American Girl Games and Books

Solve four mini-mysteries piece by piece! American Girl Mystery Puzzles test girls' sleuthing skills with four mini mysteries and four 300-piece puzzles. Artwork is featured from the new Kaya, Samantha, Kit and Molly mysteries. Girls can read each mystery, then complete the puzzle. The answer will glow in the dark! Each puzzle is 15" by 20" when assembled.

For ages 8 and up
10" x 12" x 2"

A suspenseful and poignant mystery written by Janet Shaw, author of the original Kaya book series. Kaya’s village is preparing for the powerful winter Spirit Dances when an injured stranger arrives. The young woman doesn’t speak, and no one can reach her but Kaya’s beloved dog, Tatlo. Who is the stranger, and why is she so silent and alone? Will she bring harm to the village—or take Tatlo away from Kaya?
Kaya searches for clues about the woman—but she must look deep inside her own heart to truly understand her. When she does, Kaya not only solves the mystery but takes a brave step toward growing up.
Includes a full-color "Looking Back" historical essay. Paperbacks also include a tear-off post card.

144 pages - Hardcover or paperback
Ages 8 and up

This new series of American Girl Mysteries features Felicity for the first time. She is spending the summer of 1776 at her family's Virginia plantation, King's Creek, where she rides her beloved horse Penny, every day.
But soon Felicity hears news that Briitsh soldiers are burning Patriot farms and stealing their animals. Then she finds evidence that makes her suspect the next raid could threaten King's Creek—and Penny!
Includes a full-color "Looking Back" historical essay.

Hardcover or PaperBack; by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Ages 9 and up

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This new American Girl Mystery Book features Josefina - she has heard many tales and legends all her life. But she never imagined that such stories might be true. She knows about rumors of gold and silver buried in the hills, and even knows the tales of a ghostly Weeping Woman who haunts the countryside. Then one day a mysterious stranger arrives at her rancho . . .

This suspenseful tale is set in New Mexico in 1826, and includes an illustrated "Looking Back" essay and a glossary of Spanish words used in the story.

Hardcover or Softcover; by Kathleen Ernst
Ages 9 and up

Once again Samantha is the sleuth in this new American Girl Mystery Book! This book begins as Samantha and Nellie set sail for Europe aboard an ocean liner in 1906. Also traveling on the ship is a world-famous archaeologist with the legendary sapphire he discovered. Before the archaeologist can deliver his treasure to a London museum, this priceless jewel disappears.
Samantha realizes that every one of the first-class passengers is a suspect—and one of them must be the thief! Can Samantha and Nellie uncover the real culprit and find the missing jewel?
The book includes an illustrated “Looking Back” essay and a glossary of French words used in the story.

Hardcover or PaperBack; by Sarah Masters Buckey
Ages 9 and up

Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia's New York City brownstone is being expanded to make more room for the three O'Malley sisters. While the renovation is underway, the family moves to an apartment on the top floor of Ravenscourt, a fashionable new 13-story "apartment-hotel".
Samantha is excited about their luxurious new home - until she learns there's a terrible curse on the building's owner, Horace Raven! Are strange things happening because of the curse - or is something else scaring the residents from Ravenscourt? It's up to Samantha and Nellie to find out!
Includes a full-color "Looking Back" historical essay.
Hardcover or paperback
Ages 8 and up

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Kit Kittredge is back, in a mystery that takes place in the Cincinnati Zoo! Kit lands a summer job writing a children's column for her local newspaper and looks for story ideas at the Cincinnati Zoo, where her friend Stirling works as a guide and her old friend Will, the hobo, has a job cleaning cages.
As Kit noses around she stumbles into some strange activities in the monkey house. Meanwhile, Kit begins to notice small things missing at home too. It's not long before Will looks like the logical suspect in both places. Can Kit clear her friend - and get a good story in the bargain? Fireworks fly as Kit's mystery is solved at the Zoo's grand Fourth of July spectacular.
Includes a full-color "Looking Back" historical essay. Paperbacks also include a tear-off recipe card.

Hardcover or paperback
Ages 8 and up

Molly McIntyre is featured in this brand-new story involving a real-life threat on the American home front during World War II. Nuring a stay at Grammy and Grandpa's farm in the summer of 1944, Molly spends time with her friend Anna Schulz, the daughter of German immigrants. When Aunt Eleanor, now a WASP piolet, stops for a visit, a security check incovers anti-American propaganda stashed aboard her plane. The FBI interrogates Eleanor but quickly zeroes in on another suspect - Anna's 17 year old brother, Max!
Molly and Anna look for the real traitor. With lots of daring and a little luck, the girls manage to finger the culprit . . . but they discover it may not be enough to save Max. Molly realizes that wartime, even on the home front, changes friends and family forever.
Includes a full-color "Looking Back" historical essay. Paperbacks also include a tear-off post card.

Hardcover or paperback
Ages 8 and up

New Minute Mysteries: Brainteasers, Puzzlers, and Stories to Solve

Girls will love looking for clues that answer the “who,” “what,” and “why” questions that are puzzling Samantha, Josefina, Kit, Molly, and the rest of the American Girl characters.
There are 13 stories in all. Readers can challenge themselves, keeping track of how many minutes it took to solve each mystery.

64 pages 5.125" W x 6.875" H
Ages 8 and up

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