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Brain Games – Scavenger Hunt Puzzles
Go on a scavenger hunt without leaving your couch! Includes 70 engaging puzzles packed with things for you to find on your visual scavenger hunt.
- For each puzzle, you’ll see a scavenger’s checklist of 20 to 50 random objects to find, from animals, airplanes, food, jewelry, and more.
- Search the chaotic, surreal scenes to find items on the list, whether it’s one shark, three crayons, or ten pieces of candy!
- Some objects you’ll spot right off. Others will be more of a challenge.
For readers 9-12.
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The Ultimate Maze Book
Test your wits with our masterful maze designs! Enjoy several different types of puzzles, from ‘No Brainers’ to ‘Full Brain Overload’; all categorized for varying difficulty levels. Grab your pencil and a-Maze yourself!
Entertain and challenge your brain with this bonanza of puzzles. Thirty mind-boggling mazes, created by a master maze designer, include labyrinths involving 3-D constructions, directional arrows, over-and-under structures, as well as key mazes, surface mazes, designated stops, and much more.
The puzzles are designed around clever themes and are categorized by difficulty into five levels–from “No Brainers” that take about five to ten minutes to solve, to “Full Brain Overload,” mazes that might take hours to find a solution. (A picture of a brain with varying amounts of gray matter appears next to each maze to indicate its level of difficulty.)
There’s also a “hints section” that provides clues for all but a few of the easiest puzzles. Use the hints section if you get stuck, but working the easier mazes will help you solve the more difficult ones. So grab a pencil and a-Maze yourself!- 30 mind-boggling mazes: Test your brain’s agility with a new challenge and take on complex constructions, from 3-D structures to directional arrows and over-and-under structures. With five levels of difficulty, you can find the perfect puzzle for you!
- 3D constructions: Take your game to the next level trying out our 3D mazes! See how far ahead you can think and work around moving parts that require creative solutions. Every turn is like an adventure with puzzling twists and turns.
- Designated stops: Can you find your way through every maze? Follow directions in each puzzle, including over and under structures, directional arrows and designated stops that might just lead you to the treasure at the end.
- Fun and challenging themes: Get inspired by creative themes as you solve each one! Themed mazes will challenge your skills while also entertaining you with delightful visuals. Are you up to the task?
- For all ages and skill levels: Puzzles start from easy and get progressively harder, so there’s something for everyone! The hints section provides clues for those tricky ones.
- Unlock your true potential: Test and sharpen your skills; these mind-bending puzzles from The Ultimate Maze Book will help you challenge your intellect & build problem-solving skills. Get ready for an ultimate maze experience!
For readers 8-12 from author Galen Wadzinski.
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Spy School
Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward that he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school focusing on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior CIA academy. Could the CIA really want him?
For readers 9-12 from author Stuart Gibbs.
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Pick Your Own Quest: King Tut’s Adventure
Ancient Egypt is in serious trouble…
Choose from over 40 possible endings!
Crazy things are happening in Egypt! The gods are angry. The Nile River is drying up. Smoke appears on the horizon. Crocodiles attack! It’s up to you to save the world. Make the right choice and you get to rule Egypt for the rest of your life. Make the wrong choice and it will be your last.
Remember, you can’t turn back. Sorry! Once you make a choice, it can’t be changed.CHOOSE WISELY 🙂
For readers 8-12 from author Connor Hoover.
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Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas
Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke just wishes something exciting would happen to him. His aunt and uncle, both world-famous researchers, travel to the ends of the earth searching for hidden treasure, dodging dangerous robbers along the way, while Addison is stuck in school all day.
Luckily for Addison, adventure has a way of finding the Cookes.
After his uncle unearths the first ancient Incan clue needed to find a vast trove of lost treasure, he is kidnapped by members of a shadowy organization intent on stealing the riches. Addison’s uncle is the bandits’ key to deciphering the ancient clues and looting the treasure . . . unless Addison and his friends can outsmart the kidnappers and crack the code first!
For readers 8-12 from author Jonathan W. Stokes.
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A Pirates’ Pact: A Kik & Mac Adventure
Two brothers, a hidden secret, and an adventure of a lifetime.
On the pirate island of Bosch, almost eleven-year-old twins Kik and Mac are facing a storm of changes. With a father from Edo and a Bosch mother, the brothers navigate the challenges of identity, friendship, and family in their own unique ways.
Daring and mischievous Mac finds himself in a whirlwind of trouble as he strives to impress new friends. Meanwhile, quiet and observant Kik grapples with his heritage and a heartfelt secret he’s not ready to share.
When a ball thrown in anger fractures a family heirloom, a hidden piece of a pirate treasure map emerges, setting them on a quest that will shake up their relationship and reshape their understanding of family.
A Pirates’ Pact is a tale of friendship, self-discovery, and the enduring strength of family ties. Will Kik’s and Mac’s pact withstand the challenges ahead? Embark on this middle-grade adventure where bonds are forged, secrets are unveiled, and treasures go beyond gold and jewels.
For readers 9-12 from author Sarah Branson.
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The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel
When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton.
Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find that there is more to him than anyone—himself included—ever dreamed. Unexpected qualities of courage and cunning, and a love of adventure, propel Bilbo toward his great destiny . . . a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring.
For readers 8-12 years from Chuck Dixon (Adapter), J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), David Wenzel (Illustrator).
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Sorceline
Welcome to the Island of Vorn, where mythical creatures roam free and only the brightest students are invited to study them. In Book 1 of this riveting new middle grade graphic novel series, a gifted young cryptozoologist-in-training must learn to tame powerful beasts—including her own inner demons.
For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar’s prestigious school of cryptozoology, she’s eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar’s apprentices.
But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies, she quickly clashes with her classmates, revealing her fiery temper.
When one of her rivals suddenly disappears, Sorceline must set aside her anger and join the quest to find her. But the mystery only deepens, leading Sorceline on a journey far darker and more personal than she had expected.
For readers 9-11, from author Sylvia Douyé, illustrator Paola Antista, and translator Ivanka Hahnenberger.
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Princess Academy
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king’s priests have divined her village as the home of the future princess. In a year, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls.
The king’s ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted–but it would mean leaving her home and family behind.
For readers 9-12 from award-winning author Shannon Hale.
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Belly Up
Twelve-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brand-new FunJungle, has been murdered. The zoo’s top brass claims the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend, Summer McCraken, have other ideas.
Could the culprit be FunJungle’s animal-hating head of operations? Or is it FunJungle’s owner—Summer’s dad—a man who is much more concerned about money than animal welfare?
The deeper Teddy and Summer dig, the more danger they’re in—because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth can’t be caged!
For readers 9-12, from the ever-popular author, Stuart Gibbs.
