Local legend says the bell in the abandoned church rings when someone dies, so when three girls hear it they begin an investigation.
Down the Rabbit Hole
by Peter Abrahams
Pb Abr
Like her idol Sherlock Holmes, eighth-grader Ingrid Levin-Hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of Echo Falls.
The Ghost Town Mystery
by Mary Adrian
F Adr
A brother and sister keep uncovering new mysteries as they search for the unclaimed gold strike that will enable their father to restore the Colorado ghost town of Woodpecker Creek.
The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bone
by Mary Adrian
F Adr
A group of children hunt for a lost dinosaur graveyard.
The Skin Diving Mystery
by Mary Adrian
F Adr
A member of the Skin Diving Club finds a very rare and valuable shell, which disappears almost as quickly as it is found. Where has it gone? Who or what took it?
Skellig
by David Almond
F Alm
Unhappy about his life, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a stranger who is like a combination of a bird and an angel.
Counterfeit Son
by Elaine Marie Alphin
F Alp
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
The Man Who Was Poe
by Avi
F Avi
In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose story suggests a new Poe tale with a ghastly final twist.
Crispin
by Avi
F Avi
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in 14th century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
Wolf rider
by Avi
F Avi
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
Moth Manor
by Martha Sherman Bacon
F Bac
A young girl takes charge of rescuing a haunted dollhouse and the special dolls that inhabit it from being sold to an antique dealer.
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
F Bal
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a Vermeer painting disappears, 11-year-olds, Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
The Secret of the Underground Room
by John Bellairs
F Bel
When Father Higgins disappears, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover disturbing clues which lead them to England and an encounter with a long-dead knight.
The Dark Secret of Weatherend
by John Bellairs
F Bel
Fourteen-year-old Anthony Monday of Hoosac, Minnesota, and his friend Miss Eells, the Hoosac librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.
The Mystery of Sinister Scarecrow
by M.V. Carey
F Car
The theft of some mutant army ants by a scarecrow leads the Three Investigators to the solution of two daring crimes in the art world.
The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs
by M.V. Carey
F Car
The sighting of a UFO leads the Three Investigators to uncover a bizarre confidence game.
The Mystery of the Wandering Caveman
by M.V. Carey
F Car
Three young sleuths investigate the disappearance of a caveman's bones from a museum and uncover skullduggery at a science foundation.
Mystery in the Museum
by Betty Cavanna
F Cav
While working in the Boston Museum for the summer, Ellen, a young art student, becomes implicated in the theft of a valuable bracelet.
Mystery of the Emerald Buddha
by Betty Cavanna
F Cav
When the sacred Emerald Buddha is stolen from a Bangkok temple, a young girl and her father try to solve the mystery surrounding its disappearance.
A Holiday for Murder
by Agatha Christie
Pb Chr
A classic Agatha Christie murder mystery.
Death Comes as the End
by Agatha Christie
F Chr & Pb Chr
The story started 4,000 years ago, in Egypt. The problem is more than mortal. For it could be that at least six of those seven murders were done by the ghost of the first to die.
Mystery of Sebastian Island
by Margaret Goff Clark
F Cla
A teenage girl discovers that the sinister forces at work on a Maine island center around an old lobsterman.
The Rag and Bone Shop
by Robert Cormier
F Cor
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.
Why Johnny Died
by Marlis Day
F Day
When a teacher finds the journal of a seventh-grader who has been found dead, the mystery unfolds. Was it an accident?
The Ghost of Fossil Glen
by Cynthia DeFelice
Pb Def
Allie knows it's not her imagination as she hears a voice and sees in her mind the face of a girl who seems to want Allie's help.
Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
F Doy & Pb Doy
For generations the curse had hung over the Baskerville family. Now another life had been claimed by the mysterious and terrifying beast. Sherlock Holmes and Watson set out to solve the most bewildering and bloodcurdling case of their careers.
Gallows Hill
by Lois Duncan
F Dun
When 17-year-old Sarah works in a fortune-telling booth at a school carnival, she finds that sometimes she can really see the future in the crystal ball, a talent that disturbs some of the other students.
Stranger with My Face
by Lois Duncan
Pb Dun & F Dun
A seventeen-year-old senses she is being spied on and probably impersonated, but when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable than she ever imagined.
Mystery at Camp Windingo
by Lisa Eisenberg
F Eis
Fourteen-year-old Kate Clancy, a summer counselor at Camp Windingo, encounters some frightening and unsettling events and finally confronts a dangerous thief.
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
by Nancy Farmer
F Far
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
Show Me the Evidence
by Alane Fergusun
Pb Fer
Three babies are dead. One was Janaan’s brother. There are no witnesses, no fingerprints and no blood. Nothing to prove Janaan’s guilt . . . or her innocence.
