The DZB Chronicles

E is for Envelope...Who is sending letters to Dink? All week long, Dink has been getting strange mail. The envelopes are addressed to “D. Duncan,” but the letters inside are for someone named Doris. Plus, one of the envelopes is empty! Could it be a secret code? And can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose crack it?

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D is doe Deadly...Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are having a sleepover. - in a castle! Dink’s favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited them for a visit. But as soon as they arrive, the kids start hearing screams behind the walls. Wallis Wallace says not to worry, every castle is haunted, but Dink isn’t so sure. Can they discover who - or what? - is haunting Moose Manor?

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B is for Bandit. A bandit had robbed the Green Lawn Savings Bank! Dink and his friends Josh and Ruth Rose are ready to help. When a private detective comes to Dink’s door looking for the kid who videotaped the crime, the trio volunteers to find him. After all, there’s a reward! But tracking down one red-headed kid isn’t such an easy job, especially if he doesn’t want to be found. Dink and his friends must find that kid - and his tape - before the bandit does!

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November is for Night...Bradley and Brian’s new neighbors are up to something! They’ve built a tall fence in their backyard. They’re covered the old hollow tree with a mysterious tarp. They even have a huge, scary dog to guard it. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are dying to know what the sneaky couple is hiding. And on the night before Thanksgiving, they’re going to find out!

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July is for Jitters...it’s the Fourth of a July in Green Lawn, and the mayor is having a contest - the person whose pet has the best Independence Day costume gets to be mayor for a day! Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy transform Polly the Pony into a Thomas Jefferson and Pal the dog into the Declaration of Independence. But when the pet contest rolls around, the animals are nowhere to be found! Maybe they have stage fright. Can the kids find their dressed-up pets and calm them down before the Fourth of July fun begins?

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Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini is not Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist who does in 1926. But Harry does live in Houdini’s old New York City home, and he definitely knows everything there is to know about Houdini’s life. What is he supposed to do, then, when someone starts texting him claiming they they’re Houdini, communicating from beyond the grave? Respond, of course. It’s hard for Harry to believe that Houdini is really contacting him, but this Houdini texts the secrets to all the escape tricks the dead Houdini used to do. What’s more, Houdini’s offering Harry a chance to go back in time and experience it for himself. Should Harry ignore what must be a hoax? Or should he give it a try and take Houdini up on tjis death-defying offer? But what if Houdini wants more than just friendship with Harry? What if he actually wants to change places with him...and leave Harry trapped on 1921? Best-selling author Dan Gutman understands what kids love to read, and his latest page-turning story is guaranteed to keep you gasping with surprise at an adventure no one would have predicted - especially not the boy it happened to.

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March is for Mischief...It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Green Lawn. Bradly, Brian, Nate, and Lucy dress up a leprechaun statue for the towns yearly contest. They leave it out on the porch overnight, but the next morning, it’s missing! And theirs isn’t the only one. All over town, leprechauns are disappearing. Who is behind the mischief? It will take four kids and the luck of the Irish to find out.

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New Year’s Eve is for Thieves...Get the confetti ready! Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy can’t wait for the New Year’s Eve party at the twins’ house. That is until they find out their friend Mrs. Wong’s computer has been stolen. Then they see a suspicious couple looking through Nate’s window. Could the strangers be planning to rob Nate’s house next? It’s a chase through Green Lawn as the kids try to catch the thieves and save their happy new year.

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February is for Friend...it’s a Valentines Day party! Bradley is passing out his class’s valentines, but one of them has no name on it. Inside, the card tells the class to look in the closet. When they open the closet door, the kids find a rabbit named Douglas in a cage! What mysterious “friend” left him there? And why? Then the bunny gets sick. It’s up to Bradley, Brian, Lucy, and Nate to track down his owner and figure out what is wrong with poor little Douglas.

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Bad Luck for the Good Luck Charm! Frank and his brother, Joe, are excited! It’s the final game in the Little League season, and their team, the Bayport Bandits, has a real shot at winning. Sure, the other team is good - but they don’t have the Bandits’ good luck charm. The shark is their teammate Jason’s mitt. His dad, a major-league pitcher, wore it in the World Series! The whole team touches it before every game for luck. Right before the game, Jason’s mitt goes missing! The team is devastated. Can Frank and Joe solve the case of the missing mitt before the Bandits lose the game?

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