Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Daisy is staying in a countryside farmhouse, which just so happens to be home to some cuddly creatures! But when Pearl the rabbit goes missing, Daisy has to put on her detective's hat to find her. Can our brave heroine and her animal friends...

Lainey Kate knows what she wants. After just graduating high school with a 4.0 GPA, she doesn't feel like playing around with her feelings anymore, especially now that she's an adult. After losing her high school boyfriend-Wade Conley-to a tragic drowning, she's determined to...

Dive into the world of the hit Netflix series The Creature Cases with this introductory handbook featuring 24 stickers and over a dozen animal facts!Welcome, new cadets! Our first order of business is getting you introduced to the main team at the Covert League...

Ten-year-old Jenna MacKenzie is having an ordinary summer - reading books and cooking up treats with her friend Anna-until the school burns down and a mysterious stranger moves in next door. Jenna is convinced that Mr. Stoker (just like Dracula!) is up to no...

Book 2 in the Sean Gray Junior Special Agent Mystery Series Twelve-year-old Junior Special Agent Sean Gray is in a race against time. Could there be a connection between his testimony in the trial of an international child kidnapping ring and his mysterious accident?...

The power of the Dark Ones is growing once more. Watching from their rooftop perches, the gargoyles and dragons have all the gossip they could ever want. Deadly night eels slither through the city streets. The thief taker is on the prowl. And Jebediah...

The Osler family has just moved into the old Clifton House. Dropping in at his dads shop, Joel overhears a stranger demanding money. Suddenly, it looks like they might lose the house. If that happens, Joel wont be able to keep his dog. He...

Joel leaves his mother's home in Toronto to live with his dad and stepmother in Turtle Narrows. On the way he meets a man who shows him a map with three clues. Joel shows fiercely independent ally Paige the drawings and the two team...

New Year's 1955 is coming up fast, and eleven-year-old Vivian is determined to buy a snazzy new diary. The diary is soon put to good use, as Vivian must untangle the web of problems in her life, including a stolen keepsake of her grandfathers...

When twins Mike and Michelle ask their cousin Andy to join them for the summer at their grandparent's farm, they have no idea how the summer will enfold. They had visions of a carefree time filled with all kinds of country living experiences but...

When Taybe, Nik and Amrin head to their grandparent's house on summer vacation, they fully expect to find days filled with games, contests, exploration and lots of Granny Lin's delicious treats. What they don't expect to find is a very old house, some mysterious...

Fourteen-year-old Joanna Clark, walking home from her London, England, school with her twin brother Samuel, is startled to find the family Volvo screeching to a halt beside them. The twins' mother, breathless with anger and worry, tells them that Dr. Cameron Stafford has just...

"It's a mystery to me," is a common refrain heard in the six stories included in this bilingual collection for young readers as children and their families are faced with odd mysteries in their daily lives. Abuela can't understand why there are odd indentations...

Why does Dinopotamus always get the Warm Spot on the Floor?When it's naptime, Dinopotamus always get the warm spot. He decides to let the children have his favorite place on the floor. But when the children lie down there, it's no longer warm. And...

This study examines the contents, themes, and publishing histories of juvenile literature. Subjects range from Louisa May Alcott to Nancy Drew's home town, including Tom Swift (and his girlfriend), Dave Fearless, the Bobbsey Twins, Howard R. Garis, the Louisa May Alcott/Oliver Optic feud, Leo...

THE INDUSTRY pulls no punches - a tautly written thriller that bristles with danger, mystery, tension and suspense by one of the most exciting new voices in young adult literature. Ages 14+ Kirra Hayward is an ordinary sixteen year old - smarter than most,...

Trainee angel Phoebe Speedwell is determined to ace her first top-secret mission. But searching for a demon in a class full of annoying (and smelly) humans proves more challenging than she expected. When people start disappearing and she's no closer to succeeding, Phoebe faces...

When the coral loses its colour and the sea creatures start fleeing, it's up to Detective Dimple, a clever decorator crab, and her trusty sidekick Yeehaw Seahorse to crack the case.Armed with her magnifying glass, a disguise, and boundless determination, Dimple dives into an...

Undercover Coco is back with a seriously stinky adventure.Join Coco and her crime-solving crew in a hilarious tale of friendship, fun - and piles of poo!Someone stole a shoe... and left a steaming surprise behind! The mystery gets much smellier with a clue like...

Talented young authors created this selection of stories to the theme A treasure in my backyard. Some are funny, others highly dramatic; most involve family, friends and pets; but all of them have an adventurous tale to tell. In this special first edition of...

Teresa and Matt Jones are excited about hiking the Appalachian Trail with their family. When Rusty, their golden retriever, turns up with a map, Teresa and her brother discover a series of hidden camps and find themselves in the midst of a new mystery....

Alonzo is missing due to a magic trick gone awry, and his favorite teacher, Mr. Frost, has been arrested! The mystery centers on a trunk that once belonged to the great Houdini, and now it's up to two of Alonzo's closest friends, Peanut and...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully...

