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At The Society for the Preservation of Pennsylvania Antiques, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations-and sometimes solves crimes. When a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the same day that an archivist is found dead, it seems strange that the Society president isn't pushing for an investigation. Nell goes digging herself, and soon uncovers a long, rich history of crime.
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Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, gets involved in an explosive mystery when an arsonist sets a series of warehouse fires that results in the death of a guard--and involves the Fireman's Museum's most prized possession.
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Museum mysteries (Sheila Connolly) volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
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viii, 309 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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Museum mysteries (Sheila Connolly) volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
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viii, 293 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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"Once again Nell Pratt has to dig into the past to solve a murder in the present... Between the challenges of her position as president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia and of taking her relationship with FBI agent James Morrison to the next level, Nell Pratt has got her hands full. Nevertheless, when a powerful developer approaches the Society to make sure the old dairy farm he wants to level is not hiding any archeological...
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted - or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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119 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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When a series of accidents and other strange happenings at the Capitol City Natural History Museum lead to rumors that the museum is being haunted by the ghost of a Pterosaur, ten-year-old Wilson Kipper and his friends set out to solve the mystery.
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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When the plans for the prototype of a failed flying machine go missing from the Air and Space Museum's archives, Amal's father, the assistant archivist, is blamed. No one suspects a crime has been committed - except Amal and her friends. With her father's job on the line, it's up to them to track down the missing plans and get to the bottom of the museum mystery.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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117 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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When the plans for the Bat-Wing, a historical aircraft, disappear from the Capitol City Air and Space Museum, eleven-year-old Amal Farah's father is blamed, and it is up to the four young friends to solve the mystery and save her father's job.
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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There's a vandal in the Capitol City Museum of American History, and he or she is intent on defacing priceless artifacts. Raining Sam, the son of the Head of Educational Programs and local Ojibwe tribe member, is determined to get to the bottom of things before anything else can be destroyed. But when Raining himself is considered a suspect, he and his friends must race against the clock to unmask the real culprit and solve the museum mystery before...
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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A priceless sculpture has been stolen from the Capitol City Art Museum! But with insurance money to cover the theft and build a new education wing, no one is overly worried about getting the missing art back. The only ones who seem concerned with solving the case are Clemetine and her friends. Can these determined detectives get to the bottom of the art-museum mystery before it's too late?
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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121 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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When a priceless sculpture disappears from the Capitol City Art Museum, thirteen-year-old Clementine Wim, daughter of an assistant curator, and her three friends set out to solve the mystery and recover the Statue of Gudea.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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429 pages (large print) : maps ; 22 cm.
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English
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"As the director of Barton Farm, a living history museum, Kelsey Cambridge is underpaid and underappreciated, but she loves every minute of it. Determined to keep the struggling museum open, she plans to impress Barton Farm's wealthy benefactress, Cynthia Cherry, with a Civil War reenactment on the farm's grounds. Unfortunately, the first shot in the battle isn't from a period soldier. It's from Cynthia's greedy nephew, Maxwell, who fires a threat...
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English
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When a construction worker who found a curious metal object while excavating an old privy in the museum's basement is murdered, Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society, must unearth a mystery with ties to the past and the present to stop a killer.
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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When Clementine Wim spots a famous painting being carried away from the Capitol City Art Museum, she knows something is wrong. But when she arrives at the museum, the painting is hanging right where it should be. No one believes what Clementine saw: not even her mother, an assistant curator at the museum, or her friends. It's up to Clementine to convince the others and determine fact from forgery before it's too late.
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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A shipment of dinosaur bones meant for a new exhibit has been stolen from the Capitol City Natural History Museum! But even worse, the group of paleontologists working on the shipment has disappeared too—and among them is Wilson Kipper's mother. Wilson and his friends are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can they do it in time to save his missing mom?
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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A shipment of dinosaur bones meant for a new exhibit at the Capitol City Natural History Museum has disappeared, and so have the five paleontologists who were working late at the museum, including Wilson Kipper's mother--so Wilson and his museum friends set out to solve the mystery.
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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When the spacesuit of famous astronaut Sally Ride is stolen from a traveling exhibit, there's no shortage of suspects in Capitol City. Thankfully, Amal Farah, daughter of the Air and Space Museum's head archivist, and her friends are on the case. But they're running out of time and clues are hard to come by. Can they solve the mystery of the space case before the one-of-a-kind artifact is lost for good?
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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118 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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When the spacesuit of famous astronaut Sally Ride disappears from a traveling exhibit, Amal Farah, daughter of the Air and Space Museum's archivist, and her three friends, are determined to find the culprit before the exhibit is cancelled.
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