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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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The development of a major resort complex at the southern end of Breakfast Island is causing a ruckus. Local residents, summer people and mainland fishermen are all hopping mad that the peace of their island retreat is being shattered. Them a cabin cruiser explodes in the marina causing general alarm. But when a series of deadly "accidents" follows on the heels of the mysterious explosion, Qwilleran begins to wonder if sabotage is involved. In
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Cat Who mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Former award winning news reporter Jim Qwilleran is assigned to the art world as his new news beat. When a murderer sicks a knife in the neck of a local gallery owner and goes berserk among the works on show, Qwilleran gets help from his Siamese cat solving the mystery.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Although comfortable with Moose County's low-key lifestyle, reporter-turned-millionaire Jim Qwilleran can't seem to face the long dead winter ahead. With this in mind, he decides to venture 'Down Below'-- the local's derogatory term for the city-- where he moves into temporary quarters at the Casablanca, a colorful 1920s apartment building he hopes to save from the demolition crews. But things are off to dubious beginnings when Qwill gets trapped...
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Cat Who mysteries volume 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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After a long drought, the citizans of Pickax are worried about wildfires. Their fears are soon realized. With a case of arson, the shooting of a volunteer fire-watcher and the murder of the president of the curling club, Jim Qwilleran and Co. are called in to sniff out the rat responsible.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his two cats, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate a suspicious fire which killed a woman in her nineties. The 20th volume in the series, the novel introduces a new character, a swearing parrot.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The people of Pickax are in a state of eager anticipation. The Pirate's Chest, the long-awaited new bookstore, is finally set to open, and the Theatre Club is preparing to perform Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. However, the play is brought to an abrupt halt as a cast member is killed in a car accident. But was it really an accident? As suspicions rise, Qwill and his sleuthing Siamese cats have their work cut out for them.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Cat Who mysteries volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Back in Pickax, Jim Qwilleran expects to resume a quiet life, but the people and animals of Pickax have other ideas. A noisy cardinal wakes him every morning. Nosy neighbors drop by uninvited and the Siamese misbehave, even sneezing on guests. As if that weren't bad enough, Qwill's longtime companion acts as though she is in love--with another man. But worst of all, Qwill finds a body in his apple orchard.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. Not only is the gala groundbreaking for new Pickaw bookstore about to take place, but the town of Brr is preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, and columnist James Qwilleran has been roped in to help with the festivities.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Qwill investigates the death of sweet Mrs. Cobb, who has apparently been scared to death by unearthly noises in her creaky farmhouse.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Living in the peaceful city of Pickax may be restful, but it certainly isn't dull. At least not for one of the most eligible bachelors in town, veteran newspaperman Jim Qwilleran. Having inherited millions, Qwilleran and his two feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, are preparing to settle down into a life of purrfect luxury. That is, until the son of a rich banker and his wife are found murdered. To the police, it looks like a robbery gone awry. But...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Braun's marvelous best-selling series is the cat's pajamas for lovers of animals and frisky crime-solving adventures. This delightful addition finds Qwill and his fabulous felines on the trail of some very unusual "visitors." Could extraterrestrials be behind the strange goings-on in Moose County? It is up to the ever-humble billionaire journalist Jim Qwilleran and his amazing cats to find out. A backpacker has disappeared, and rumor has it that UFOs...
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Cat Who mysteries volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Jim Qwilleran investigates the murder of a Chicago jewelry dealer as Pickax's Scottish Games get underway.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 24
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Koko, Yum Yum, and James Qwilleran embark on their latest mystery when gold prospectors, wildlife photographers, and pirates arrive at the Nutcracker Inn to take part in a game.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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The affluent owner of a historic steam locomotive and private railcar disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose county investors. Journalist-detective Jim Quill probes the embezzlement with the aid of his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum. The case is complicated by a train wreck and a murder in a railroad tavern. By the author of The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, the book which launched the 17-volume series in 1966.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The team of Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat, and Qwilleran, the reporter with the perceptive moustache, is back in action--with an adorable female Siamese, Yum Yum, added to the household. When Qwilleran decides to do a feature story on Junktown, he gets more than he bargained for. Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors--as strange a lot as the crafty reporter has ever encountered. When a mysterious...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Jim Qwilleran is not exactly thrilled by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion--a weekly magazine on interior design. But Qwilleran finds himself on familiar territory when a murder is committed, and he and Koko, the brilliant Siamese, take the case.
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