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Book: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley
Date Read: 7/3
Task: a historical book
How it Fits: MPG historical fiction
Next Episode Choice: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
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11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
3. a book with a significant character who is nobility
4. a book that is considered a classic
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski
Date Read: 7/5
Task: a book with a significant character who is nobility
How it Fits: MC is part of the ruling class
Next Episode Choice: What the Hex Going On?
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6. What the Hex Going On?
Mystery Inc. is headed to their friend Sharon Wetherby's estate. When they arrive, Sharon's Uncle Stuart disappears, and when they find him, he says he was beckoned by the voice of the Ghost of Elias Kingston from the Kingston Mansion. The gang find themselves wrapped up in the tangle of the spooky ghoul of Elias Kingston who wants the family treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book about friends
2. a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
3. listen to an audio book
4. a book that you consider to be a treasure
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Golden in Death - J.D. Robb
Date Read: 7/8
Task: listen to an audio book
How it Fits: I listened to the audiobook because...Roarke!
Next Episode Choice: Foul Play in Funland
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8. Foul Play in Funland
The gang anticipate the opening of a theme park while clam collecting on a nearby beach. But when the theme park's lights come on and the rides start running, when the park is supposed to be closed, they try to find out who is doing it, and find the shenanigans are being caused by a strange man who walks like a torpedo.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book that is the first of a series
2. a book set where the main character goes to a beach
3. a book with an unusual word in the title
4. a book by a male author
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: All Knight Long - John Hartness
Date Read: 7/9
Task: a book by a male author
How it Fits: author is male
Next Episode Choice: Spooky Space Kook
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14. Spooky Space Kook
The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle
2. a book set on a farm
3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
4. a science fiction book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Genesis - Bernard Beckett
Date Read: 7/14
Task: a science fiction book
How it Fits: MPG science fiction
Next Episode Choice: Never Ape an Ape Man
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7. Never Ape an Ape Man
The gang take jobs as extras on the set of Daphne's uncle, John Maxwell's, movie set of The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain. But, a real apeman has been sabotaging the movie and Mystery Inc. need to catch this ape before he causes the movie to end permanently.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets a job
2. a book that has been made into a movie
3. a book that has been tagged 'Realistic Fiction'
4. a book that is the last of its series
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick
Date Read: 7/17
Task: a book where the main character gets a job
How it Fits: rich MC is newly broke and must get a job so she opens a boutique
Next Episode Choice: A Clue for Scooby-Doo
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2. A Clue for Scooby Doo
At Rocky Point Beach, the gang encounter the ghost of an old sea diver. A sailor claims it to be the ghost of Captain Cutler, who, according to legend, died at sea many years ago when his boat got wrecked and he is getting his revenge.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set by the sea or ocean
2. a book where the main character spends time on a boat
3. a ghost story
4. a book where someone gets revenge
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning
Date Read: 7/19
Task: a book where someone gets revenge
How it Fits: Mary Ann gets revenge on Ann Aldridge because she was sleeping with Mary Ann's husband
Next Episode Choice: Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
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12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
While visiting a museum, the gang learn about the legend of Ankha, a 3000-year-old mummy. Legend had it that the mummy will come back alive and turn people to stone if he is removed from his tomb. Shaggy later finds a coin inside his pocket from the exhibit, and when the gang go back to return it, they find the mummy has come to life and turned the professor to stone, and now he wants Shaggy's coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a historical book
2. a book that you purchased
3. a book with a teacher as a character
4. a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry
Date Read: 7/22
Task: a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
How it Fits: author's first name is Christina
Next Episode Choice: Go Away Ghost Ship
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15. Go Away Ghost Ship
The newspaper reports that local shipping company owner C.L. Magnus's company is going out of business, because the ghost of the pirate Redbeard is haunting the harbor and looting Magnus' ships. After reading the story and consulting Magnus, the gang sets out to see if they can stop the ghost.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with an author whose name starts with 'C' or 'L'
2. a book with a red-haired character in it
3. a book with 'harbor' in the text of the book
4. a book where the MC reads a book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones
Date Read: 7/23
Task: a book with a red-haired character in it
How it Fits: MCs daughter is a red-head
Next Episode Choice: Hassle in the Castle
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3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden
Date Read: 7/29
Task: a book set on an island
How it Fits: set on Hebrides Island, Scotland
Next Episode Choice: Decoy for a Dognapper
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5. Decoy for a Dognapper
When Mystery Inc. hear about a series of dognappings, they investigate. But when Scooby is dognapped, mistaken for another dog, the gang track him to a secret hideout in the desert where they face a witch doctor and a ghostly Indian on horseback.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
2. a book that is part of a series
3. a book where a kidnapping occurs
4. a book where a doctor is a significant part of the story
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter
Date Read: 8/1
Task: a book where the main character has his/her own business
How it Fits: MC owns an antique shop
Next Episode Choice: A Night of Fright Is No Delight
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16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
Scooby-Doo is named in the will of Colonel Beauregard Sanders, an eccentric millionaire whose life he saved several years earlier. The only way to claim the inheritance is for Scooby, and the other four heirs to stay the night in the Colonel's mansion - which they quickly learn is haunted by two phantom shadows.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC inherits something
2. a book with a wealthy significant character
3. a book with a military person in the story
4. a book with a shadow on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine
Date Read: 8/6
Task: a book with a wealthy significant character
How it Fits: MCs new clients are very, very wealthy
Next Episode Choice: Mine Your Own Business
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4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Trick or Treat Murder - Leslie Meier
Date Read: 8/12
Task: book with a spooky cover
How it Fits: has a spooky cover
Next Episode Choice: Bedlam in the Big Top
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown
that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: War of the Sons - Rebecca Dessertine
Date Read: 8/13
Task: a book with 'stumble' in its text
How it Fits: they stumbled outside, p35
Next Episode Choice: That's Snow Ghost
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17. That's Snow Ghost
While on a skiing vacation at Wolf's End Lodge, the kids are scared by the ghost of a Yeti, called the Snow Ghost, who is believed to turn anyone he captures into ghosts. In search of clues, the gang eventually meet a Tibetan hermit who thinks he is responsible for summoning the monster.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set during the wintertime
2. a book where a mythical creature is mentioned
3. a book where the MC lives alone
4. a book with a MC that is responsible
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater
Date Read: 8/18
Task: a book with a MC that is responsible
How it Fits: MC is a responsible adult in control of her life and career; working as a river ranger and working for her uncle's rafting company in her free time
Next Episode Choice: Which Witch Is Which?
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13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates
Date Read: 8/20
Task: a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
How it Fits: I do have a murder to investigate, p129
Next Episode Choice: The Backstage Rage
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9. The Backstage Rage
The gang investigate an abandoned theater where they face a spooky phantom and his puppets, all connected to a counterfeiting operation!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets left behind
2. a book where the main character goes to a theater
3. a book where a face is the focus of the cover
4. a book whose title has double letters in its title (puppet)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POST
Book: Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes
Date Read: 8/30
Task: a book where a face is the focus of the cover
How it Fits: the face is the focus of the cover
Next Episode Choice: I believe I have finished this challenge unless there are more after season 3
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Nope. That's it. Congratulations on completing the challenge!
Thanks for a wonderful challenges. Totally lots of fun.
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War of the Sons (other topics)
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1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page