Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Max's mom has been kidnapped When he sets out to find her, he learns this is no normal abduction. Demons have taken his mother. Will Max be able to rescue her from these evil beasts? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state...

Hidden cameras, secret operations, and new math concepts await in the Math Kids' ninth adventure! Justin has been accused of stealing from the comic book shop! To earn back the trust of his parents and the store manager, he'll have to work at the...

After twelve-year-old JJ Bennett lands at the airport in Berlin, he's sure something is wrong. His secret organization of kid spies, the K-CIA, hasn't had to deal with any problems in a while. When his fellow agent and best friend Maggie convinces him they...

Wimpy Kid and Dork Diary fans, meet Aldo Zelnick Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick has decided it's fun to be artistic, and when his grandma Goosy gives him a second sketchbook, Aldo fills it with more comic drawings, fun words, and accounts of his extraordinary adventures...

Annabelle Dot Dotty's Adventure" is a beautifully watercolour-illustrated children's picture book that combines action, adventure, and counting fun-Annabelle Dot teams up with Detective Redback for a search when she loses her nine shiny dots. The book's interactive nature combines fantasy and quirky characters, transforming...

Uncover Thrilling Mysteries with the Ava & Carol Detective Agency Book Bundle 2!Embark on a riveting journey alongside Ava and Carol, the dynamic twelve-year-old duo, as they tackle three captivating mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat. From dognappings to...

Move over Santa! This year, Ava and Carol are figuring out who's naughty or nice.There's a time of year that's full of cheer-but this December, not everything is quite so merry for Ava and Carol Detective Agency. For their holiday house-sitting gig has gone...

After bringing home a lucky cat statue, Moto discovers that it is haunted. The only way he can shake the cat's spirit is by teaming up with his friend to find the statue's original owner. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Betty Bartholomew and the Vanishing Begonias is the first book in the engaging Words of Whimsy children's book series. With a page-turner story, beautiful illustrations, and a scattering of whimsical, unusual words, it is sure to be a favorite for children and adults. Vanishing...

Batter up! Get ready to watch the kids' baseball team from Cooperstown compete in this Super Special edition of the Ballpark Mysteries--fun, accessible early chapter books that cross baseball action with puzzling whodunits! Catch a baseball mystery with the World Series Kids! The kids...

On the eve of Ghost Month, Moto Maki discovers a box of lost things, but is disappointed by the old, broken umbrella inside it until the haunted umbrella starts to follow him. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is...

Detective Jeffery Bones and Grandpa visit Grandpa's friend Sally--the best apple pie baker around. Today, she's practicing for the pie contest held at the county fair. But when it's finally time to eat the pies, they are nowhere to be found--not in the oven,...

Now in paperback! Young spy-in-training Beatrice Bly finds herself in a sticky mess when her latest case pulls her attention away from planning for the science fair. After using her keen observation skills to locate the missing class hamster, Beatrice Bly is eager for...

CURSES...BLESSINGS... TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. A new string of mysteries begins with Naoya's classmate Nanba discovering a chain letter in his schoolbag. Unusually excited by the occult opportunity, Professor Takatsuki gleefully invites the burden of the chain letter onto himself! Meanwhile, an...

In this interactive Choose Your Path adventure, the reader becomes classic literature's most famous detective and must make choices in order to survive Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, Ryan Jacobson, Deb MercierISBN-10: 1940647673ISBN-13: 9781940647678Publisher: Lake 7 CreativeLanguage:...

Twelve-year-olds Ava and Carol are back with three captivating mysteries that will keep readers of all ages on the edge of their seats.In "The Curse of the Red Devil," join the trio as they venture into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil,...

Bodies are coming and going from the Bessledorf Hotel -- dead and alive! Who wants to stay in a hotel full of zombies? Not too many -- and that's a big problem for Mr. Magruder, who's trying hard to manage his hotel! Bernie's determined...

A famous Van Gogh painting has been stolen from the National Gallery of Art. Or was it? Why risk such a brazen robbery in broad daylight? Was the theft a ruse for something more nefarious?Join super sleuths Ava and Carol as they unravel a...

A boy and his ghostly twin sister work together to pass messages from the beyond in this "funny, mystical, and endearing" (Kirkus Reviews) debut that James Patterson called "a fun ride and a great concept." There are a few things you should know about...

Big Crow and Little Pumpkin are fun characters who star in a series of improvised tales written and illustrated by Australian illustrator Leigh Ashley Ryan. This non-sequential story was entirely made up one night at bedtime as a way to delight and surprise the...

Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky second novel in the Fearless middle grade series from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who time travel back to 1950s Broadway.Twelve-year-old Relly can't wait for his...

The School of Necessary Magic is back in session. Alison, the young Drow princess has returned to Charlottesville for her second semester, along with the other elves, witches, and wizards and more.And her powers are growing.But dark forces have planted a bad seed in...

After twelve-year-old JJ Bennett lands at the airport in Berlin, he's sure something is wrong. His secret organization of kid spies, the K-CIA, hasn't had to deal with any problems in a while. When his fellow agent and best friend Maggie convinces him they...

Batter up! Baseball action and exciting whodunits star in this chapter book series! Next up is Colorado! Mike and Kate arrive in Colorado to a ballpark covered in snow! Luckily, the stadium has a heater that can melt the fluffy flakes in time for...

Curious Ellie buys a snake egg from Ms. Fleek. Or at least she thought it was a snake egg. But the creature that hatches from it has hands, feet, and wings Ellie isn't sure what Ms. Fleek sold her. But she knows she isn't...

Named one of "13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid" by BuzzFeed and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and ready to find out what happened when two royal princes disappear With Sherlock...

