new ride is opening at Luna Park! Every mouse in New Mouse City has come for the grand opening. But the rides keep breaking down, and everything is going wrong. Can Geronimo and his friends figure out who is sabotaging the opening of the Train of Terror?

11) The case of the kidnapped candy / (bk. 30 Jigsaw Jones)

Author

Preller, James

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2007]

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RU (APA) 3rd Grade

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When the class's Valentine candy disappears, Jigsaw and Mila try to figure out who stole it.

12) Ghostly echoes / (bk. 3 Jackaby)

Author

Ritter, William

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"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold...

13) It's the end when I say it's the end / (bk. 7 Timmy Failure)

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"Though I, Timmy Failure, have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement, my fans have begged me to turn my memoirs into a movie, an ode to my greatness. I am, however, beset by enemies, the worst of whom is Tom John John, the buffoonish movie director. What's more, my father is in town, working at a bar, which is obviously just a cover for our father-son crime-fighting partnership. And my dim-witted polar bear business partner,...

14) The case of the snowboarding superstar / (bk. 29 Jigsaw Jones)

Author

Preller, James

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2006]

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RU (APA) 3rd Grade

Description

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Jigsaw Jones tries to find a missing good luck charm while on a winter vacation.

15) Nate the Great and the snowy trail / (bk. 7 Nate the Great)

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Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1982

16) Fake it till they make it / (bk. 2 The Underdogs)

Author

Temple, Kate

Publisher

Razorbill

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

Follows a group of bumbling dog detectives and their newest cat recruit as they sniff out the identity of an art forger.

17) Catch a cat burglar / (bk. 1 The Underdogs)

Author

Temple, Kate

Publisher

Razorbill

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

The Underdog Detective Agency has a proud tradition of sniffing out trouble, but in order to catch Dogtown's elusive cat burglar, they first enlist the help of a scruffy street cat named Fang.

18) Rock 'n' roll over / (bk. 4)

Author

Temple, Kate

Publisher

Razorbill

Pub. Date

2023.

Description

The Underdogs have a bone to pick with whoever took a one-of-a-kind guitar.

19) Braver and boulder / (bk. 5 InvestiGators)

Author

Green, John Patrick

Publisher

First Second

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

The InvestiGators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city! How can they be SECRET agents if everyone recognizes them? But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about BOULDER BUDDIES...are they just the latest fad or part of a mob-run scheme? And could a rocky relationship from the InvestiGators' past be trembling beneath the surface? Find...

20) Heist and seek / (bk. 6 InvestiGators)

Author

Green, John Patrick

Publisher

First Second

Pub. Date

2022.

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