Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Author: Jamie YanceyISBN-13: 9798996142507Publisher: Rhythm Sense PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2026Pages: 40Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.25d

Author: Sandra BoyleISBN-13: 9798256121921Publisher: Independent PublisherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2026Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d

Author: Jacob Toussaint PeckISBN-13: 9798185016909Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2026Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Something goes MOOOOOO! in the middle of the night......but Cow insists it wasn't her!Detective Duck grabs his detective hat, lifts his magnifying glass, and proudly announces: "Hat on. Glass up. Let's crack the quack!"Now it's time to follow the clues across Greenleaf Farm.Was it...

One renovated Bluebird bus. One sticky note from her dead grandmother. One epic scientific scavenger hunt down Route 66. After seventy-three days in a renovated Bluebird bus, Addy discovers a sticky note on a restroom mirror in her dead grandmother's unmistakable shaky cursive.The yellow...

Set in both the rugged beauty of rural Idaho in 1900 and the enchanting world of Dreamland, The Dreamland Sagas: The Sagas Begin follows the adventures of Titus, Constance, and little Evie Drapkin as they discover that every night brings a new and extraordinary...

The Aquatic Academy students have all been looking forward to the upcoming talent show, but as the show draws near, nothing is going as planned! Important items are smashed, props are ruined, and Quartz's magic cupcake goes missing. It's up to the Axolotl Agency...

Alvin Fernald, possessor of the Magnificent Brain, strikes again this time causing citywide repercussions with his one-day administration as Mayor of Riverton.Author Clifford B. Hicks teams our hero with Speedy Glomitz, the only kid who has ever offered Alvin any competition in the brain...

One shortcut. Two best friends. A whole lot of trouble.Aiden lives for excitement, and he's certain that taking the overgrown, muddy track past the abandoned Blackwood Manor is the perfect way to get home before the Scottish storm breaks. His best friend, Iain-who treats...

"The Sign of the Twisted Candles" follows the intrepid teen detective Nancy Drew as she is drawn into a complex mystery involving an aged relative and a peculiar inheritance. When Nancy and her friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, stop at a secluded inn...

Avery Landry: The New Orleans MysteryBy Michelle MyersThen-year-old Avery Landry thought her family trip to New Orleans would be filled with sightseeing, delicious food, and Mardi Gras fun. Instead, she finds herself caught up in a mystery that spans one of America's most fascinating...

Help your second grader feel like a real chapter-book reader - without the homework battle.Second Grade Reading Adventures gives growing readers 12 short, confidence-building stories that feel exciting, age-appropriate, and just grown-up enough.Each adventure follows a kid solving a real-world science puzzle: moving an...

"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" --Midwest Children's Book Review Sammy knew that getting to know her new rockstar dad on a cruise would be a little uncomfortable. . . . But when the heiress to a...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mystery of Locked Rooms and It's Watching comes a spooky mystery novel about a young artist who must solve a curious haunting at a vampire-themed inn. When Andie and her family move into a Victorian-style...

Worst vacation ever!Dotty planned to spend the summer break before 8th grade exploring haunted places with her friends. But her friends have their own lives and will be gone most of the summer. An angry Dotty shuts herself off. Things get worse when she's...

Journey Through Time: Epic Adventures for Kids 8-12 A mysterious timepiece. A thrilling journey. A race through history to uncover the past's greatest secrets!-An Unforgettable Discovery - Siblings Jake and Emma stumble upon an ancient pocket watch hidden in their attic. Little do they...

Summer vacation takes a dark turn on a stormy afternoon when Nancy Drew's rowboat capsizes, throwing both Nancy and her friend Helen Corning overboard. Rescued by Laura Pendleton--who is recently orphaned and terrified of her new guardians, the Aborns--they form a friendship. Soon after,...

The Sherlock Society goes undercover in the Miami street art scene to find an anonymous graffiti artist in this third book in the hilarious, New York Times bestselling Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award-winning author James Ponti! The Sherlock Society's latest case...

Who's crunching the alphabet cookies-and why do the crumbs spell H-A-P-P-Y?Snack time at B. Havior School is suddenly suspicious. Half-eaten alphabet cookies. Weird bite marks. Frosting smears. And letters that seem to spell... a message?Is it a hungry prankster? A cookie-loving ghost? Or something...

In this breathtaking conclusion to the Moonwind Mysteries, Mika must brave a criminal underworld and unmask an infamous killer before he strikes again.It's early spring in Stockholm, and thirteen-year-old Mika Moonwind is navigating a complicated new life--working in the very orphanage where she was...

A girl from a wealthy family must defend her lady's maid from accusations of theft in this first book in the cozy historical fiction The Manor Mysteries series that follows two heirloom lockets through generations of the same family.Peggy Eldritch can't wait to turn...

Buster Bee dreams of big adventures... and one nap later, he gets the biggest one of all.In this action-packed, imagination-fueled dream adventure, Buster must: - Navigate ancient ruins and honey-slick hallways- Dodge traps (and rival treasure hunters!)- Outwit the sneaky Wasp Squad- Team up...

"The Bungalow Mystery" follows the intrepid young sleuth Nancy Drew as she embarks on one of her most perilous cases. After a chance encounter during a storm on Emerald Lake, Nancy befriends Laura Pendleton, a young girl recently orphaned. What begins as a gesture...

A missing home. A mysterious pile of coconuts. A beach that won't stay put.Moki, self-declared top-class cat detective (and occasional Invisi-Kitty), is on the case.When a frantic mongoose named Zippy insists his house has vanished, Moki and her partners, Malia and Liko, spring into...

Mighty Mumbles the Pup Detective: Case One: The Mystery of the Shiny EggBook One in the Mighty Mumbles mystery seriesFeel-good fairytale detective adventures for all the familyMeet Mighty Mumbles, a clever Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy with a detective notebook, a magnifying glass, and a...

