Mysteries
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If mysteries stir your curiosity, what kind do you like... a conspiracy? Do you want the hair on the back of your neck raised? How about solving puzzles or read about a world full of bizarre, gruesome crimes so baffling and creepy? There's something for everyone!
Beyond the Walls
Book Series
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Illustrated by David Cunningham
Age Level: 6 to 9 years old
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company -1963
Reference #: FIC WAR
Summary: Four orphaned children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny create a home in a boxcar. When they meet their grandfather, he puts the boxcar in the backyard. The children encounter many adventures and mysteries in their neighborhood and the places they meet up with their grandfather.
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A to Z Mysteries - Puzzle Panda
by Ron Roy
Illustrated by John Steven Gurney
Age Level: 6 to 9 years old
Publisher: Random House, 2001
Reference #: FIC ROY
Summary - Green Lawn built a
new park for a panda and her baby.
However when the pandas arrive,
her the baby is stolen and the
kidnappers want a million dollars.
Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose
solve this mystery before Green
Lawn pays the ransom?
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Ball Park Mysteries -The All Star Joker
by David A. Kelly, Illustrated by Mark Meyers
Age Level: 6 - 9 years old
Publisher: Random House,
Reference #: FIC KEL
Summary: Mike and Kate are at the All-Star game and meet Andy's dad, an All-Star catcher. But before the Home Derby ends, Andy's dad finds himself in trouble, practical jokes are being played on the other players, and the coach is sure it's him. Andy swears his dad is innocent. Who would want to frame him?
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by Steve Brezenoff, Illustrated by C.B Canga
Age Level:
Publisher: Stone Arch Books / 2010
Reference #: FIC BRE
Summary: Edward G. Garrison, can't wait to go on the Science Club's field trip to the zoo. They'll will see the rare Island Foxes, but when the club arrives, they learn that the foxes have been taken! Can Edward and his friends find the foxes?
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by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Age Level: 6 to 9 years old
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. - 2010
Reference #: FIC MCD
Summary: Judy Moody goes in search of a mystery, a crime-dog-in-training goes missing.
Judy Moody, a third grader the queen of many moods. What will the world's best mystery solver do this time?
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Secret Agent Jack Stalwart - The hunt for the Yeti skull : Nepal
by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Illustrated by Brian Williamson
Age Level: 6 to 9 years
Publisher:
Reference #: FIC HUN
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by John Grisham
Age Level: 8 to 12 years old
Publisher: Dutton's Children's
Book / 2010
Reference #: FIC GRI
Summary: Theodore is
thirteen years old and dreams
of being a great trial lawyer, of
a life in the courtroom. Theo
goes to court sooner than
expected. He will not stop
until justice is served.
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Theodore Boone Series-
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Recommended for students 9 - 12 years old
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Picture Books
by Jon Klassen, author/illustrator
Age Level: 4 - 8 years old
Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2001
Reference #: E KLA
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The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. He asks patiently and politely to each animal, but each says no, Kids will figure out the mystery before bear does.
Pre-Teens
Big Max- World's Greatest Detective
by Kin Platt
/illustrator: Harper & Row
Age Level: 4 - 8 years old
Publisher: Sylvan Dell
Publishing, 1965/1992
Reference #: E PLA
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Big Max, the world's greatest detective, helps a king find his missing elephant! As Big Max travels with his umbrella to meet the king, he solves mysteries along the way.
by Doreen Cronin
/illustrator: Harper & Row
Age Level: 4 - 8 years old
Publisher: Atheneum
Books for Young Readers
/2012
Reference #: F CRO
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The Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie, not the typical barnyard puffs of fluff. They spend their days solving mysteries and fighting crime
by Rick Riordan
Age Level: 8 to 12 years old
Publisher: Scholastic / 2011
Reference #: FIC RIO
Summary: Grace Cahills is the last of the world's most powerful family but the source of the family power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world reveals the family's secret, but no one has ever solved them. Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents.
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This series is written by different authors: Gordon Korman, Patrick Carman, Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, Margaret Peterson Haddix, David Baldacci.
Jack is the best secret agent of the Global Protection Force. A plane carrying a team of scientists has gone missing over Mount Everest. They were carrying a Yeti skull proof that the Abominable Snowman existed. Jack quickly discovers that a greedy collector is behind the theft. Can Jack use his climbing skills to brave the highest mountain on earth and recover the Yeti skull?
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Kid's review on Magic Tree House
Magic Tree House - Sunset of the Sabertooth
by Mary Pope Osborne
Age Level: 6 - 9 years old
Publisher: Perfection Learning / 1996
Reference #: FIC OSB
Summary - Jack and Annie don't have a normal tree house. It allows them to travel all over. In this book Jack and Annie travel back in time, wearing only their swimsuits! When the tree house lands in the freezing Ice Age, they have to hide from hunters and escape from a great cave bear. But when Jack and Annie are chased by a fierce sabretooth tiger and fall into a hunting trap, they're really stuck. Will anybody come to their rescue?
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Capital Mysteries - Who
Broke Lincoln's Thumb
by Ron Roy
Illustrated by Lisa Woodruff
Age Level: 6 to 9 years old
Publisher: Random House/2001
Reference #: FIC ROY
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A ceremony is to be held to honor the sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, but someone stole the thumb. Can KC and Marshall find it before the celebration?
Mary Pope
Osborne
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Mudshark
by Gary Paulsen
Age Level: 8 - 12 years old
Publisher: Yearling, 2010
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by Brian Rock, author
/illustrator: Sherri Rogers
Age Level: 4 - 8 years old
Publisher: Sylvan Dell
Publishing, 2013
Reference #: N/A
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Someone stole a cake from the cake contest! Twelve animal bakers are suspects but Detective Duck uses his deductive reasoning skills to quack the case.
The Sister's 8
by Lauren Baratz-Logstead
Age Level: 6 - 10 years old
A series of books about octuplets who need to find their missing parents. Their father is a model and a mother is scientist/inventor. Along the way they discover their secret powers.
Lyle Williams AKA Mudshark is his school detective. Just ask, he can find anything. But when the school librarian acquires an psychic parrot, his role is threatened.
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Cam Jansen Pizza Shop Mystery
by David Adler, author / Illustrator: Susan Natti
Age Level: 6 - 8 years old
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Publishing, 2001
Reference #: N/A
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Cam Jensen's jacket goes missing at the pizza pallor. Did someone take it? Cam's detective skills go to work to find her missing jacket!
David Adler
by Donald Sobel
Age Level: 8 - 12 years old
Publisher: Puffin Books, 2007
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Everyone's favorite boy detective Encyclopedia Brown - solving cases for the neighborhood.
Nonfiction
National Geographic Histories Mysteries
Age Level: 8 - 12 years old
Publisher: National Geographic / 2017
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National Geographic has a new series uncovering history's mysteries: disappearance of civilizations, the Bermuda Triangle, the Sphinx, and so much more!
Age Level: 8 - 12 years old
Publisher: Teacher Created Material / 2012
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Discover curious places, this mystery book has detailed images, and information on many unsolved mysteries!
A timeless series made new into Graphic Novel. Click on the above title for more information