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| Bad
Bear Detectives |
Pinkwater,
Daniel Manus |
Irving and Muktuk, polar
bears at the zoo in Bayone, New Jersey, are the
natural suspects when someone steals a shipment of
imported muffins, but they decide to prove that they
are not bad bears by finding the real thief. |
Picture Book |
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| Behind
the Curtain |
Abrahams, Peter |
Troubled
by her football-player brother's new strength and
aggression, eighth-grader Ingrid searches for answers
and discovers a town-wide scandal. |
Young Adult |
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| Bones
and the big yellow mystery |
Adler, David |
Young Detective Jeffrey
Bones begins gathering clues when Mr. Green asks for
his help finding the school bus he lost while shopping
at the mall. |
Intermediate |
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| Bones
and the cupcake mystery |
Adler, David |
Detective Jeffrey Bones
finds he does not need fancy equipment to solve the
school-lunch mystery of Not Me Amy's missing cupcake. |
Intermediate |
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| Bones
and the dinosaur mystery |
Adler, David |
Young Detective Jeffrey
Bones investigates the disappearance of the plastic
dinosaur his grandfather just bought for him in a
museum gift shop. |
Intermediate |
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| Bones
and the Dog Gone Mystery |
Adler, David |
While
looking for his lost magnifying glass in the park,
young Detective Jeffrey Bones and his grandfather
discover that Curly the detective dog is missing, too,
and start tracking down clues. |
Intermediate |
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| Brainboy
and the Deathmaster |
Seidler, Tor |
When Darryl, a
twelve-year-old orphan, is adopted by a technology
genius, he finds himself the star of his very own
life-threatening video game. |
Intermediate |
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| Chasing
the falconers |
Korman, Gordon |
The Falconers are facing
life in prison -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a
trail of clues to prove their parents' innocence. |
Intermediate |
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| Chasing
Vermeer |
Balliett, Blue |
When strange and seemingly
unrelated 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. |
Intermediate |
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| Circle
Dogs |
Henkes, Kevin |
Circle dogs live in a
square house with a square hard and spend a busy day
eating circle snacks, digging circle holes, and
sleeping. |
Picture Book |
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| Cryptid
Hunters |
Smith, Roland |
When their parents
disappear, twins Marty and Grace must live with
along-lost uncle who takes them to the Congo in search
of …dinosaurs! |
Intermediate |
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| Dead
Connection |
Price, Charlie |
Multiple voices, many
belonging to adults, narrate this edgy extrasensory
mystery, which centers on a missing cheerleader and a
high school student who can hear the dead speak. |
Young Adult |
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| Detective
LaRue: Letters from the Investigation |
Teague,
Mark |
While
on vacation, Mrs. LaRue receives letters from her dog
Ike, who is falsely accused of harming the neighbor's
cats. Look
for other stories with LaRue. |
Picture
Book |
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| Disappearing
Acts |
Byars, Betsy |
Herculeah stumbles onto the
trail of her friend Meat's long-lost father while she
and meat are investigating the disappearance of a dead
body from the men's room of a comedy club. |
Intermediate |
| Don't
Get Lost |
Hutchins, Pat |
When little Piglet,
Little Lamb, little Calf, and Little Foal take a
walk across the fields after breakfast, they seem to
lose their way as they try to head for home. |
Picture Book |
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| Dot
& Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery. |
Walsh,
Ellen Stoll |
Dot and
Jabber, mouse detectives, try to solve the mystery of
the disappearing insects.
Companion to Dot and Jabber
and the Great Acorn Mystery. |
Picture
Book |
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| Dovey
Coe |
Dowell,
Frances O'Roark |
Accused
of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928,
Dovey Coe, a strong willed 12-year-old girl, comes to
a new understanding of other, including her deaf
brother. |
Intermediate |
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| Drawing
a Blank; or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a
Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams |
Ehrenhaft,
Daniel |
An
inventive blend of mystery, adventure, and teen angst,
Ehrenhaft's novel about a boy's search for his
kidnapped father intersperses high-schooler Carlton's
narrative with episodes from the superhero comic strip
he draws. |
Young
Adult |
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| Ducks
Disappearing |
Naylor,
Phyllis Reynolds |
Willie
solves the mystery of the disappearing ducklings and
involves the motel staff in the rescue operation by
telling them that the ducks belong to everyone. |
Picture
Book |
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| Encyclopedia
Brown, Boy Detective |
Sobol,
Donald J |
Fifth-grader
"Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten
mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of
the book, challenges the reader to do the same.