More women have gone missing. As Max continues to search for his mom, he learns more about the demons that took her. Can Max use this knowledge to his advantage to slay the ghouls and bring his mother home? Aligned to Common Core standards...

Named one of "13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid" by Buzzfeed and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and scurrying off to Paris to discover who's threatening the organizers of the Great...

When animals and people begin to disappear in one of GOTHAM CITY'S parks, BATMAN suspects that the deadly POISON IVY and her creepy plants are at work again. But the green villainess is locked behind bars. BATMAN goes to investigate, and just in the...

There are no streetlights on Farragut Alley, so keeping Gabe in our sights was a little difficult. We followed him down toward the dead end, and then suddenly a door opened to our right, in one of the nondescript retail buildings. I wasn't aware...

Move over Scooby-Doo - there's a new dog detective in town! HALLOWEEN HYSTERIA. CHRISTMAS RESCUE. EASTER SECRETS. SERIOUS SLOBBER. Celebrate your favourite holidays with this collection of exciting short mysteries featuring Honey the Great Dane sleuth and her canine friends. In NIGHT OF FLYING...

An ordinary murder leads to a perfectly magical mystery. A paranormal cozy mystery from #1 Best Selling Author Susan HarperMonica Montoya is the new owner of the Back Room Bookstore, an ordinary bookstore with a back door to the supernatural realm. When a man...

A fun, fast-paced story about a girl determined to cut the cord with her helicopter parents. Twelve-year-old coder Averil can't do anything without her parents knowing. That's because her mom uses the Ruby Slippers surveillance app to check where she is, who she texts,...

Dennis and Gnasher are back for a spooky adventure this Halloween. When the bogeyman of Bunkerton Castle returns and Lord Snooty flees town, Dennis, Gnasher and friends are dared to spend the night within the fortress's spooky halls.Will they last until morning? Or will...

What if the women in your family could do extra-ordinary things, but after an unfortunate incident, your mom wants you to pretend to be ordinary? Amber Gable stays true to herself and uses her extra-ordinary gifts to find their new not-so-ordinary house. There's a...

Wimpy Kid and Dork Diary fans, meet Aldo Zelnick Ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick has decided it's fun to be artistic, and when his grandma Goosy gives him a second sketchbook, Aldo fills it with more comic drawings, fun words, and accounts of his extraordinary adventures...

Middle school retrieval specialist Jeremy Wilderson must team up with preteen private detective Becca Mills once again to solve his most mind-boggling case yet in this action-packed MAX novel. Ahh, summer vacation! Jeremy Wilderson, Scottsville Middle School's first (and only) retrieval specialist, is enjoying...

Malcolm's class trip to the zoo goes bananas when animals break out of their cages. He's convinced the place is haunted, but is banned from the park when he climbs a cage to get his ghost zapper back from a monkey. Can the boys...

From New York Times bestseller Spencer Quinn comes book 3 in the laugh-out-loud series about the most epic rivalry of our time... Arthur the dog vs. Queenie the cat.Arthur doesn't always remember where he buried his bone, or what he was doing before he...

Eric and Chris are avid geocachers who stumble into a very strange search. At first they are merely curious, but as the stakes rise and the challenges become more trying, the boys get truly hooked. Convinced they are indeed on the trail of treasure,...

When Binny finds the money someone left behind at an ATM--and then loses it--she must play detective in this delightful romp from Hilary McKay. Binny Cornwallis is not a thief. Or is she? In one greedy moment, she snatches some bills left behind at...

Join over 20,000 children, teens and adults who've read the Ava & Carol Detective Agency series.Ava and Carol, teen detectives, can find a mystery just about anywhere, so why should Cairo, Egypt be any different?While Ava's mom, a world-renowned journalist is investigating the historical...

Help Nancy and her friends track down the crafty clown who stole George's junior ringmaster whistle in the fourth book in an all-new, interactive Nancy Drew chapter book mystery series. Includes space for readers to jot down their own ideas and solutions to the...

It's no secret that Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki is a die-hard mystery fanatic, and with the help of human lie detector Naoya Fukamachi, he's determined to solve every case that hits his desk. First, a group of elementary schoolchildren claims to have contacted the...

Zoey Isabella Sweezy has been participating in this "teeth for coinage" thing with the Tooth Fairy for as long as she's had teeth that don't stay in her mouth. But now, at ten, which is quite the questioning age, she wants to know why....

ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND JOE HARDY MISSION: To smoke out the mastermind behind and learn the structure of an illegal international CD-burning operation that employs teenagers. LOCATION: Local and global. Start close to home. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Misicians. Record companies. Unsuspecting customers who...

Zoey Isabella Sweezy has been participating in this "teeth for coinage" thing with the Tooth Fairy for as long as she's had teeth that don't stay in her mouth. But now, at ten, which is quite the questioning age, she wants to know why....

Join over 20,000 children, teens and adults who've read the Ava & Carol Detective Agency series.Ava and Carol, teen detectives, can find a mystery just about anywhere, so why should Cairo, Egypt be any different?While Ava's mom, a world-renowned journalist is investigating the historical...

A coin.A friendship.A fast car.And a girl with a secret.Author Sneed B. Collard III puts them together to create the heart-pounding sequel to Double Eagle. Two summers after Mike and Kyle uncovered a pair of priceless $20 gold pieces in a Civil War fort...

Twelve-year-old Arthur Templar knows he is different.But he does not know he is a Timethreader.He is not alone, even though he often thinks he is.Arthur's two best friends also have unique psychic powers.Erin is a healer with heightened psychic empathy.Torin can remotely view hidden...