The Mystery of Blue Star Lodge
by Adele Fletcher
F Fle
Too many mysterious things happen on the bicycle trip to Blue Star Lodge for Carol Byers to ignore them. When she and the other three girls finally discover the package hidden on the bicycle, its contents sent chills of fear through all of them, for now they know why the strange men are following them.
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
F Fun
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life.
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funkel
F Fun
Two brothers, having fun away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with-- and protection from-- Venice's "Thief Lord".
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
by Gail Giles
F Gil
Fourteen-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.
The Mysterious Appearance of Agnes
by Helen Griffiths
F Gri
A small child who mysteriously appears in a remote sixteenth-century German village develops into an emotionally disturbed mute and is accused of witchcraft.
The Disappearance
by Rosa Guy
Pb Guy
The disappearance of the daughter of a Brooklyn family casts suspicion on a juvenile offender from Harlem who has recently come to live with them.
Running Out of Time
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
F Had
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to save the children's lives.
The Dead Man in Indian Creek
by Mary Downing Hahn
F Hah
When Matt and Parker learn the body they found in Indian Creek is a drug-related death, they fear Parkers's mother may be involved.
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
F Ham & Pb Ham
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
The Mystery of Drear House
by Virginia Hamilton
F Ham
A black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home.
Summer of the Bonepile Monster
by Aileen Henderson
F Hen
When Hollis and his sister are sent to spend the summer with their blind great-grandmother, he encounters some dark family secrets.
The Maze
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
A 14 year old foster child escapes from a juvenile detention facility and travels to Utah where he meets a biologist working to reintroduce condors to the wild.
Ghost Canoe
by Will Hobbs
F Hob
Fourteen-year-old Nathan finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure.
The Falcon’s Malteser
by Anthony Horowitz
F Hor
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.
What Eric Knew
by James Howe
Pb Howe
Who is the ghost in the cemetery? Sebastian, David and Corrie figure if they can decode the messages Sebastian has been getting they'll have a clue to the mystery of the dark figure who cries out in the night.
Murder Most Irregular
by Paul H. Jeffers
F Jef
An indentured servant in the household of John Adams, is caught up in unrest.
Heaven
by Angela Johnson
F Joh
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
C.B. Greenfield: a Little Madness
by Lucille Kallen
F Kal
A murder at a political demonstration is at the center of this mystery.
Introducing C.B. Greenfield: a Mystery
by Lucille Kallen
F Kal
A hit-and-run accident is the central focus of an investigation by Maggie Rome and the newspaper editor, C.B. Greenfield.
Shock Waves
by Carolyn Keene
Pb Kee
A classic Nancy Drew and Hardy boys mystery.
Cloudy in the West
by Elmer Kelton
F Kel
When his beloved Pa dies in a mysterious accident, Joey is orphaned and forced to live with his stepmother, Dulcie, and a slick-talking, ingratiating live-in "cousin" of Dulcie's, named Blair Meacham.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
F Kon
After running away from home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Claudia will not return home until she discovers the maker of a beautiful statue in the museum.
Afternoon of the Elves
by Janet Taylor Lisle
F Lis
As Hillary works in the miniature village, allegedly built by elves, in Sara-Kate's backyard, she becomes more and more curious about Sara-Kate's real life inside her big, gloomy house with her mysterious, silent mother.
The Only Good Apple in a Barrel of Spies
by Marc Lovell
F Lov
Soviet Agent Narkov is murdered and the 6’7” bumbling British agent, Appleton Porter is on the case.
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
F Low
Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Shades of Simon Gray
by Joyce McDonald
F Mcd
Seventeen-year-old Simon lies in a coma, finding his space and time overlapping with that of a man who was lynched over 200 years ago, while a member of the cheating ring he has been helping wonders if their actions have caused the plagues assaulting their New Jersey town.
Underrunners
by Margaret Mahy
F Mah
Tris and Winola find the underrunners, a vast network of tunnels, the ideal place to escape their unhappy lives and act out their fantasies, but the tunnels become a dangerous place when invaded by an unseen stranger.
Mystery of the Golden Ram
by Ruth Malone
F Mal
When a priceless 4,000-year-old statue is stolen from the city museum, two teenagers determine to clear themselves and their friends from the suspicion of theft.
Who Is Eddie Leonard?
by Harry Mazer
F Maz
A fourteen-year-old boy who was raised by an abusive old woman and who has always had questions about his parents sees a picture of a missing child and sets out to discover if he is that child.
Taking Terri Mueller
by Norma Fox Mazer
F Maz & Pb Maz
Fourteen-year-old Terri remembers only life with her father, but then she discovers that he kidnapped her from her mother after a divorce and that her mother is still alive.
Waiting for Anya
by Michael Morpurgo
F Mor
Jo places his life in danger when he helps protect a growing number of Jewish children who have sought refuge at a reclusive widow's farm.
