Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Meet Candidia Smith-Foster, Homo post hominem, the next step in Mankind's evolution. She's an eleven-year-old genius with a Black Belt, and last summer she saved all that remained of her struggling new branch of humanity. Since then she's been training under an ex-Mossad assassin....

Opal Watson, Private Eye introduces an exciting new middle grade mystery series based on the popular original Pinna podcast that feels like a modern-day version of Harriet the Spy.Opal Watson loves being a detective. When her neighbor's cat goes missing or her grandmother loses...

For fans of The Swifts and A Series of Unfortunate Events comes the story of a young orphan at the edge of society who finds herself at the center of a city's secrets Maggie Fishbone is not expecting much when she's sent to the...

When Jess and Jack opened the gates to the Zoo, it was strangely deserted. Nobody said BOO! Can Jess and Jack discover the mystery of the missing animals? This magical picture book by award-winning author Mark Carthew, brought to life by Anil Tortop's illustrations,...

Was Alice Scarlett a witch? Did she leave behind a secret message that revealed the location of a vast treasure?When Ava and Carol discover an ancient locket, the townspeople of Tempest, Maine begin to act strangely. The girls begin to investigate the story of...

Nancy, Bess, and George must find a stolen statue in this twentieth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series. Nancy is beyond excited when she receives an invitation to an elite celebration of the arts hosted by...

Camping in the north woods, fishing, boating and hiking all suddenly become commonplace experiences to the members of the Sugar Creek Gang as they learn about the rites of Chippewa burial ceremonies from a real live Indian. But that is not all that happens...

The Sugar Creek Gang continues to struggle with their new teacher, Mr. Black. They cause some of the trouble for themselves when they build a snowman that looks a lot like him and he stumbles across it. Then someone outside the gang tries to...

Way up on a hill on Old Man Paddler's property stands an old house that many people think is haunted. A late night raccoon hunt with dogs from Circus's dad helps the Gang get to the bottom of the mystery. What will the boys...

Mystery Ranch: The Aldens visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery! Mike's Mystery: A nearby house burns down while the Boxcar Children are staying with their Aunt Jane -- and their friend Mike is blamed for starting...

Follow the brilliant Bridget Vanderpuff on another action-packed adventure as she sets off for Paris in this middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Great British Baking Show and Beth Lincoln! Someone has stolen Mr. Vanderpuff's golden whisk! If Bridget and her new...

Hone critical thinking skills while learning about animals, friendship, and the importance of generosity.Join Kassy's fun-filled middle-grade adventures cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the Pet Detective Trilogy! Mysteries for kids 6-11 that the whole family will...

A missing bride leads Nancy on a chase through Las Vegas in the twenty-fifth Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series. Bess and George's cousin Veronica is getting married to extreme sports enthusiast Xavier Redd, and as a close friend of...

A detective mystery adventure for children who love pets. Hi! My name is Tempest, I'm eleven. I would love to have a pet, especially a cat. I know everything about cats. But Mum and Dad always say no. Last Sunday, my little brother Wallace...

Who were these new people who had just moved in next door?They looked like any ordinary family, at least they appeared so.One of them held the secret that almost one-third of the world would kill to possess. The other two had the job of...

Bonbon is back in the third installment of the clever and funny illustrated murder mystery series. But tensions run high when she's surrounded by crooks. Bonnie Montgomery (as her case-cracking alter ego Montgomery Bonbon) has been tasked with delivering a priceless diamond to Adderstone...

Leonie MacGregor is sick of carrots. Who wouldn't be if you grew up on a carrot farm? But Leo's dad is obsessed with them. He breeds carrots the way some people breed prized poodles. A series of events leads Leo to suspect someone is...

Trixie Belden and her best friend Honey are exploring an old gatehouse when they unearth a diamond hiding in the dirt. Has a jewel thief come to Sunnyside? No secret can stay buried long when detective Trixie Belden is on the case! Trixie Belden...

There's a new face in Sleepyside, and Trixie Belden is sure this stranger is up to no good. Too bad no one else believes her. But if anyone get can to the truth of this visitor's true motives, it's detective Trixie! Trixie Belden hasn't...

Uncover the mysteries of Bikini Bottom in an all-new middle-grade series featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends--now in paperback! SpongeBob SquarePants is on the case in this new middle-grade series. On the eve of a mayoral event happening at the Krusty Krab, Patrick Star...

Step into the captivating world of hidden objects with our thrilling puzzle book! Packed with +40 pages of brain-teasing challenges, this book promises endless hours of excitement and skill-building entertainment. Every page holds a new mystery to unravel, with hundreds of cleverly concealed objects...

An exciting story about family values and friendship, with incredible adventures in an inhospitable land during a long and difficult journey home. Every child brought there by the wind made a mistake, but everyone gets a second chance. Young Inka was upset with her...

Growing up on a space station when your mom is the commander and your dad is head of security is the best! Especially when you're determined to be a professional detective, just like your dad. Join Cinnamon Chou as she investigates these five mysteries...

Valentine's Day is a special holiday that celebrates love and friendship. It's a time to show the people we care about just how much they mean to us. And what better way to do that than through a fun and exciting adventure filled with...

