Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Author: Charles MaloneISBN-10: 1588204413ISBN-13: 9781588204417Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2000Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d

When Alexander returns home to the family farm, he is surprised to find a note from his mother, Flash. In it, she says she must be away for the night, fixing a pump in one of the family's far-flung orchards. She asks Alexander to...

Ruby Fink and The Dark Ferrets are back again, pulling pranks as scholarship students at Desert Academy. After trying to dig up their red cooler underneath the Desert Academy baseball field for the Beginning of the Year Ceremony, they discover their cooler has been...

Victorian London will never be the same after rambunctious New York twins, Panda and Poppy Wilcox, arrive to spend a fun-filled summer with their Uncle Whimsey. Unbeknownst to the twins seeing the sights will have to wait, as secrets are revealed, a mystery unfolds,...

Ms. Comstock has a secret. She has kept this secret safe for over 70 years, but now it's out. Emily bought an old jewelry box at Ms. Comstock's yard sale. She found, in a hidden compartment, what she originally thinks is a severed finger....

When D. J. Everage's friend is beat up by bullies at school, the elementary-age kids rally together to identify disguised perpetrators, even though they have very few clues. As head of the young detectives, D. J. (sleuth-in-training) uses invaluable toys and great ideas to...

It has been two years since amateur sleuths Lucie and Avalon tackled three crimes that shocked everyone in their town of Wesley. Now that summer is coming to a close, the girls decide to head by train to the North Shore of Lake Superior...

A city girl at heart, Natasha is taken from her home town of Chicago to a small town against her will. She moves with her father, mother and little brother to the Village of Normal. If that's not bad enough, Natasha is thrust into...

Ruby Fink, one of five scholarship students accepted to Desert Academy, a private high school, quickly realizes there is more to the school than meets the eye. On her first day, the water in the Olympic-sized swimming pool is dyed red, among other suspicious...

When Jacob Wheeler arrives on a relative's goat farm in southern Alberta, he bemoans the thought of spending his summer vacation stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do except avoid Granny's temper and his cousin Millie's sarcasm. But when Granny accuses...

When Jacob Wheeler arrives on a relative's goat farm in southern Alberta, he bemoans the thought of spending his summer vacation stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do except avoid Granny's temper and his cousin Millie's sarcasm. But when Granny accuses...

It's the day before the most terrifying event of Ben Seebold's life. And from the moment he first wakes up, it's clear that this day will be anything but ordinary. Looking down from his bedroom window, he spots a strange man staring up at...

Shasha is a world famous detective though the world doesn't know it -yet. Her nervous brother Wally notices things that other people don't, and Shasha wants to use his unusual brain to solve the mystery of a missing girl.Their search will put them in...

Come meet Matilda and Molly who are often referred to as the "Double Trouble Sisters" by their dad. Each day they use their imaginations to explore with the help of Jayden, a next-door neighbor and also Matilda's best friend. Book 1 is a fun...

Moving to a new town was difficult enough, but that was only the beginning of what life had in store for Kelly Watson. Soon, a strange connection to her old family home led her down a path riddled with family secrets and mystery. Now,...

Their first adventure was a stinky one; it involved rotten eggs. Mitchell, Donald and Clare now find themselves in Singapore at the start of Chinese New Year, where a second adventure unfolds. As if laid on for them, they land in the middle of...

Join Ms. Avocado and her friend, Alex, as they hunt for their missing cat, Fred. In this cozy mystery for children, Alex and Ms. Avocado learn about the joy of friendship, the pleasure of mysteries, and the happiness of finding the right answers. Recommended...

Phyllis Trotter started her morning looking forward to a good morning and brunch with her friends when she realizes she is missing some ingredients needed for the get together. She has time to run to the store and back and still get everything ready...

Millie is twelve years old, and a schoolgirl detective. In this story, her younger brother Dave realises his new mobile phone is missing. Someone accuses his best mate Joe of stealing it, but Millie and Dave don't believe that. If the mystery is not...

Meet Squishy Taylor: sneaky, cheeky ninja-detective! Squishy's favorite movie star is filming on their street, right next door! But could Carmeline Clancy really be as naughty as the media says? Only Squishy, Vee, and Jessie can solve this mystery . . .Author: Ailsa WildISBN-10:...

Mystery for Ages 10 and Up A YOUNG MAN IS GONE is the first novel in the Double-Twins Mystery Series, featuring two sets of boy-girl twins: Mark and Mandy Cousineau from Ohio, and Alex and Aggie Burke from North Dakota. High school junior Bobby...

The Golden Boys on the River Drive (1923) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underrated-and relatively unknown-Golden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers from Maine with curious minds...

Tor Maddox's adventures continue in this third book in the series. Grab a flotation device and welcome aboard for more shenanigans, villainy, and romance.Eight leotards and a ball gown-that's what Tor Maddox packed for her summer ballet intensive in New York. Pity she never...

BEANS (QUINN) FAGIOLI considers herself a modern Nancy Drew with a twist. She's a feisty red-headed teenager with a thirst for crime-stopping. After six years of traipsing from Seattle to Galveston to Steubenville, Beans and her mom have settled in unsuspecting Mill Creek, New...

Introducing Tor Maddox, a heroine for our times"I know that one day, I'm going to have to live in the real world. I'd like it to be a decent one." - TorBook ITor Maddox: UNLEASHEDWhen sixteen-year old Torrance Olivia Maddox, self-confessed news junkie, figures...

The three great explorers, Matilda, Molly and Jayden, try to solve another mystery. This time, while at a birthday party, a present disappears. You might say, it just walks away. Come join their team and friends to celebrate Molly's fifth birthday. Help them search...

