Mystery Books for Kids

Today is 3/14/2010

Booklists are available in the publication rack of the Youth Services Department.

MIDDLE READING LEVEL

The Boxcar Children (J BOX V1)

First book in Boxcar Children Mysteries series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (J CHI) by Lauren Child

Who Cloned the President? (J CAP V1)

First book in Capital Mysteries series by Ron Roy

Pleasing the Ghost (J CRE) by Sharon Creech

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (J ENC V1)

First book in Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol

The Dark Stairs (J HER V1)

First book in Herculeah Jones Mystery series by Besty Byars

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery (J HOW)

First book in Bunnicula series

The Bunnicula Collection (J CD HOW) by James and Deborah Howe

The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster (J JIG V1)

First book in Jigsaw Jones series by James Preller

Sleepover Sleuths (J NAN CLU V1)

First book in Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series by Carolyn Keene

Sly the Sleuth and the Pet Mysteries (J NAP) by Donna Jo Napoli

The View from the Cherry Tree (J ROB) by Willo Davis Roberts

Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle (J SCO V1)

First book in Scooby-Doo Mysteries series by James Gelsey

UPPER READING LEVEL

Windcatcher (J AVI) by Avi

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (J BER) by Eric Berlin

Shakespeare’s Secret (J BRO) by Elise Broach

Grooves: A Kind of Mystery (J BRO) by Kevin Brockmeier

Room One: A Mystery or Two (J CLE, J CD CLE) by Andrew Clements

Half-Moon Investigations (J COL, J CD COL) by Eoin Colfer

Dovey Coe (J DOW, J LP DOW) by Frances O’Roark Dowell

The House of Dies Drear (J HAM) by Virginia Hamilton

The Tower Treasure (J HAR MYS V1)

First book in Hardy Boys Mystery Stories series by Franklin W. Dixon

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks (J KLI)

First book in Regarding The series by Kate Klise

The Secret of the Old Clock (J NAN MYS V1)

First book in Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series by Carolyn Keene

The Fairy-Tale Detectives (J SIS V1, J CD BUC)

First book in Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

The Egypt Game (J SNY) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (J VAN)

First book in Sammy Keyes series by Wendelin Van Draanen