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A Top Secret History of Codes and Code Breaking by Apps, Roy
Category: Non-Fiction
Explore the history of codes from The Haircut Code, used by the Persians to convey messages in war, to Ancient Hebrew ciphers, pictorial codes of the Egyptians Mayans to letter codes in ancient Rome and substitution ciphers used in Tudor England when the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots was being plann ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: An Empty Envelope by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
Dink keeps getting envelopes in the mail add ressed to D. Duncan. But the letters inside all start with D ear Doris and don''t make any sense. Josh and Ruth Rose think someone is playing a trick, until Doris turns up and demand s her letters. '
A-Z Mysteries: Lucky Lottery, the by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
"L is for Lucky. . . ." And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him for Christmas turns out to be a million-dollar winner! But before Lucky can cash it in, someone sneaks into his house and steals it. Now it's up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to track down th ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: Panda Puzzle by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
There's pandemonium in Green Lawn. The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby, but as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen. All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose collar the culprits before Green Lawn has to cough up the cash ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: Runaway Racehorse by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
A-Z Mysteries: Talking T. Rex by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
A-Z Mysteries: The Canary Caper by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
C is for Canary...Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get an urgent call from Mrs.Davis. Her canary is missing! The little bird has vanished without a trace, andhe's not the only one. Two other pets are missing. The kids suspect apet-napper, and now that Ruth Rose's cat, Tiger, has turned up missing too, it's bec ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: The Case of the Bald Bandit by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
The Green Lawn Savings Bank has been robbed. When a private detective comes to Dink''s door looking for t he kid who videotaped the crime, Dink and his friends volunt eer to find him. After all, there is a reward. Can the trio find him? '
A-Z Mysteries : The Falcon's Feathers by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
F is for Falcon...When Josh discovers a nest of young falcons in the forest, he, Dink, and Ruth Rose start visiting every day. Until the morning they findit empty! Then the kids discover a wounded falcon with its wing feathersclipped, and they" know" someone's up to no good. Can they figure outwhat's go ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: The Jaguar's Jewel by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit New York City! Dink's uncle is the curator of a museum with a dazzling new treasure-a statue of a jaguar cradling an emerald between its front paws. But when it's discovered that the emerald has been replaced with a fake, Dink's uncle is the chief suspect. He'll go to jai ...Show more
A-Z Mysteries: The Orange Outlaw by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
A-Z Mysteries: The Quicksand Question by Ron Roy
Category: Children's
When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.