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Stop the Clock

by Carolyn Keene · 2005

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Just as I'm gearing up to help plan the Mahoney Library's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration, the beautiful old clock, the very centerpiece of the library, is stolen. There's nothing like a good theft to stop a party! Naturally, I throw down the streamers and get to work. Turns out lots of people wanted that clock — and what's inside. If I don't hustle, this might become two crimes instead of one....

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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