Here are our favorite mystery books for teens in middle school! These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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The Storyteller
by Brandon Hobson
To discover what happened to his mother, one of many Native women who've mysteriously gone missing, anxiety-riddled Ziggy, his sister Moon, and his friends Alice and Corso set out on a mind-bending adventure where he learns the lessons of the Cherokee storytellers.
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Princess Private Eye
by Evelyn Skye
Whisked away to the kingdom of Raldonia, 12-year-old long-lost princess Gen Sun must crack her biggest case yet when someone sets out to dethrone her by unleashing plague-like events on the small country.
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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
by Beth Lincoln
When during the Swift Family Reunion someone gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly push down the stairs, Shenanigan Swift, who has a penchant for mischief, decides to become a detective and solve this mysterious case.
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The Pear Affair
by Judith Eagle
Arriving in Paris to find her beloved old au pair Perrine—Pear—who has gone missing, Penelope enters the darkest, most mysterious parts of the city with the help of a savvy bellboy, where she stumbles upon a sinister plot.
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Tangled Up in Nonsense
by Merrill Wyatt
Searching for the two million dollars that went missing at Tangled Glen mansion years ago, teen sleuths Sloan and Amelia are determined to solve this mystery before their rival detectives do, but strange things, such as murder dolls, keep getting in their way.
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Can You Survive the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
by Sir Doyle, Arthur Conan
Become classic literature's most famous detective, and make choices to survive. You are Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective. You have been approached by three desperate clients, each of whom presents a compelling case for you to solve. Now, you must choose which mysteries are worth investigating and which might be too dangerous.
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Jennifer Chan is Not Alone
by Tae Keller
When Jennifer Chan, a new girl who believes she can find aliens, goes missing, Mallory Moss sets out to find her and must figure out why Jennifer might have run and face the truth inside herself.
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Linked
by Gordon Korman
When swastikas begin appearing all over town, Link, Michael and Dana, the only Jewish girl in town, must face crimes both past and present to find the truth.
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Drew Leclair Gets a Clue
by Katryn Bury
When a cyberbully posts embarrassing rumors about other students at school, Drew, to protect her own secret, puts her sleuthing skills to good use to find the culprit, who just might be one of her closest friends.
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Scritch Scratch
by Lindsay Currie
Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late.
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Welcome to Dweeb Club
by Betsy Uhrig
Jason Sloane and his seventh-grade friends are the first to sign up for a strange new club that monitors school security footage, but when the new computers show the club members themselves as unlikable high school seniors five years in the future they scramble to solve the mystery
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Tangled Up in Luck
by Merrill Wyatt
When someone tricks their teacher into using their seventh grade class to investigate the mystery of the town’s long-missing treasure, Sloane and Amelie, enemies-turned-partners, must elude a mysterious person on their trail while following the clues.
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Birdie's Billions
by Edith Cohn
When Birdie discovers cash in an abandoned house she thinks it could be the answer to her and her mother's problems, but she wonders about the people who left that money behind and tries to figure what is best for her family and what is the right thing to do
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Squirm
by Carl Hiaasen
Discovering the address of the father who left when he was only four, Billy is forced to move repeatedly with his activist mother before embarking on a summer of unconventional travel and animal rescue.
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What Lives in the Woods
by Lindsay Currie
Ginny is unhappy when her family moves from Chicago to upstate Michigan for the summer. Her father has a job restoring a 1930s mansion, but there are rumors about Woodmoor and the forest next to it: rumors about strange mutant creatures. Ginny, an aspiring mystery writer, is soon half convinced that the rumors are true, because something or someone is haunting the house--and she plans to investigate, with the help of Will, the older boy who lives nearby.
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Ali Cross
by James Patterson
Published to coincide with the release of the 25th entry in Patterson’s best-selling Alex Cross thrillers, this series debut starring Alex’s son, Ali, follows his desperate search for a missing friend and clues proving his father’s innocence against a backdrop of neighborhood burglaries.
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The Class
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on.
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The Initiation
by Ridley Pearson
A reimagining of the epic rivalry between a young James Moriarty and his roommate and future nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, is set in modern times and focuses on the boys' early ventures into detective work at the formidable Baskerville Academy.
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Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, 12-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing, but soon guests begin arriving with strange stories about the house, sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
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