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Mercer Mayer's LC + the Critter Kids
Series · 14
books · 1994-1996

Books in series

My Teacher Is a Vampire book cover
#1

My Teacher Is a Vampire

1994

LC and his friends are sure that Mr. Bat, the new substitute teacher, who wears a long black cape and avoids the sunshine, must be a vampire
The Mummy's Curse book cover
#2

The Mummy's Curse

1994

So the legend goes...LC crept closer to the tomb. He just wanted to get a look at the mummy. But now the pendant's missing. Can LC escape the curse of the mummy's tomb?
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#3

Showdown at the Arcade

1994

LC finds himself the target of Flex, the school bully, and finally challenges him to a video game duel.
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#4

The Cat's Meow

1994

LC finds a cat who follows him to school—much to the principal's distress—and then presents him and his friends with a litter of kittens
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#6

Backstage Pass

1995

Critter Jam, the Critter Kids' favorite band, is coming to town! LC has to get a backstage pass, but he and his friends don't even have enough money to buy tickets. Find out what it takes for the Kids to see Critter Jam live!
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#8

The Secret Code

1994

LC and his friends form a Detective Club, and investigate coded messages and the disappearance of Velvet, the new girl in class
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#9

Top Dog

1994

Even though LC's dog, Yo Yo, does not obey very well, LC and the Critter Kids decide to enter him in a dog show to try to win money for their club.
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#10

The Purple Kiss

1994

LC tries to find out who sent him a valentine signed with only a purple kiss.
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#13

The Haunted House

1995

LC didn't believe in ghosts—-until the day his history report was mysteriously sucked into a house everybody says is haunted. Is the house really haunted? And if it is, can LC and the Critter Kids get LC's report back...or will the ghost get them first?
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#14

The E-Mail Mystery

1995

LC gets an anonymous e-mail message, and when he and his friends investigate, they discover a plot to steal a new computer chip.
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#15

Circus of the Ghouls

1996

When a strange circus comes to town, the dogs of Critterville mysteriously start to disappear - and the Critter Kids Detective Club is back in business. It's up to LC and his friends to rescue the dogs from the Circus of the Ghouls...before it's too late.
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#16

Little Shop of Magic

1996

Weird things begin to happen when a magic shop opens in Critterville. Strange creatures roam the town late at night. Valuable jewels are stolen. Could a band of gargoyles and the owner of the magic shop be resonsible? That's what LC and the Critter Kids think - the real trick is for them to prove it!
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#17

The Blue Ribbon Mystery

1996

Prize ribbons are stolen from a horse show, and Gabby is convinced it's more than a simple robbery. Together with LC and the Critter Kids, she comes up with a string of hot suspects - and any of them could have been the culprit. But when a valuable racehorse disappears from Blue Ribbon Farm and the barn itself goes up in flames, Gabby thinks she knows exactly whodunit!
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#18

Kiss of the Vampire

1996

When Julia Stone moves into Critterville, LC falls head over heels in love, until it becomes apparent that Julia may be a vampire.

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