More Mystery Series A to Z Mysteries (J ROY) Mystery By Ron Roy The series follows three child detectives, Dink, Josh, and Chapter Books Ruth Rose. The nine year olds work together to solve mysteries for every letter in the alphabet.
Calendar Mysteries (J ROY By Ron Roy It’s a mystery a month for Bradley, Brian, Nate and Lucy, the younger siblings of the kids from the A to Z mysteries!
All the Wrong Questions (J SNI) By Lemony Snicket Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship Book Scavenger (J BER) with S. Theodora Markson, of the secretive V.F.D., in the By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman tiny dot of a town called Stain’d By The Sea. Twelve year old Emily is excited to move to San Francisco, home to her literary idol, Garrison Griswold. The Mysterious Benedict Society (J STE) Upon her arrival, she learns that Griswold was attacked By Trenton Lee Stewart and is in a coma. Emily teams up with her new friend This series follows four young children who are very gifted James to find out what happened before the men who in different areas, but have one thing in common: they are attacked Griswold come after them. either orphans or unwanted by their parents. Each book has the children using their wits to outsmart their enemies. Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (J CHI) By Lauren Child Thea Stilton (J STI) When someone steals the winner’s trophy for the By Geronimo Stilton school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book Join Geronimo Stilton’s sister Thea on adventures packed heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective. with mysteries and friendship. Half-Moon Investigations (J COL) The 39 Clues (J THI) By Eoin Colfer Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan Twelve-year-old private investigator Fletcher Moon, go on a quest to discover the secret behind their family’s nicknamed “Half Moon” because of his shortness, must power. track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not commit. Boxcar Children Mysteries (J WAR) By Gertrude Chandler Warner The Trouble with Chickens (J CRO) Four orphaned children move in with their grandfather. By Doreen Cronin Follow them on their adventures and mysteries in the A former search and rescue dog is driven by the promise neighborhood and places they visit . of a cheeseburger to help two chicks and their chicken mother find their missing siblings. The Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers (J Graphic Novel HAR) The London Eye Mystery (J DOW) By Scott Lobdell By Siobhan Dowd Two teenage brother detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy are When Ted and Kat’s cousin Salim disappears from the London undercover agents for ATAC, a top secret government Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together—Ted with his brain that is “wired differently” and impatient Kat—to organization. They’re solving more realistic and violent try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim. crimes, but since it’s a top secret organization they often need to make up excuses to convince their mother to let them go places Prairie Trails Public Library 8449 S. Moody Ave. Burbank, IL 60459 (708)430-3688 www.prairietrailslibrary.org 5.19 HS
Space Case (J GIB) Pie (J WEE) By Sutart Gibbs By Sarah Weeks Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning solve a murder of one of the moon’s most prominent pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania on the map in doctors. the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice’s friend Char- lie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly’s Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library (J GRA) secret pie crust recipe. By Chris Grabenstein Twelve year old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the newly designed town library. The genius behind construction, Mystery Series Luigi Lemoncello, is a creative game maker, though. Kyle and the other kids wake up in the morning to find the doors locked. They have to solve clues and puzzles to find the hidden escape route.
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Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a Cam Jansen Mysteries (J ADL) mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and By David Adler an unpopular teacher goes missing. Cam Jansen is a detective with a photographic memory.
Together with her friend, Eric, she solves every mystery The Wig in the Window (J KIT) that comes her way. By Kristen Kittscher
When their game of neighborhood spying takes a dark turn The Buddy Files (J BUT) one night, pre-teen sleuths Sophie Young and Grace Yang By Dori Hillestad Butler find themselves caught in a dangerous cat-and-mouse Buddy is a school therapy dog who solves mysteries. game with their bizarre guidance counselor, who may be hiding something sinister. Theodore Boone (J GRI)
By John Grisham The Candymakers (J MAS) Though he’s only thirteen, Theodore Boone has spent more By Wendy Mass time in the courtroom than almost anywhere else, and When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has there’s always a new adventure waiting. Theo happily dis- grown up never leaving his parents’ Life Is Sweet candy penses legal advice to friends and community members, factory, compete in the Confectionary Association’s annual just like real lawyers do. contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process. Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (J KEE)
By Carolyn Keene Judy Moody, Girl Detective (J MCD) Nancy and her friends form the Clue Crew and help solve By Megan McDonald mysteries all over town. When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve Eddie Red Undercover (J WEL) the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew. By: Marcia Wells
When sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot (Code name: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth (J OCO) Eddie Red) gets in the way of a fleeing witness, he is enlist- By Jane O’Connor ed by the NYPD to help solve an art heist. Eddie happens to Nancy Clancy must find the culprit when a prized have a photographic memory and terrific art skills. possession goes missing at school.
Timmy Failure (J PAS) Three Times Lucky (J TUR) By Stephan Pastis By Sheila Turnage Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of Mo LoBeau washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago. the best detective agency in town, probably the nation and She lives in a small town in North Carolina with Colonel, a his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500 pound polar bear. café owner, and his hostess, Miss Lana. When a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo teams up with her best friend, Dale, to uncover the truth.