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Author
Series
Squishy Taylor volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Squishy and her twin stepsisters, Vee and Jessie, are on the trail of a mystery; it starts with "Boring Lady" working in her office across the street at 2:57 in the morning, continues with the trashing of Mr. Hinkenbushel's apartment next door, and apparently involves illegal diamonds--and Squishy becomes convinced that Mr. Hinkenbushel is the diamond smuggler, only none of the grownups believe her.
Author
Series
Jewel society volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The "Jewels" of the Martha Washington Middle School team are focused on the upcoming quiz bowl in New York City but when they discover that the Atkinson Preparatory School Rivals may be planning a diamond heist, they set out to foil the theft.
83) The blue moon
Author
Series
Mysteries of Sparrow Island volume 05
Language
English
Description
While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon diamond, and legend has it that anyone possessing this gem is doomed.
84) Flawless
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Laura Quinn is an executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself routinely stifled on the corporate ladder. Hobbs is an equally overlooked nighttime janitor with an intimate knowledge of the security system. Hobbs has a score to settle with the Corporation. Sensing Laura's frustration, Hobbs convinces her to help him pull off an ingenious heist.
Author
Series
Cam Jansen adventure volume 01
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds.
86) Money talks
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A jailbreak accidentally sets fast-talking ticket hustler Franklin Hatchet on the run for murder. Now the whole city is on his tail and only reporter James Russell can clear his name. Together they're caught in a hilarious crossfire between the cops, crooks, and commandos trying to retrieve a fortune in diamonds.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventure volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
A hundred and forty years after a British ship wrecks on the way to an Australian penal colony and the survivors discover diamonds on the tropical island where they wash up, Maeve Fletcher, one of their descendants, is stranded on an island in Antarctica with a party of passengers after their cruise ship seemingly abandons them. Dirk Pitt, on an expedition to find the source of a deadly plague that is killing dolphins and seals in the Weddell Sea,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Before a diamon is a gem, it's a common gray rock called graphite. Through an intense trial of heat and pressure, it changes into one of the most valuable stones in the world. Before Tracy Hall was an inventor, he was a boy- born into poverty, bullied by peers, forced to work at an early age. However, through education and experimentation, he became one of the brightest innovators of the twentieth century, eventually building a revolutionary machine...
93) Diamonds
Author
Series
Riches of the earth volume 3
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information about diamonds, where and how they are mined, and their many uses in industry and as luxuries. Includes a glossary and resources for further study.
95) New diamond
Author
Series
NASA technical translation volume 20325
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
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