Follow the crumbs to a laugh-out-loud mystery. The Great Candy Corn Conspiracy whisks young readers into the Candy Corn Festival, where the grand candy mountain vanishes-and clever Rizzo the raccoon detective teams up with Penny the bat to track tiny clues, outsmart sugar-loving goblins,...

The first Pony Club Secrets mystery adventure by bestselling author of The Princess and the Foal. Author: Stacy GreggISBN-10: 000724519XISBN-13: 9780007245192Publisher: HarperCollins Children's BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2014Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 7.97h x 5.13w x 0.61d

An Edgar(R) Award Winning SeriesMyrtle Hardcastle--twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective--is back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off in Premeditated Myrtle and How to Get...

Fans of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man and Aaron Blabey's The Bad Guys will be excited to join Agent Stitch, the world's greatest alien detective, on a mission to prove himself innocent of international crimes! Intergalactic agent Stitch and his friends have protected Earth from...

Sloths, penguins, and pandas? Oh my! Join Barbie and Barbie as they help at an animal sanctuary in this early chapter book with full-color illustrations on each page. Barbie "Malibu" and Barbie "Brooklyn" have been helping out at the Malibu Animal Sanctuary, taking care...

It's Outlaw Days in Sassafras Springs, and everyone in town has "treasure fever." Can Raven and her friends discover a legendary treasure before it falls into the wrong hands? When a mysterious book is unearthed at a nearby archaeological dig, Raven Gallows and her...

Author: DD SternerISBN-10: 1944644717ISBN-13: 9781944644710Publisher: Crimson Dragon PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2025Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Wallace Ronald Roy,Kayla WhaleyISBN-13: 9798217030880Publisher: Random House Books for Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2026Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbs

Author: Glenton RichardsISBN-10: 1970311010ISBN-13: 9781970311013Publisher: Phoenix Quill PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/17/2026Pages: 358Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Author: Elyse FritschelISBN-10: 1960373641ISBN-13: 9781960373649Publisher: Dragonfeather BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2025Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d

Author: Palma NardozzaISBN-13: 9798999853806Publisher: Sylvan SeekersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2025Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.28d

Author: Jessica TownsendISBN-10: 0316348546ISBN-13: 9780316348546Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2026Pages: 592Format: PaperbackSize: 7.63h x 5.25w x 1.48d

A whimsical, adventure-filled mystery about a young orphan at the edge of society who finds herself at the center of a city's secrets. For fans of The Swifts and A Series of Unfortunate Events. "I was hooked from the beginning ... Move over Lemony...

What if you could travel back to the moment America was born?When Rose is catapulted from modern-day Williamsburg to 1774, she's plunged into a city alive with rebellion, danger, and secrets. With Pearl risking everything in the past and Nathaniel decoding clues in the...

Henrietta's restaurant is having trouble luring back customers after Covid, but Becky Murphy has a big idea! Why not put actors in the front window pretending to have a great time! Unfortunately, one of the restaurant's new 'regulars', a tall, gaunt scientist and sculptor...

Join Gidgett the Pretty Kitty Detective and her friends as they search for clues to solve this Halloween mystery, while learning valuable life lessons! Gidgett puts her detective skills to the test by helping her friends, solving cases and in the end saving the...

An eerie old mansion, a stolen jewelry box, and a girl who vanishes into thin air. A page-turning ghost story perfect for middle graders.Sara Sims has always been drawn to the supernatural. She's not spooked by the ghost stories and sightings that haunt her...

Just another quiet day in Mammoth Falls. Or is it? Have flying saucers really been sighted? How about those rumblings in the ground during the wee hours of the morning... and a midget submarine hidden in a secret cavern?With evidence like this, our seven...

The Boxcar Children are going to summer camp and are looking forward to a week of new friends, exciting activities, and, most of all, the annual camp Olympics. As soon as camp begins, everything begins to go wrong for the Aldens--they lose their luggage,...

A high-profile art theft grabs the attention of the famed Mr. and Mrs. LaRue, but this time they have a sidekick...Elodie herself! Can Elodie measure up in the high-profile world of art crime, or will she struggle to see the big picture?Biltmore residents Mr....

Georgie and GiGi, the pint-size heroes from the award-winning podcast The Social Contract, are back for spooktacular fun! When a Code Purple is called, the second-grade BFFs are magically transported to New Orleans to help solve The Mardi Gras Mystery.Author: George S. CoreyISBN-10: 1956852093ISBN-13:...

A charming chapter-book series about a young Orthodox Jewish girl out to discover the truth about all the magical mysteries in her world, perfect for fans of Marya Khan and Zoey and Sassafras Miriam is the youngest, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know...

Wind in the Willows meets Enola Holmes in this exciting, young middle grade mystery series from Newbery Honor-winning author Margi Preus and with art from Junyi Wu Mystery: Something that is difficult or impossible to understand. With a curious mind and a vast vocabulary...

A delightfully harmonious mother-son collaboration from bestselling author Meg Wolitzer and audio-producer Charlie Panek about a sound-inspired scavenger hunt. Felix used to love summer vacations, when his family would trade the bustling noise of New York City for the small-town quiet of Blissfield, Massachusetts....