"A delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller" (The New York Times Book Review) set on the moon takes off in this humorous and suspenseful first space adventure in the Moon Base Alpha series from New York Times bestselling author of Spy School Stuart...

From the author of Coop Knows the Scoop and The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle comes a quirky whodunnit that explores friendship, small town secrets, and a twisty mystery that will keep readers guessing.In the small, southern town of Everson, goats can run for...

From drag superstar Eureka O'Hara and debut coauthors Roxy Taylor and Sandra Miller comes a delightful middle-grade mystery about a missing singer, a Vegas hotel hiding secrets galore, and the girl determined to crack the case.Clover is thrilled to visit her Uncle Ryan in...

Maddie and her friends must solve the secret of Smuggler's Inn in this second book of the Madison Steele Mysteries series.Madison is headed to Vancouver Island with her friends, Kris and Sheryl. Swearing off detective work, Maddie vows she's only going to watch her...

What's All The Flap About?Tracey Wilson's life has not been the same since Omar escaped from his vampire community and "adopted" her as his protector. Now news has come through the Feline Underground Network that the vampires want Omar back-and fast! So far, Tracey...

At first, ten-year-old Katie and Kevin Taylor ignore the rumors that the deserted house in their neighborhood is haunted, but when they hear the ghost and see it glide past the window, they decide to check things out. Can they solve the mystery of...

Join Axel the Adventurous Axolotl on a Thrilling Quest to Save His Home!Dive into a magical, heartwarming adventure with Axel, a brave young axolotl, and his loyal friends, Tilly the turtle and Cocoa the cacomistle. They embark on an unforgettable journey to uncover ancient...

Arthur Riordan, a sixteen-year-old college freshman and seventeen-year-old, high school senior Gale Flanagan are on a quest to find the killer of Fedor Majorski, Professor of Mythology at Utopia College.The professor's students refer to him as "Professor Magic," although they know nothing about his...

Before Tater Tagger is taken to prison for robbing a coin shop, he has a secret task to complete. After stuffing a piece of paper and the stolen coins into an old rum bottle, he buries the bottle in a bucket of drying cement...

Ana Sanchez would like her senior year at Aztlan High to go smoothly. But her twin brother, Eduardo, who dropped out and was thinking about joining the Los Rios gang, is found dead on the tracks across from the high school. The only clue...

Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist 2019Jonah needs money, a lot of it, before school is out for summer. What is he willing to do to get it? Does he compromise everything he's ever been taught? Professor Parro wants to help the boy, but trouble...

It had been a wild week for the Smith boys. The Sycamore Detective Agency uncovered the secrets of a long-rumored lost treasure, but in the process, they also discovered their great-great-grandparents aren't buried where everyone thought they were. And their empty tomb holds even...

Eva's beloved ice hockey team is in jeopardy when Dixon, a charming dog from a local adoption event, suddenly disappears. Suspicion falls on Dr. B, the town vet and the event's organizer. As tensions rise, a scathing news article threatens Dr. B's reputation, and...

Book one: So there's this guy named Michael Looper who is experiencing stage fright during his first amateur show in front of a packed audience, and he's freaking out. He's doing this improv comedy act involving some crazy stunts and getting the audience involved....

While working for his father at the Old Cooper Place, Billy discovers there's more to the property than just a rundown house, dilapidated garden shed, creepy cellar, and overgrown backyard.Rolling his rock-filled wheelbarrow over a small hole in the ground, it sinks into a...

It was almost Halloween of 1953. My friends and I had been so busy that we hadn't even thought about costumes. Then Ruby heard a scream one night. She thought it might be a ghost, but her brother George laughed at that idea. OK,...

Teenage computer wizard Andy Roberts lands a job working for a company that builds extreme water parks. From his high-tech home computer cubicle, he begins to design a water slide like none seen anywhere in the world. However, when he uses a remote controlled...

If you heard piano music in the middle of the night, would you follow the melody into the woods? See what Lucy does and let her adventure become yours in this fantastical story where she encounters Hoot the talking owl, Duchess Thorn and her...

Sarah Taylor yearns for a horse of her own, but living in a large Florida city makes that impossible. Then her life takes an unexpected turn when her widowed mother decides to remarry, and the family moves to a small town in Kentucky. Soon...

When Samuel Orzabal celebrates his birthday, he is given an old envelope and is told it is from his long-deceased uncle Rufus who requested that it be given to Sam on his fifteenth birthday. The envelope reads 'Open in Private' - It includes a...

The past is good at burying secrets, but a rambling old house in the North Georgia Mountains is about to have its centuries-old wrong discovered. In this third book of the Lucie Brandon Mysteries series, an old arrowhead, a wolf, and dreams of Colonial...

Imagine you could have a special superpower. What would you choose?Ten-year-old Tess Fullerton doesn't believe in magic, or in the rumours that her Crooked Lane neighbour, Miss Critchley, is a witch. So, when Miss Critchley offers her a special power as a reward for...

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JACY had tried and failed to find clues about his imprisoned father's innocence and whereabouts. Jacy's alleged supernatural power is supposed to help him with his search - but it doesn't even sound like a real power, let alone like a cool one....

Halloween Nightmare at the Music Hall What the Ventriloquist's Puppet saw...caused quite a stir that evening at the Royal Court Theatre in Toronto- the news sensation swirled around the city as if an October cyclone hit town that year.From among the eager readers stood...

A funny mystery adventure book for children aged 7-10 Hilarious and fun to read Short, easy-to-follow chapter book Perfect for reluctant readers Great for kids who love silly humour Encourages independent reading Suitable for age 7+ When a strange (and very smelly) mystery unfolds,...