First in a series. |
Intermediate |
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| Firehouse |
Wilson,
Diane Lee |
In 1872
Boston, 15-year-old Rachel, an aspiring veterinarian,
helps a firehouse horse recover from burns while the
city searches for the cause of widespread, mysterious
fires. |
Young
Adult |
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| Forensic
Crime Solvers: Fingerprint Evidence |
Rollins,
Barbara |
Describes
the types and features of fingerprints and discusses
the techniques used to take, develop, save, and
compare fingerprints in order to solve crimes. |
Intermediate |
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| Freddy
the Detective |
Brooks,
Walter |
Freddy,
the Sherlock Holmes-obsessed pig, does some detective
work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy
train. One
of several Freddy Books. |
Intermediate |
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| From
the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basin E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg,
E. L. |
Twelve-year
old Claudia and her younger brother Jamie run away
from home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and right
into a mystery. (Newberry
Medal) |
Intermediate |
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| Gertrude
the Bulldog Detective |
Christelow,
Eileen |
Gertrude
Bulldog stumbles on a real case after her neighbor’s
plant fake clues to get her to snoop somewhere else. |
Picture
Book |
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| Gertrude
the Bulldog Detective |
Christelow,
Eileen |
Gertrude
Bulldog stumbles on a real case after her neighbor’s
plant fake clues to get her to snoop somewhere else. |
Picture
Book |
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| Harriet
Spies Again |
Ericson,
Helen |
Harriet
is excited that her newly-married nanny Ole Golly is
coming back. But where is Ole Golly's new husband? |
Intermediate |
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| Harriet
the Spy |
Fitzugh,
Louise |
Eleven-year-old
Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors
in a secret notebook, but when some of them find out
they are so upset they shun her, and Harriet must find
a way to win them back. |
Intermediate |
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| Inspector
Hopper |
Cushman,
Doug |
Inspector
Hopperand his perpetually hungry assistant McBugg
solve three mysteries for their insect friends. |
Intermediate |
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| Kiki
Strike: Inside the Shadow City |
Miller,
Kirsten |
Led by
leprechaun-size Kiki Strike, a team of precocious
12-year-old girls descends to a fantastical Manhattan
underworld and attempts to outwit a terrorist plot
again New York City. |
Young
Adult |
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| Meg
Mackintosh and the Stage Fright Secret |
Landon,
Lucinda |
While
the mystery club is putting on a play, a real mystery
is taking place. Meg
uses her powers of observation and deduction to solve
it. A mini
play in the book can be performed by young readers. |
Intermediate |
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| Nate
the Great on the Owl Express |
Sharmat,
Marjorie Weinman |
While
traveling on the train to San Francisco with cousin
Olivia's owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must
use all of their detective skills when the owl
suddenly disappears.
One in a series. |
Intermediate |
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| Piggins |
Yolen,
Jane |
During
a dinner party, the lights go out and Mrs. Reynard's
beautiful diamond necklace is stolen, but Piggins the
butler quickly discover the real thief. |
Picture
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| Room
One: A Mystery or Two |
Clements,
Andrew |
Ted
Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska
town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the
disappearance of a homeless family. |
Intermediate |
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| Sammy
Keyes and the Hotel Thief |
Van
Draanen, Wendelin |
Thirteen-year-old
Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in
trouble when she involves herself in the investigation
of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the
street from the seniors' building where she is living
with her grandmother. |
Intermediate |
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| Search
for the Shadowman |
Nixon,
Joan Lowery |
While
working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade
history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve
the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was
accused of stealing the family fortune. |
Intermediate |
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| Shredderman:
Secret Identity |
Van
Draanen, Wendelin |
Fifth-grader
Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class
bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!
