Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

People all over Flinkwater are losing their memories--and it's up to Ginger to figure out what's going on--in this sequel to the "quirky, dryly funny" (Booklist) The Flinkwater Factor from National Book Award-winning author Pete Hautman. Absentmindedness in Flinkwater, a town overflowing with eccentric...

A young girl and her neighbor are kidnapped during a burglary gone awry in this hair-raising and fast-paced thriller from three-time Edgar Award-winning author Willo Davis Roberts. Sixth-grader Kaci Drummond longs for excitement and to be noticed just as her sister Jodie is for...

This bestselling classic novel about bullying gone awry from three time Edgar Award-winning author Willo Davis Roberts is a "fast-paced mystery [that] unfolds with suspense and excitement" (School Library Journal). I didn't like Willie Groves, but I didn't hate him enough to want someone...

sassy sporty Jo flirty fun bold brave Caylin worldly wild clever classy Theresa sensitive smart Three young women with nothing in common -- until they were handpicked to form the intensely cool trio known as the Spy Girls. Now they're jet-setting all over the...

It's senior year, and someone's declared open season on bullies. From advanced classes to college entrance essays to baking cakes, Brenna Rutherford's got a lot on her plate with the start of her senior year. The last thing she needs to worry about is...

The idea of an entire family disappearing off the face of the earth both scared and fascinated thirteen-year-old Curt Richardson. From the first time he learned about the mystery of "Oblivion," he wanted desperately to solve it. He learned all he could about the...

Ten-year-old AJ is going to summer camp for the first time, and it is her first overnight trip by herself. She can't wait to learn how to ride a horse, paddle a canoe and make gifts for her parents. While she is packing, her...

Have you ever heard a mermaid sing? 12-year old Frankie Jackson has ... and now she's in a mess of trouble. "Set in the fascinating world of Sausalito's houseboat community, I Didn't Steal Your Mermaid features the inimitable adventures of Frankie Jackson, surely the...

The Lawrence twins, Steve and Tony, found this summer at Pirate's Point quite different from the usual even dullness. First they had new neighbors -- Professor Hillyard and his daughter, Pat. Then motorboats sped into the Cove mysteriously at night, without running lights. And...

In Ghost of Adventureland, a ghost has been haunting Adventureland and scarring away all of its customers. Reese, Braden, and the rest of the gang are called upon to solve the mystery and capture the ghost. While on their adventure they learn about basic...

Something's Missing A missing father ... A missing team ... A missing friend ... What more could happen? Oh, no, something else is missing! Three young hockey players struggle with something missing in their lives as they and their teammates play in the annual...

Author: Donna Wren CarsonISBN-10: 1477155082ISBN-13: 9781477155080Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2012Pages: 114Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Suddenly, Aurora Lewis's dreams of performing in Carnegie Hall are shattered.It is 1911, and fifteen-year-old Aurora arrives for her violin lesson on a blustery winter morning in New York City. But she discovers her professor is missing and his music studio window is open....

The only thing I was worried about was my mail. My fear was caused by a letter that I received on a very hot day in August upon arriving home from Chicago. It was addressed to me, Miss Penelope Barrows, but when I opened...

As Jamie lay alone in bed, not knowing that his mother had just been killed while driving drunk, he's filled with disturbing thoughts. The last words his mother had said to him before going out were, "I've given you the last six years of...

When his dad takes Quinn to visit his Aunt Kim and cousin Summer McPhee at Ocracoke Village on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, little does Quinn realize the adventure awaiting them. Once there, Quinn discovers that his Aunt Kim is unable to pay...

After Tori Logan and her sister, Mackenzie, witness a suspicious fire across the street from their house, their neighborhood is transformed into a crime scene. Worried about their daughters' safety, their parents ship the girls off to their grandparents' cottage in a charming village...

The evil Cyril Snotter wants to destroy your Garden Centre. Your only offer of help comes from some talking animals - a mouse, and elephant and a giraffe - and thousands of greedy minibeasts. So what do you do? Well, if your name is...

When a shipwreck is discovered on a lonely north coast beach, Mitch Mango and his friends Lockie, Abby and Alexa get into more than they bargained for: a desperate chase, a 200 year old message and a mysterious riddle which begins a quest to...

The French Quarter Festival in New Orleans is just around the corner, and instruments of famous local musicians are disappearing! A detective has her nephew, with his pet pig, help gather clues. This odd pair visits many Quarter landmarks as they search for the...

A beautiful island, two curious sisters on summer vacation and a lot of missing bicycles add up to fast paced fun in The Missing Bicycle Mystery: An Adventure on Hilton Head Island. Lori and Vicki Spencer have a talent for getting themselves into interesting...

Mrs. Cherry, who is the owner of the Animal Shelf, is missing her prized possession - the Egyptian Mau. No only is the cat precious, but he is an inventor of the highest caliber, and the star member of Cats7o, a mysterious company. Follow...

An old radio from the 1940s brings the kids into contact with the past. Instead of receiving regular broadcasts, the radio picks up the voice of Jennifer's grandfather who died during WWII. A psychic and a psychologist get entangled in the action as Luke,...

Time doesn't always move forward. Sometimes it folds. And sometimes, people get stuck. On the morning of June 21, 1923, in a small city in upstate New York, high school senior Pearl Coveety walks across the street from her house to a city park...

