Capture the Flag

Title:  Capture the Flag
Author:  Kate Messner
Genre: Mystery
Description:  When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, seventh-graders Anne, José, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects on airport carts and through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport. #1
Lexile: 700

Word Count: 44,583

Location:  Find the Capture the Flag eBook in the Overdrive collection at the Arlington Public Library.

The Humming Room

Title:  The Humming Room
Author:  Ellen Potter
Genre: Mystery
Description:  Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.
AR Level:5.2

Word Count: 41,594

Location:  Find The Humming Room in the F (Fiction) section under POT (for Potter).

Read part of The Humming Room HERE.

Walls within Walls

Title:  Walls within Walls
Author:  Maureen Sherry
Genre: Mystery
Description:  When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.
AR Level: 5.2

Word Count: 66,495

Location:  Find Walls within Walls in the F (Fiction) section under SHE (for Sherry).

Go on a Walls within Walls Treasure Hunt!