First in a series. |
Intermediate |
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| Skulduggery
Pleasant |
Landy,
Derek |
When
twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's
estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery
Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the
Faceless Ones. |
Intermediate |
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| Stories
to Solve: Folktales from around the World |
Shannon,
George |
Brief
folktales in which there is a mystery or problem that
the reader is invited to solve before the resolution
is prepared. |
Intermediate
Non-Fiction |
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| The
ABC Mystery |
Cushman,
Doug |
An
alphabetical list of people, objects, and clues leads
Inspector McGroom to a stolen work of art. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Berenstain Bears and the Missing Watermelon Money |
Berenstain,
Stan and Jan |
The
Bear Detectives go to work when someone steals the
money Farmer Ben has made from selling his delicious
and popular watermelons. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Boy Who Wasn’t There: A Mystery |
Wilhelm,
Hans |
A
mysterious boy who seems to come and go without
warning leads lonely Sarah to the new friend which is
her heart's desire. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Case of the Goblin Pearls |
Yep,
Laurence |
Lily
and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join
forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and
stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's
Chinatown. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Cat Who Got Carried Away |
Ahlberg,
Allan |
It is
an exciting couple of days for the Gaskin Family and
their community--with missing pets, an unusual
substitute teacher, and a special addition to their
household. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Dark Stairs |
Byard,
Betsy Cromer |
The
intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private
investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Dirty Cowboy |
Timberlake,
Amy |
Telling
his faithful dog to make sure nobody touches his
clothes but him, a cowboy jumps into a river for a
bath, not realizing just how much the scrubbing will
change his scent. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Falcon’s Malteser |
Horowitz,
Anthony |
After
his older brother, a fledgling private detective,
agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not
live long, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve
the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead
of an assortment of thugs |
Intermediate |
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| The
Falconer's Knot |
Hoffman,
Mary |
Set in
the palazzos and friaries of fourteenth-century Italy,
Hoffman's detailed, exciting murder mystery includes
romantic intrigues and empowering twists for the
female characters. |
Young
Adult |
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| The
Falcon's Maltese; A Diamond Brother's Mystery |
Horowitz,
Anthony |
After
his older brother, a fledgling private detective,
agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not
live long, 13-year-old Nick scampers to solve the
mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an
assortment of thugs. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Great Corgiville Kidnapping |
Tudor,
Tasha |
His
instincts and his training as a part-time private
investigator make Caleb Corgi suspicious of a band of
raccoons, especially when Corgiville's prize rooster
disappears. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
House of Dies Drear |
Hamilton,
Virginia |
An
African-American family tries to unravel the secrets
of their new home, which was once a stop on the
Underground Railroad. |
Intermediate |
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| The
Mystery of Eatum Hall |
Kelly,
John |
Mr. and
Mrs. Pork-Fowler are invited to spend a weekend of
gourmet dining at a spooky castle where their host,
Mr. Hunter, is anxious to "meat" them. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Mystery of King Karfu |
Cushman,
Doug |
The
great detective Seymour Sleuth and his assistant Muggs
journey to Egypt to search for a missing stone
chicken, an important clue to the location of the Lost
Treasure of King Karfu. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Rules of Survival |
Werlin,
Nancy |
Werlin
reinforces her reputation as a master of the YA
thriller with this haunting portrayal of three
children who weather their mother's abuse and seek
help from a man with his own violent secrets. |
Young
Adult |
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| The
Top Secret Files of Mother Goose |
Gosling,
Gabby |
When
"Mother Goose" tracks down the thief who
stole the queen's tarts, she runs into several nursery
rhyme characters. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Web Files |
Palatini,
Margie |
Ducktective
Web and his partner try to quack the case of the
pilfered peck of perfectly picked pickled peppers. |
Picture
Book |
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| The
Westing Game |
Raskin,
Ellen |
The
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. |
Intermediate |
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| Theodosia
and the Serpents of Chaos |
LaFever,
R.L. |
Theodosia
Throckmorton, who is thrust into the heart of a
mystery when she learns an ancient Egyptian amulet
carries a curse that threatens to crumble the British
Empire. |
Intermediate |
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| Tough
Cookie |
Wisniewski,
David |
When
his friend Chips is snatched and chewed, Tough Cookie
sets out from the bottom of the jar to stop Fingers.
This is a spoof of hard-boiled detective
stories. |
Picture
Book |
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| Trigger |
Vaught,
Susan |
Informed
that he caused his own brain injury but unable to
remember the incident, 17-year-old Jersey tries to
solve his own mystery.
Vaught's taught, original story will provoke
thought about action, consequences, and redemption. |
Young
Adult |
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| Tuff
Fluff: The Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain |
Nash,
Scott |
When
Duckie, a terry cloth duck, loses his brain and can no
longer tell stories to the other toys, Tuff Fluff the
private investigator must solve the case. |
Picture
Book |
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| Utterly
Me, Clarice Bean |
Child,
Lauren |
When
someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book
project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine,
Ruby Redfort the detective. |
Intermediate |
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| We're
Going on a Treasure Hunt |
Hort,
Lenny |
Babies
in animal costumes visit a variety of undersea
animals, from starfish to crabs, in search of a
treasure chest. |
Picture
Book |
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| What's
that Awful Smell? |
Tekavec,
Heather |
While
investigating an odor in their barn, a group of
animals discovers a little piglet and engages in a
variety of antics to get rid of the awful smell. |
Picture
Book |
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| Where’s
the Big Bad Wolf |
Christelow,
Eileen |
Detective
Doggedly, a pair of cows, and a sheep who looks very
familiar are all nearby each time three pigs get in
trouble, but the big bad wolf is conspicuously absent. |
Picture
Book |
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| Wolfstalker |
Skurzynski,
Gloria and Alan Fergusen |
Twelve-year-old
Jack, his younger sister, and the family's teenage
foster child Troy go to Yellowstone National Park,
where Jack's mother, a wildlife veterinarian, is
investigating the report that wolves reintroduced to
the park have killed a dog there.
First in a series. |
Intermediate |
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