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Solve it @ the Library: Mysteries for Kids and Teens
An * indicates an author who has written a mystery series or other mystery titles.
Grades 2-3
- *Adler
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jE Reader ADLERSuper sleuth Cam Jansen helps solve the mystery of what happened to Mr. Day's tennis trophy.
- *Brown
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jE Reader BROWNWhen Binky is accused of vandalizing school property, Buster and Fern test their detective skills to find the real culprit.
- *Cushman
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jE CUSHMANInspector Hopper and his perpetually hungry assistant, McBugg, solve three mysteries for their insect friends.
- Falconer
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jE FALCONERWhen her best toy mysteriously disappears, Olivia the feisty pig is determined to find out who is responsible.
- *Geisert
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jE GEISERTDuring a visit to the art museum, a little piglet and her grandfather investigate the disappearance of several paintings.
- *Howe
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j HOWEHowie the wirehaired dachshund tries his paw at writing a new kind of novel, a mystery in which he imagines himself as a private investigator and Delilah as the "mysterious dame."
- Meddaugh
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jE MEDDAUGHMartha discovers how the Perfect Pup Institute turns dogs into obedient robots and then does something about it.
- *Nixon
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jE NIXONArriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.
- *Roy
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jE Reader ROYWhen the umpire at the baseball game fundraiser is accused of stealing a collection of autographed baseballs, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to prove his innocence.
- *Rylant
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jE Reader RYLANTWhen the fluffy dice of Melvin the bus driver turn up missing, Bunny and Jack, two animal detectives, investigate the case.
- *Sharmat
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jE Reader SHARMATWhile traveling on the train to San Francisco with his cousin Olivia's owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must use all of their detective skills when the owl suddenly disappears.
- Skofield
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jE Reader SKOFIELDDetective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl are challenged to solve three cases when a hat is missing, a shoe squeaks, and a loud clanging comes from a dark alley at night.
- *Stilton
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j STILTONGeronimo travels to Egypt to interview Professor Alrat Spitfur and learns the secret of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Mouse World.
- *Walsh
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jE WALSHDot and Jabber, mouse detectives, try to solve the mystery of the disappearing insects.
- Wright
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jE WRIGHTPoliceman Jack's dog Belle and cat Kitty do their bit to fight crime on a daily basis and combine forces to capture a burglar.
Grades 4-6
- Balliett
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j BALLIETTWhen seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, 11-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
- *Brooks
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j BROOKSFreddy the Pig wants to become a detective. When Everett Bean's toy train disappears, Freddy finds clues that everyone else misses. Will he be able to catch and convict the guilty party?
- Child
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j CHILDWhen someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.
- *DeFelice
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j DEFELICEWhen Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.
- *Ernst
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j ERNSTTwelve-year-old Elspeth Monro, a Scottish settler and weaver's apprentice on the North Carolina frontier in 1775, must find out who is betraying her Loyalist family during the months before the start of the Revolutionary War.
- Giblin
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j 569.67 G446m 1999Nineteenth-century artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist Charles Willson Peale worked nearly all his life to excavate, study and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."
- Grossman
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j GROSSMANTwelve-year-old David must help his friend, 70-year-old Heinrich Rosenthal, when he receives a threatening letter from a bullying former classmate.
- *Hale
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j HALEChet and his partner, Natalie Attired, take on a case involving an actor gone missing from the school musical.
- Hamilton
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j HAMILTONWhen a family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves, mysterious events and discoveries convince the family that they are in grave danger.
- Hiaasen
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j HIAASEN, j CASSETTE HIAASENRoy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
- *Holm
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j HOLMA dashing British feline spy is dismayed to find himself stranded in New Jersey and adopted by a typical family, until he puts his skills to good use for his new human.
- *Howe
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j HOWEThough scoffed at by Harold (the dog), Chester (the cat) tries to warn the humans in his family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
- Jennings
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j JENNINGSWhile twelve-year-old Andrew J. Forrest searches for Mr. Farley, the very unpopular assistant principal at Mt. Mole Middle School, strange things are happening on the town's namesake hill.
- Karr
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j KARRTwo brothers touring Europe in the 19th century become embroiled in a mystery involving Albrecht Durer's knot woodcuts and a secret German society.
- *Klise
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j KLISESomething fishy is going on and a scandal is brewing as Sam N's fifth-grade class helps design a new water fountain and researches the town's history.
- Konigsburg
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j KONIGSBUR, CD Children KONIGSBURCan runaways Claudia and Jamie find the true story behind a mysterious sculpture without giving away their hiding place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
- Lane
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j 363.25 L265c 2000This Eyewitness book explores the many different methods used to solve crimes, covering such topics as criminals, detectives and forensics.
- *Lauber
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j 970.01 L366w 2003Recent archaeological findings about the first people to settle the Americas tell us how they got here and from what continent they came.
- *Naylor
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j NAYLORMany residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has finally arrived.
- Quinlan
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j508 Q7cm 2003Scientists research a number of tropical phenomena, including the search for a deadly frog's poison and the mystery in the monkey dung.
- Raskin
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J RASKIN, CASSETTE Children RASKIN, CD Children RASKINThe mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
- *Simon
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j SIMON, CASSETTE Children SIMONSixth-grader Adam "Einstein" Anderson uses his scientific knowledge to solve ten "mysteries" involving a supposed vampire, a fake invention, a suspicious fire, and other puzzles.
- *Sobol
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j SOBOLEncyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases. Solutions are provided at the end of each chapter.
- *Van Draanen
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j VANDRAANESeventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
- Van Leeuwen
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j VANLEEUWEThree adventurous mice escape from their home at Macy's department store and spend an exciting week in the Guggenheim Museum, creating a sensation in the art world.
For Grades 7 and Up
- *Bloor
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y BLOOR, CASSETTE YA BLOOR, CD YA BLOORTwelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football-hero-brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
- Brooks
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y BROOKSFifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.
- *Cooney
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y COONEY, CASSETTE YA COONEY, CD YA COONEYA photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
- Crowe
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y364.1523 C953g 2003In 1955, a 14-year-old African American boy, Emmett Till, allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. Two days later, his bloated, battered body was pulled from the river. No one was ever convicted of the crime.
- Donnelly
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y DONNELLY, CASSETTE YA DONNELLYIn 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiancé, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
- Giles
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y GILESFourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died out of town in a fire months earlier.
- *Horowitz
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y HOROWITZAfter the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, 14-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
- McNamee
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y MCNAMEEStuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, 17-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
- Nixon
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y NIXONEmily is sent to a camp for underachievers where she discovers a murderer on the staff who might provide an explanation for her recurring nightmares.
- Oates
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y OATESFifteen-year-old Frankie relates the events of the year leading up to her mother's mysterious disappearance and her own struggle to discover and accept the truth about her parents' relationship.
- *Plum-Ucci
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y PLUMUCCITorrey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
- Sachar
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y SACHAR, CASSETTE YA SACHAR, CD YA SACHARAs further evidence of his family's bad fortune - which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative - Stanley Yelnats is sent to a youth correctional facility in the Texas desert, where he digs one hole per day in order to "build character."
- Springer
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y SPRINGERAfter his best friend is murdered, 17-year-old Booger realizes he is the only one who has any idea who might have committed the crime - but he doesn't dare tell anyone.
- *Werlin
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y WERLINConvinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, 16-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.
- *Zindel
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y ZINDEL, CASSETTE YA ZINDEL, CD YA ZINDELTeen sleuths P.C. Hawke and his partner MacKenzie know their friend Tom couldn't be a killer, so they start investigating the murder of the head biologist at the New York City's Museum of Natural History.