After hearing strange noises in their neighborhood, a group of friends try to find out what is going on. Their initial efforts were unsuccessful. They decided to seek help. Please read what happens.Author: Mary BoneyISBN-10: 1508441928ISBN-13: 9781508441922Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2015Pages: 46Format:...

Fourteen year old Jessica Moore thought she would be bored to death when forced to spend her summer vacation on an abandoned farm in Vermont instead of with her friends at the beach or in Boston, where she lived. Instead she found mystery, danger...

This is the second book in the Max and Joey fantasy mystery series. It is geared for children ages seven to eleven. Eleven-year-old Joey and his invisible talking dog Max are aboard a Canine Cruise Ship. When passenger Eula Belle Quattlebaum has her ruby...

The little town Perivale is terrified with an event which they never experienced before. The grave digger was attacked by somebody with a laser gun. Bianca, along with Kipper and Mr Putt, is out on a mind-boggling mystery about the laser attack following the...

A wounded man, an F.B.I badge, the Graham Quartet answers a call for help! In the midst of the cold, snowy woods, the Graham Quartet stumble across a mystery. It could mean danger, but that doesn't stop Elsa, Matt, Tim and Selena as they...

The Fabulous Four Mystery Series: "The Mystery on Lighthouse Island" is the first book in this new series. This adventure series set in 1960s Britain will delight children of all ages. It is written in British English - not American English - so please...

Mischievous 9-year-old twins Panda and Poppy Wilcox are leaving New York City to stay with their titled Great Aunts in 1882 Tunbridge Wells England. During the twin's journey from London, they encounter a disagreeable fellow by the name of Cheese Wedge. Little do the...

Murder Mystery novel set in 1930s England. Intermediate readersAuthor: Stephen BarkerISBN-10: 1500728012ISBN-13: 9781500728014Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2014Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d

Everyone's favorite redheaded kid detective is back with an all new mystery! Its back to school season in Buckleville, Vermont and Shirley Jane Holmes is ready to get better grades than the most popular girl in Buckleville middle school, Melanie Leblanc. But on the...

"I'm Mia.I know how to write.Why's that a big deal?Because... I'm a cat."Someone is telling the tabloids about Ms. Thornblood's every move. Is it the housekeeper? the cook? the maid? the handyman? The detective hired to solve the case isn't sure. Things are looking...

The Snowberry Files - Case 1. Classic children's mystery book for ages 9-12. If your children love mysteries, open up The Snowberry Files and send them on a roller coaster ride of gripping, fast-paced adventure. Case 1 - The Hunt for the Mahogany Ship...

Fred and Granny are back. This time they are trying to prevent the ruthless Sir Creasy Piles and the hen-pecked brothers, Hamlet and Romeo Macbeth, from getting their greedy hands on a newly discovered masterpiece by the great William Shakespeare. In this very funny...

LAS Mysteries - Book 2 Leira and her new best friends Addy and Skye are thrilled when Leira's Mom, Mrs. MacGregor invites them to Arizona to visit her sister for winter school break. Skye has never flown on an airplane and Addy has never...

Kole Black reignites with the continuation to his bestselling book series. This next installment finds Rayqelle face to face with the horrifying truth, as she is forced to confront her worst fears in the midst of complete mayhem and all out drama. TEEN EDITION...

Kole Black returns with the much anticipated sequel to his best selling novel, The Chance She Took. Straight from the streets of Miami's Liberty City. Angell Epps is the daughter of a strict Pentecostal preacher who grows up seeing the world through the rose...

The Chance She Took- ...the story of Miss Rayqelle Davis, the step daughter of a Chicago police officer, who grows up in a seriously dysfunctional home and turns to the streets as a means of escape. After some truly bad experiences with thug love,...

Fifth grader Daniel Kwirk is known around Duckworth Elementary School as "Kwirky" (which sounds like "quirky") because he thinks and acts differently than most kids his age. His Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, causes him sometimes to be a bit clumsy, not pay...

Millie is twelve years old, and she is a schoolgirl detective. Dave is her younger brother, and in this story he has been bullied out of his new, expensive trainers. It's up to Millie to find out what's happened, maybe together with his best...

Even though she's not quite a teenager, Gabriella Gigliotti is a computer wizard; she's so good with technology that her friends call her "Gig," and she helps her father in his electronics repair shop. Her family lives in a rough neighborhood, though, and sometimes...

Gregory Cornelius Jones, Jr., known as Junebug to his family, just moved to Johnsonville, Mississippi, from Chicago. Among his new friends is Miss Marguerite Gautier, who makes Junebug the best treats - teacakes, beignets, custards - in exchange his assistance in her gumbo garden....

This new adventure fi nds friends John, Mike, Conroe, and Frank trying to figure out what happened to a boy ghost named Sam.Campouts at John's family farm brings loads of excitement with raccoons and even coming face-to-face with a chupacabra.John experiences many of "dreams"...

Teddi is determined to protect the elderly neighbor who took her in after she lost her parents in this fast-paced mystery from Edgar Award--winning author Willo Davis Roberts. Teddi has recently been orphaned and she now lives with her kindly, older next door neighbor,...

"An excellent addition to middle grade collections." --School Library Journal (starred review) After being shipped off to stay with her aunt and uncle in Nowheresville, Pennsylvania, city girl Effie Starr Zook stumbles upon a mystery that leads her to an old family feud in...

Harry does some deep sea detective work while investigating the fishy disappearance of his worst enemy in this eighth Shark School (mis)adventure. Harry Hammer's all-time favorite TV show is Mike Hammerhead, Shark Detective. The fin-tastic detective never fails to solve under-the-sea 'who-dunnits' and now...