Steven K. Smith
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Dead drops, cyphers, and invisible ink are all part of a mystery that even spymaster George Washington would love. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin love solving mysteries, and when they visit Washington, DC, spies are lurking. What starts out as a fun game of pretend on the National Mall turns all too real when they follow a mysterious man to a meeting deep within the Capitol. To keep government secrets from falling into the wrong hands, the kids must work...
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Four hundred years ago, colonists voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new world. Today, an amazing archaeological dig at Historic Jamestown promises to uncover new secrets from those earliest English settlers.
Sam, Derek, and Caitlin can't believe their luck when they are invited by Professor Evanshade to help with the archaeological digs for a week at Jamestown's Field School. Maybe they'll uncover something spectacular tracing all the...
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In the Golden Age of Piracy, none was more dreaded than Blackbeard. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin head for a week's vacation at Virginia Beach, where 300 years ago, pirates sailed the waters off the Atlantic Coast. As the kids explore the beach, they find suspicious activity from the neighboring military base that points to the discovery of a historic shipwreck - maybe even lost pirate treasure!
When they meet a mysterious stranger named One-Eyed Jack,...
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Ghosts from the Civil War seemed like just a legend until they saw the lights over the water.
Brothers Sam and Derek can't wait to explore historic Belle Isle during the 150th anniversary of the Fall of Richmond and the end of the Civil War. But that's before they learn how the wooded park along the James River once held Union soldiers in a terrible prisoner-of-war camp. Legend says that the haunting lights over the rapids at night are the ghosts...
6) The Missing
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What if your favorite video game was much more than a game? Bryce would never have just left. Thirteen-year-old Zach knows that deep in his bones. Something terrible must have happened to his older brother. So when the green-eyed fox leads him to a hidden message from Bryce deep within their favorite game's virtual universe, Zach knows he must act quickly. Teaming up with his best friend, a skillful classmate, and Bryce's girlfriend, Zach races into...
7) The Recruit
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The offer he couldn't refuse trapped him in a game he may never win....
Bryce never meant to disappear. At the start of his senior year of high school, his focus was on getting into college, running track, and spending as much time as possible with his girlfriend, Maggie. But a cryptic invitation to join an elite computer programming unit at one of the world's top high-tech gaming companies unlocks a level of intrigue and deception far beyond his...
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In 1959, the Prince Edward County, Virginia public schools closed. For five years.
Back then, it wasn't over a health pandemic, but because county leaders refused to desegregate white and Black schools. So when long-hidden photographs surface from the student protests along Main Street in Farmville, Sam, Derek, and Caitlin are on the case to help identify the brave teenagers who stood for justice nearly sixty years ago.
Their search winds through...
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Something's lurking beneath the Jefferson Hotel's famous staircase.
If Sam and Derek have to get dressed up for a fancy wedding weekend, at least it's at the Jefferson, Richmond's famous downtown hotel. The brothers and their friend Caitlin love exploring the extravagant corridors, long elegant staircase and grand Rotunda of Lewis Ginter's historic structure. When the hotel opened back in 1895, real alligators roamed free in the courtyard fountains....
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A visit to historic Maymont estate is anything but a walk in the park.
Sam, Derek, and Caitlin have tackled countless mysteries together, but a visit to Maymont, Richmond's Downton Abbey-like turn-of-the-century estate, brings danger at every turn. A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger suddenly becomes a frantic chase and reveals a desperate message to "save the eagles." When Sam receives an ominous warning in the middle of the night, Derek...
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Could the race to solve a mysterious on-stage accident spell curtains for Sam, Derek, and Caitlin?
When Sam and Derek join Caitlin and her parents on a weekend trip to the southwest Virginia town of Abingdon, they can't wait to watch their favorite actor perform at the historic Barter Theatre. But in the middle of a performance of Red Riding Hood, something goes terribly wrong.
When the theater is shut down, the kids must get to the bottom of a...
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Who will find Thomas Jefferson's missing collection?
Letters in a mysterious journal between two sisters describe a lost collection and a missing treasure. As Sam, Derek, and Caitlin realize the letters were between Thomas Jefferson's granddaughters, they set out to do what they do best: solve the mystery!
When the journal is stolen, the kids are forced to hunt down clues by following Jefferson's footsteps to the University of Virginia, his mountaintop...
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Liberty or death is just the beginning in this hunt for secrets left by the Founding Fathers. When sleuthing brothers Sam and Derek visit Richmond's historic St. John's Church for a reenactment of Patrick Henry's famous Give me liberty or give me death" speech, something's hidden in the basement. Something important. As the brothers and their classmates dig deeper, they find clues from Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, and other Founding Fathers in...
14) The Bridge
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Zach, Andrew, Jess, and Maggie think they've located Bryce, but the military has taken over control of the JOSHUA Project, and getting Bryce home may no longer be their top priority. While Q2 has scattered and abandoned the Eden machine, Yao is determined to build something even more powerful from his base in China.
When Bryce discovers a secret underground laboratory inside Kingdom, it just might be the connection he needs to get back home to everyone...