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An exciting mystery series for kids! Steve, Matt, and Jenny always dreamed of becoming detectives. One day, their dreams become reality when they discover an ancient treasure map written by a pirate named Elias Darby over three hundred years ago. According to legend, the dying pirate hid a magical stone with mysterious powers somewhere in the Northern California hills, with only a poem titled El Alma de Dios as the key to locating it. As the trio begins their search for the treasure, they unknowingly attract the attention of an international jewel thief named Frank Alexander. When the ...

Steve, Matt, and Jenny thought their detective skills would be given a rest when they agreed to be extras for a movie being filmed in the nearby mountains. Upon arriving at the movie site, the trio learns that someone has been breaking equipment and causing damage around the set in an effort to shut down the production and drive everyone away. Determined to find the saboteur, the young detectives begin their investigation only to come face to face with the last thing in the world they expected—a ghost!

After twelve-year-old JJ Bennett lands at the airport in Berlin, he’s sure something is wrong. His secret organization of kid spies, the K-CIA, hasn’t had to deal with any problems in a while. When his fellow agent and best friend Maggie convinces him they should relax and go to the movies with their new friend William, JJ finally decides he’s been stressing for nothing and everything is fine. He is wrong.

"My name is Jeremiah Ethan Bennett, Jr., also known as JJ. I'm twelve years old and a spy for the CIA, only they don't exactly know it." JJ Bennett has never been shot at by Russian spies, broken into a thousand-year-old crypt, or dangled by a piece of rope two hundred feet in the air. But all that is about to change.

The greatly anticipated final book in the JJ Bennett: Junior Spy series by Alba Arango. As the evil Restoration converges on the city of London during the most high-profile world leader conference in history, JJ and his team have only days to discover who the members of the secret organization are, and put a stop to their plan. But, as the conference grows closer, JJ discovers The Restoration’s plan may hit a little closer to home than he realized.

Soon after arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, K-CIA agents JJ and Maggie discover a gold smuggling operation involving not only P-KGB spies, but also the Russian mob and a most unlikely group of smugglers--alien spaceships! Confused about this bizarre alliance, JJ and Maggie recruit a new member to the K-CIA, and the three kids determine to put a stop to the illegal activity. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, things become increasingly complicated and dangerous in this second installment of the JJ Bennett: Junior Spy series.

When Steve, Matt, and Jenny learn about a long-lost Egyptian statue hidden somewhere near the city of Beachdale, they jump at the chance of solving another mystery. But as their investigation deepens, they discover a couple of very disturbing details: first, the statue is supposedly haunted; and second, two rather large gun-toting foreigners are also interested in the treasure. Determined to find the statue, the trio delves deeper into the mystery, encountering a web of danger unlike anything they have ever seen. The detectives brave catacombs, underwater caverns, and booby-trapped tunnels,...

Soon after arriving in the city of Dublin, Ireland, JJ and his fellow K-CIA agents discover the ominous presence of P-KGB agents and finally learn the nature of the mysterious force known as The Restoration. But when JJ’S dad and the CIA run into trouble tracking down a powerful weapon hidden by a rogue spy over fifty years ago, JJ and the team must jump into action to keep the weapon out of the hands of an enemy with intentions far worse than anything they thought possible.

Twelve-year-old detectives Steve, Matt, and Jenny agree to help their friend Tyrone with a unique problem –his niece thinks she’s a vampire. Believing the girl simply has an over-active imagination, the trio spends the night at her home, determined to ease her worried mind. But when the young girl vanishes and a bat turns up in her place, the three friends find themselves facing something they never thought possible –a real vampire.

Steve is excited when he wins a contest inviting him and two of his friends to an archeological dig in the deserts of New Mexico. But things take a dangerous turn when an unexpected flash from the past appears, and the dig becomes a treasure hunt for a hidden room of gold and a mysterious magical relic known as El Cuerno del Dragón, or The Dragon’s Horn. With an unknown enemy hot on their trail, the trio must race to solve the clues and find the hidden treasure before time runs out and their enemy decides to trap them in the New Mexico desert forever!

Steve, Matt, and Jenny thought their new case would be a cinch. They were wrong. What starts out as a search for a stolen music box quickly turns into a dangerous hunt when the three detectives discover the dark and mysterious history of the music box and a secret that could lead them to a fortune of long-lost gold from World War II. As the trio delves deeper into the mystery, they encounter two nefarious thieves, both willing to do anything to get their hands on the missing gold, including eliminating the competition. Racing against time, the trio must figure out the meaning of a clue left...

Steve, Matt, and Jenny are invited to hunt for a hidden treasure left behind by a mysterious forty-niner over a hundred and fifty years ago. As they begin to unravel the miner’s cryptic note, they realize they are not alone in the hunt for the gold. Determined to beat the competition to the treasure, the three detectives up their game only to come face-to-face with their main competitor—the ghost of the miner himself!