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Girlie-girl detective Sherry Holmes Baldwin (I So Don't Do Mysteries)--think Nancy Drew meets Elle Woods, for the middle school set--has a mega-crazy life: her mom is a ghost, her stepmom has a stalker, and an eighth grader is after her "überwonderful" boyfriend. Throw in psychics and robotics clubs and...yep, the plot's over-the-top, but fans of mystery-flavored chick-lit-lite will zip through.