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A collection of mystery stories for teens written by Latino authors such as Mario Acevedo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Diana Lopez, and others, and including stories that feature teenagers as they encounter challenges common for young adults.

Second-grader Flaca investigates three mysteries, from her missing flip flop, to who put a food she is allergic to in her lunch, to how she will find her dancing ability before performing salsa at her sister's quincea?era.

Pedro forms a new club with his friends dedicated to solving mysteries--and the first two assignments are finding his mother's locket, and his father's cell phone.

"It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs' cipher further than anyone had in its century-and-a-half history--and destroyed their beloved home in the process.

"It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the locationof the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher -- and, in theprocess, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma.

"When a diamond goes missing from the Louvre, it is up to nine-year-old Julieta to identify the thief, exonerate her father, and return home to Boston before her baby brother is born.

Illustrations and text in English and Spanish, with a repetitive refrain throughout, tell six stories in which children and their families face mysteries in daily life.

"A frowning scarecrow at Aunt Carmen's farm frightens Katie until Pedro reveals that it is not haunted"--OCLC.

"After learning about mummies in class, Katie decides to make one of her own, but when it suddenly goes missing, Katie and Pedro start following clues that they hope will lead them to the missing mummy"--OCLC.

"Catalina is excited to find out a new student, Esmeralda, has joined her third-grade class at Valle Grande Elementary School.

When Katie Woo and Pedro find a treasure map at the beach the wind snatches it away, and they chase after it.