Angleberger, Tom.  Horton Halfpott, or The Feindish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, or The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset.  J FIC Angleberger
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.

Balliett, Blue.  Chasing Vermeer.  J PB B
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.  Edgar Award winner for best mystery.

Banscherus, Jurgen. Detective's Duel. J FIC Banscherus
When a new boy comes to town and starts taking cases away from Klooz, they decide to have a duel to find the best detective in town.  See others in the Klooz series!

Barrett, Tracy.  The 100-Year-Old Secret.  J FIC Barrett
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister living in London for a year, discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing painting.

Berlin, Eric.  The Puzzling World of Winston Breen.  J FIC Berlin
Puzzle-crazy, twelve-year-old Winston and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery involving a hidden ring. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.

Broach, Elise.  Missing on Superstition.  J FIC Broach
When brothers Simon, Henry, and Jack move with their parents to Arizona, they are irresistably drawn to explore the aptly named Superstition Mountain, in spite of warnings that it is not safe.

Brooks, Walter R.  Freddy and the Men from Mars.  J FIC Brooks
Freddy the Pig's sleuthing skills are put to the test by conniving rats and a band of animals masquerading as Martians.

Bulla, Clyde Robert.  Marco Moonlight.  J FIC Bulla
Thirteen-year-old Marco's vague memories of a brother take on reality in a terrifying way.

Buzbee, Lewis. Steinbeck's Ghost.  J Fic Buzbee
Unhappy after his parents move to a weird subdivision and become workaholics, thirteen-year-old Travis returns to his old Salinas neighborhood and becomes actively involved in saving the John Steinbeck Library and, at the same time, begins seeing characters from Steinbeck's books who seem to have a message for him.

Carman, Patrick.  Skeleton Creek.  J Fic Carman
Although housebound following an eerie accident, teenaged Ryan continues to investigate the strange occurences in his hometown of Skeleton Creek, recording his findings in a journal and viewing email video clips sent by fellow detective Sarah. The reader may view Sarah's videos on a website by using links and passwords found in the text.

Clark, Margaret Goff.  The Latchkey Mystery.  J FIC Clark
Eleven-year-old Minda, one of several latchkey children in her neighborhood, forms a group to watch for a burglar who is breaking into empty houses.

Coté, Phyllis N. Roundabout Ransom. J FIC Cote
Ten-year-old Neil is involved in an unusual adventure after the bully, Trigger, forces him to hide a suspicious box in his family's toolshed.

Dank, Milton. The Computer Game Murder. J Fic Dank
When thirteen-year-old Larry receives a message on his computer screen during a game, indicating his playing partner is in trouble, a long and dangerous investigation involving the Galaxy Gang begins.

Evarts, Hal George.  The Purple Eagle Mystery.  J FIC Evarts
In order to help his uncle save his shop, a young boy tries to locate an old wagon containing valuable antique bottles.

Freeman, Martha.  Who Stole Grandma's Million-Dollar Pumpkin Pie? J FIC Freeman
When the recipe for his grandmother's famous pumpkin pie is suddenly missing just before Thanksgiving Day, Alex and his friend Yasmeen try to solve the mystery of its disappearance.

Gordon, John. The Giant Under the Snow: A Story of Suspense. J FIC Gordon
When one of them finds an ancient talisman in the backlands, three British teen-agers are plunged into a terrifying and dangerous mystery that appears to be connected with an old legend.

Helldorfer, Mary-Claire.  Almost Home.  J FIC Helldorfer
While vacationing at her grandfather's island home, Jesse meets an unusual girl and together they find mysterious objects that provide clues to understanding the past and the present.

McLaughlin, Lorrie.  The Cinnamon Hill Mystery.  J FIC McLaughlin
A family of girls and their inventive boy cousin spend a summer solving a mystery involving nasty neighbors, a family estate, a lost will, and a hummingbird tree.

Malone. Marianne.  The Sixty-Eight Rooms.  J FIC Malone
Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.

Newsome, Richard.  The Billionaire's Curse. J FIC Newsome
When thirteen-year-old Gerald finds himself the heir to twenty billion pounds from an aunt he never met, he inherits with it a mystery surrounding his aunt's death and various artifacts in the British Museum.

Norton, Browning. Wreck of the Blue Plane. J FIC Norton
Fourteen-year-old Mark accompanies his older brother to Kodiak Island, Alaska, and finds himself involved in a dangerous search for a wrecked plane containing a large sum of stolen money.

Prince, Alison.  Night Landings.  J FIC Prince
Harrie and her brother Ian, after being awakened by the unaccustomed sound of an airplane flying at night, become convinced that smugglers are operating from the airfield near their English farm home.

Raskin, Ellen.  The Westing Game.  J FIC Raskin
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.

Rice, Eve.  The Remarkable Return of Winston Potter Crisply. J FIC Rice
When they discover that their older brother, supposedly studying at Harvard, is secretly visiting New York, Becky and Max decide to do some sleuthing.

Runholt, Susan.  Rescuing Seneca.  J FIC Runholt
While accompanying her mother on a business trip to Scotland, fourteen-year-old Kari and her best friend Lucas attempt to solve the kidnapping mystery of a 15-year-old piano prodigy.

Skurzynski, Gloria.  Wolf Stalker: A Mystery in Yellowstone National Park.  JPB S (Mysteries in Our National Parks SERIES)
Jack, his younger sister, and the family's foster child, Troy, go to Yellowstone National Park, where Jack's mother, a wildlife veterinarian, is investigating a report that wolves reintroduced to the park have killed a dog there.

Stanley, Diane.  The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy. J Fic Stanley
Eighth-grader Franny and her friends investigate why most of the students at their exclusive boarding school are brilliant, beautiful, and perfectly behaved.

Summy, Barrie.  I so Don't do Makeup.  J FIC Summy
When Phoenix, Arizona, seventh-grader Sherry Baldwin hosts a makeover sleepover that causes horrible reactions in her friends' skin, she enlists the help of her mother, a ghost detective at the Academy of
Spirits, to help solve the mysteryof the tainted makeup.

Ylvisaker, Anne.  The Luck of the Buttons.  J FIC Ylvisaker
In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family's luck around, with the help of a Brownie camera and a small-town mystery that only she can solve.

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