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Mystery and Crime Solving
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Here are some of our favorite mystery and crime solving books for children! Please note that these titles can be found in the Juvenile section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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Sweetness All Around
by Suzanne Supplee
In 1974, almost 11-year-old Josephine moves into the Happy World trailer park where she investigates the kidnapping of her would-be next-door neighbor with the help of a colorful cast of characters with whom she forms friendships sweeter than she's ever known.
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The Lost Library
by Rebecca Stead
When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.
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Hannah Sharpe Cartoon Detective
by Janet Tashjian
Hannah Sharpe, an eleven-year-old cartoonist with autism spectrum disorder, uses her curiosity, creativity, and amazing memory to investigate her family's newest Airbnb resident.
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The Absent Alpacas
by Kayla Whaley
When a group of alpacas goes missing right before the alpaca costume contest at the Maine State Fair, Abbi, her dog, Barkley, and her friends must sniff out this mystery.
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The Midnight Children
by Dan Gemeinhart
Making a friend in newcomer Virginia, one of seven mysterious kids to move into his neighborhood, outcast Ravani Foster must keep Virginia safe when he learns she is in danger or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
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The Friendship Feature
by Stacia Deutsch
Jessie Alden likes her new role at the student newspaper, but when a new boy at school comes to her with information about strange things taking place at his parent's business, she realizes her story is much bigger than she thought
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Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Inheriting a grieving fox spirit named Kai after his older brother Jamie dies, Theo Tan and Kai must cast aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding Jamie's death, which is linked to a mysterious corporation.
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Catastrophe
by Sherri Winston
Amateur sleuths Wednesday and her service dog Woof must employ their keen skills of detection when Mrs. Winters cat goes missing right before her big trip to Paris.
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The Mystery Monster
by Amy Marie Stadelmann
Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong and that monsters aren't real, one fact at a time.
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The In-Between
by Rebecca K. S. Ansari
Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from his friends, constantly annoyed by his little sister, Jess, and completely fed up with the pale, creepy rich girl who moved in next door, who won't stop staring at him. So when Cooper learns of an unsolved mystery his sister has discovered online, he welcomes the distraction. It's the tale of a deadly train crash that occurred a hundred years ago in which one young boy among the dead was never identified. The only distinguishing mark on him was a strange insignia on his suit coat, a symbol no one had seen before or since. Jess is fascinated by the mystery of the unknown child -- because she's seen the insignia. And, she tells Cooper, he has too. It's the symbol on the jacket of the girl next door. As they uncover more information -- and mounting evidence of the girl's seemingly impossible connection to the tragedy -- Cooper and Jess begin to wonder if a similar disaster could be heading to their hometown.
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The Case of the Nibbled Pizza
by Tadgh Bentley
When sister and brother duo Dino Detective and Awesome Possum discover Grandma Thunderclaps's pizza is missing all its pepperoni, they jump into action to find out who is to blame.
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The Case of the Missing Cheetah
by Veronica Mang
It's a dark and stormy night when three sleuthing little girls get pulled into a web of mystery. They have mistakenly uncovered a secret society of some of the most famous female spies in history. A glamorous spy named Josephine Baker enlists the girls to find out who has kidnapped Chiquita, her precious pet cheetah. Do the girls have what it takes to become spies themselves?
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Winterhouse
by
Ben Guterson
Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse Hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.
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Zebra at the Zoo
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Sneaking into the local zoo through a broken fence opening, Alex revels in visits with favorite animals, including a beloved red panda, before an animal’s escape compels him to come forward.
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Audacity Jones to the Rescue
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Kirby Larson
Longing for excitement, eleven-year-old Audacity Jones, a resident at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls, accompanies the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield to Washington D.C. before discovering his plot against the president.
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Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans
by
Russell Ginns
Samantha's uncle mysteriously disappears, leaving behind extravagant gifts for her siblings and an old, rusty, red umbrella for Samantha that may contain clues to his whereabouts.
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The Name of This Book is Secret
by
Pseudonymous Bosch
Small vials of smelly ingredients, the diaries of a dead magician, and a secret story about immortality have two less-than-sociable kids on the hunt to solve a strange mystery, in a challenging middle reader filled with word-games, anagrams, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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Clueless McGee
by
Jeff Mack
Using skills learned through video games to solve mysteries and make his absent father proud, awkward fifth grader Clueless McGee investigates the school bully who has been framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba with macaroni and cheese.
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The Ghostwriter Secret
by Mac Barnett
Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.
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