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Sweet Valley Kids Super Snooper Edition #6: Case of the Million-Dollar Diamonds

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Ned is with the twins at the mall to see Santa at the Christmas Village when they run into all of their friends. He buys them all popsicles and lets them hang out before they meet Santa. While Jessica has a long list of things that she wants, Liz just hopes that the Super Snooper Club gets a new mystery. Ned then decides to visit his client, Mr. Fox, in his jewelry store to look for a gift for Alice. While they are looking at all the expensive jewelry, two guys come inside. One is a younger guy with dark hair, while the other is an older guy with white hair in a black suit with a red tie. Mr. Fox shows them some diamonds from his safe, gets distracted, and suddenly realizes that the diamonds are gone at the same time that the two guys take off. Jessica tells security that she saw them steal the diamonds, even though she didn't actually see anything. The guards give chase and catch the younger guy who lets them check out his briefcase. When they don't find anyth

The Nancy Drew Files #6: White Water Terror (1986)

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Nancy and the gang are all relaxing when George gets the news that she won an all expenses paid whitewater rafting trip for her and three of her closest friends. Bess really doesn't want to go because she assumes she'll die, but they manage to convince her that there might be some hot guys there. Since they have space for one more, Ned comes along. That makes sense because supposedly he and Nancy are having problems...again. The trip includes plane tickets and a rental car. When they get there though, there's no one waiting for them. No one at the rental place has ever heard of them either. They can't get a car until the next morning, which turns out to be a good thing since someone left them directions that took them along a twisty road that was washed away. They almost die but get stopped in time. When they finally get to the river, a few people seem surprised to see them. Namely Paula, the person who sent the letter, and Max, her right hand man. Max k