Hunter and Blake are friends who have set a trap to catch alien creatures who have invaded Hunter's backyard. After hearing noises and seeing lights, the boys have concocted a plan to catch them. With their plan in place the excitement begins. In the...

In the peaceful village of Meadowlark, a cloaked figure steals a small box that holds a special secret. Pierre Perro, the impeccably dressed poodle and world famous detective, and his partner Captain Blend, a trench coated chameleon are asked to find the box before...

Sara spends months collecting. box tops from her favorite cereal so she can order the surprise prize. She has lots of ideas of what it could be but soon finds out the prize really is a surprise!Author: Anita YasudaISBN-10: 1434259692ISBN-13: 9781434259691Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage:...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

This is a children''s mystery story about a theft, in which jewelry, including an heirloom ring, has been stolen. Natalie and her intelligent companion, Lump, a German standard schnauzer recover the missing jewely and the heirloom ring using clues they find along the way....

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "Come on, let's make a snow man!" cried Bert Bobbsey, as he ran about in the white drifts of...

The Bobbsey Twins At Snow Lodge is a children's book written by Laura Lee Hope. The book follows the adventures of the Bobbsey family, consisting of two sets of twins, as they spend their winter vacation at a snow lodge. The twins, Nan and...

Two girls with very different superpowers join together to save the world from a tiny tyrant in this sequel to The Secret Spiral. Flor Bernoulli, a fashion maven from Brooklyn, New York, and Lucy Moon, a horse-rustling farm girl from Georgia, are both in...

Author: Bonna Mae ChapmanISBN-10: 1414076819ISBN-13: 9781414076812Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2004Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Author: Bonna Mae ChapmanISBN-10: 1414048017ISBN-13: 9781414048017Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/24/2003Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

Author: John W. WermescherISBN-10: 1403307873ISBN-13: 9781403307873Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2002Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.32d

Author: Cami KershekISBN-10: 1779417004ISBN-13: 9781779417008Publisher: Tellwell TalentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2026Pages: 38Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.25d

Author: Cami KershekISBN-10: 1779416997ISBN-13: 9781779416995Publisher: Tellwell TalentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2026Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.10d

Author: Thomas LockhavenISBN-10: 163911209XISBN-13: 9781639112098Publisher: Twisted Key Publishing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2026Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31dLarge Print

Locked classrooms.Countdown messages.Unscheduled assemblies.A stairwell everyone forgot.And a stranger who walks the halls like he's always belonged.When United Middle School's rhythm begins to shift, the Young Investigators know something is off. Jake leads. Emily questions procedure. Max follows the data. Amy trusts her instincts....

In the fourteenth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley journeys to China to save the Hale family! When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben...

Archie Dare is not a troublemaker, no matter what the filing folder in the principal's office says. But it's hard to shake a peculiar reputation when living with an eccentric, bookworm grandfather whose favorite obsession is Jean Lafitte, a famous New Orleans pirate.After attending...

Seth can't help but notice something creepy about the Ferris wheel. Bats swarm it every night, and a shadowy figure appears to be controlling them. It could be an eerie coincidence, or maybe the rumor is true: A vampire is haunting the Ferris wheel.Seth...

At Liberty Peak Elementary, strange things happen only after school-mysterious footsteps, glowing lockers, whispers from empty classrooms. When three friends stay after school to complete a school project, they come across a ghost who isn't the scary kind-just lonely-and stuck in the school because...

Something strange is happening in a small community in the Deep South. For many years, there has been a legend that Sasquatches are residing on a remote property a few miles away from town. A well-fortified privacy fence surrounds the private area, and outsiders...

A ripped library page. A secret tunnel under school. And a pirate ship that should not exist.In Port Townsend, Vanessa Jane and her tiny Yorkshire terrier puppy, Bruno, stumble onto a clue that leads straight into trouble-an underground path marked with strange symbols, clever...

Three mechanically created siblings set out to uncover the truth behind their inventor mother's disappearance in this whimsical mystery adventure from renowned social media storytellers Tristan Tales and Luke Pounder, perfect for fans of The Swifts and A Series of Unfortunate Events. In the...

When a priceless collection of rare stamps is stolen, Frank and Joe Hardy take on their first official case - and begin a mystery-solving partnership that will make them legendary. Their investigation leads them through dark towers, hidden passageways, and secret hideouts as they...

Get ready for a puzzle-filled Christmas! The New York Times bestselling Lemoncello series gets its first holiday special with this festive foil-covered edition, perfect for stocking stuffers. When an eleven-year-old begrudgingly moves just before Christmas, a surprise invite to Mr. Lemoncello's holiday party changes...

Emma Avery is settling into her new life at Afton Academy, even after her terrifying confrontation with the Division and Owen's betrayal of the Codebreakers. Then secret encoded messages start appearing in Emma's school things with ominous warnings about Leonora, the head of the...

A CAR THAT VANISHED.A SECRET BURIED UNDERGROUND.A BOY WHO NEVER MISSES A DETAIL.When a priceless Bugatti prototype disappears from the locked garage of the grumpiest Scotsman in Thistlewick-on-Fell, everyone is baffled.Everyone... except James Sleuthberry.James likes facts. Order. Things that make sense.And this case makes...