Jade Green: A Ghost Story
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
F Nay
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
Gaps in Stone Walls
by John Newfield
F New
Twelve-year-old Merry Skiffe, who lives on Martha's Vineyard in the 1880's, runs away from home because she is suspected of having committed a murder.
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
by Robert Newman
F New
Brought to London under mysterious circumstances by his tutor, a young boy seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes when his tutor is kidnapped and he himself is threatened with the same fate.
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
by Sara Nickerson
Pb Nic
With a swimming medal, a key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half man / half rat as her only clues, a twelve year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death.
High Trail to Danger
by Joan Lowery Nixon
F Nix
In 1879 seventeen-year-old Sarah travels from Chicago to the violent town of Leadtown, Colorado, to locate her missing father, but she finds that the mention of his name brings her strange looks and an attempt on her life.
The Trap
by Joan Lowery Nixon
F Nix
16 year old Julie agrees to spend the summer at her great-aunt and uncle's ranch in Texas, but gets more than she bargained for when valuables suddenly start disappearing. It appears that there may be a murderer in their midst.
Whispers from the Dead
by Joan Lowery Nixon
F Nix
After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house.
Wreck of the Blue Plane
by Browning Norton
F Nor
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.
A Part for Addie
by Jack O’Daniel
F Oda
In the late 1880's two determined sisters interrupt their theatrical career to uncover a murder plot against their grandfather.
The Body in the Kelp
by Katherine Hall Page
F Pag
Faith Fairchild, a female detective, is on the case when a body appears off shore.
Fawn
by Robert Newton Peck
F Pec
At the time of the Battle of Ticonderoga in 1758, an Indian boy, the son of a Jesuit priest, observes the savagery of the French, English, and Indians, and tries to save his father from what could be a terrible fate.
Freshman Detective Blues
by P.J. Petersen
F Pet
Eddie, age fourteen, and Jack, age seventeen, find a skeleton weighted down in Muir Lake, and Jack thinks it just might be his father who's been missing for nine years.
Liars
by P.J. Petersen
F Pet
Life in Alder Creek, CA is boring for 8th grader Sam and his friends, until his new ability to tell when a person is lying involves him in a series of mysterious events.
Dracula Go Home
by Kin Platt
F Pla
Several eerie events at his aunt's hotel prompt Larry to investigate a guest who strongly resembles Dracula.
The Body of Christopher Creed
by Carol Plum-Ucci
Pb Plu
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
The Ruby in the Smoke
by Philip Pullman
FPul & Pb Pul
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
Shadow in the North
by Philip Pullman
F Pul
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
The Tiger in the Wall
by Philip Pullman
Pb Pul
In London in 1881, Sally finds her daughter and her possessions assailed by an unknown enemy, while a villain involves her in his plot to exploit Jewish immigrants.
The Absolutely True Story…
by Willo Davis Roberts
Pb Rob
A nightmare vacation in Yellowstone Park.
Twisted Summer
by Willo Davis Roberts
Pb Rob
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
The View From the Cherry Tree
by Willo Davis Roberts
F Rob
Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.
Touch Wood: a Girlhood in Occupied France
by Renee Roth-Hano
F Rot
In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Renee, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Renâee and her sister escape to the shelter of a convent in Normandy.
The Riddle of Raven’s Gulch
by Mary Francis Shura
F Shu
Bart decides to do his own investigation of the events which are giving the ravine along his paper route the reputation of being haunted.
The Spirit House
by William Sleater
F Sle
Fifteen-year-old Julie investigates the suspicious behavior of the Thai exchange student staying with her family and comes to believe in the wish-granting power of a spirit that appears to have followed him across the ocean.
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
F Sny
Schoolmates meet to develop games and ceremonies having to do with Egypt, but strange things start to happen to the players and mystery abounds.
The Mystery Book Mystery
by Wylly Folk St. John
F StG
Seventeen-year-old Libby Clark signs up for a writers' conference on mysteries and becomes entangled in a real-life murder mystery.
Appointment with a Stranger
by Jean Thesman
F The
Deeply self-conscious about her severe asthma attacks, high school student Keller Parrish finds solace in the company of an attractive but mysterious boy at a remote pond, unaware that he is an insubstantial echo of a forty-year-old tragedy.
Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes
by Wendelin Van Draanen
F Van
When 13 year old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
by Wendelin Van Draanen
F Van
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 a "seedy" hotel.
Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Pb Van
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is mudered, but thirteen year - old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen
by Wendelin Van Draanen
F Van
When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.
Yaxley’s Cat
by Robert Westall
F Wes
After Yaxley disappears, the inhabitants of an English village fear that his ugly old cat will uncover the truth about the secret they are hiding.
The Boy in the Burning House
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Pb Wyn
Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, who suspects her stepfather, a local pastor.
The Mark Twain Murders
by Laurence Yep
F Yep
In the summer of 1864, a teen-age boy meets reporter Mark Twain in San Franciso after a murder, and agrees to help him get the story.
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