The Creeper and some zombies are haunting Fred's aunt's lighthouse. Can Scooby and the gang solve the problem and light the way to success?Author: Gail HermanISBN-10: 1614794103ISBN-13: 9781614794103Publisher: Picture Book Studio LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2015Pages: 32Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.10h x 8.20w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

A whacky werewolf is terrorizing a hot air balloon race. Shaggy and Scooby take to the sky to save the day.Author: Gail HermanISBN-10: 161479412XISBN-13: 9781614794127Publisher: Picture Book Studio LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2015Pages: 32Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.10h x 8.20w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.1Point Value:...

A frightening Frankenstein monster is wrecking all of the contraptions at the Coolsville Contraption Contest. Can Mystery, Inc. find the monster and keep the contest alive?Author: Annie AuerbachISBN-10: 161479409XISBN-13: 9781614794097Publisher: Picture Book Studio LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2015Pages: 32Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.10h x 8.20w x...

The gang is at the Coolsville robot convention where the main attraction is 'Doc' Tinkerwell's battling Monsterbots. But when one of the Monsterbots wigs out and starts attacking the crowd, chaos ensues! If word gets out that his Monsterbots aren't safe, Doc will be...

When Scooby-Doo and the gang attend a rock concert, the band's lead singer vanishes in a puff of smoke and is replaced by a zombie, so the gang must capture the zombie and find the real singer. Spotlight editions are printed on high-quality paper...

To celebrate the newest exhibit the Coolsville Museum is hosting a party, but an uninvited guest shows up--the mummy from the cursed treasure wants his revenge.Author: Jesse Leon McCannISBN-10: 1599618672ISBN-13: 9781599618678Publisher: Picture Book Studio LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2011Pages: 24Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.09h x 8.43w...

Ace hits another one out of the ballpark. Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective, is back in his third crime-solving adventure--and this time he's in the big leagues. The Motham City Stinkbugs finally have a chance at winning the pennant, but somebody has stolen Bugsy Goldwing's...

When the Aldens join a soccer league, they are excited to take the field! But with deflated soccer balls, ruined goalie gloves, and their star player trapped in the locker room during a game, it looks like there's been foul play. Can they solve...

In the third installment of the Angus Books Series, Angus and the Forgotten Trails, 11-year-old Angus McBride and his friends are trapped in an abandoned mine that is likely filled with undiscovered gold and silver lodes. This captivating tale features three elementary school friends...

The chase was on The dark-haired young man ran fast and furious through the dense forest, leaping over rocks and bushes, and ripping through branches and leaves. In the gloomy shadows of the trees, he frantically searched for a place to hide. Behind him,...

Inspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series, for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and The Swifts. It's a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground, but Jake likes it that way--dark...

Based on true events, this story relates the fictional encounter between a young patient at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and Djetmattasankh, a 3000-year-old mummy. In 2009, the mummy was sent from the Royal Ontario Museum's Egyptian Display to the hospital, for scanning, under...

Perfect for fans of WISH and BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE comes award-winning author Sarah Guillory's latest middle grade tale of found family and the unshakable bond between a girl and her beloved dog. Twelve-year-old Gloria St. Romain, Glory to everyone who knows her, has always...

Could the fort be...haunted?Twin sisters Owen and Mick keep hearing eerie sounds. Strange clues keep showing up. Has a ghost moved into their backyard hideaway? What's that spooky rustling in the nearby tree? And what's with the weird trash that keeps appearing?The girls decide...

Lorton McCroy returns to take on the Treasure of Oak Island!Summer vacation is off to a great start when Lorton's archaeologist uncle, Tom McCroy, invites him to join in on the search for the legendary Oak Island treasure.After convincing his reluctant parents to let...

The Hansens look forward to a long family trip each summer, usually an RV trip to explore the amazing sites in the US. This year's trip to Washington, DC, however, gives them more excitement than they bargained for. During a visit to Ford's Theater,...

Christina, Grant, and two new friends visit historic Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, and get mixed up in a mystery involving a couple of troublesome turkeys, plenty of Pilgrims, and the the amazing Mayflower merchant shipAuthor: Carole MarshISBN-10: 0635124254ISBN-13: 9780635124258Publisher: Carole Marsh MysteriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2016Format:...

EYou could say deadly Diamond Shoals was ground zero for shipwrecks, once upon a time. In the era before lighthouses and before lifesavers, an enormous swatch of sneaky, shifting sandy shoals worked like skeletal fingers to snatch up ships and sink them When Papa...

Dozens of cats and kittens have disappeared from their homes and Elzbeth and her friends are worried. Since the other kids at school don't play with them, the four friends use recess and weekends to figure out a diabolical - and sometimes funny -...

Wednesday Addams' faithful companion Thing appears in his own nail-bitingly delightful Little Golden Book based on the hit series Wednesday! Wednesday Addams' time as a student at Nevermore Academy wouldn't be the same without her faithful--and mischevious--companion Thing. With fun and frights always at...

In the third book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben gets kicked out of the CIA's spy school and enrolls with the enemy. During a spy school game of Capture the Flag, twelve-year-old Ben Ripley accidentally shoots a live mortar...

I'm a huge fan of urban legends, and I've been fascinated by the story of Bloody Mary. I decided to try summoning Mary, so I started chanting her name while looking into a mirror. But I got scared and stopped halfway... The next day,...

Five years, three months, and twelve days.That's how long Wren's mother has been missing.In dreams, Wren can see her again: her eyes, her hair, her smile. She can even hear her laugh. Her mother, one of hundreds of Native Americans considered missing or murdered...

Who ate the blueberries? Sue is on the case! This book focuses on the vowel teams ue, ew, ui.Author: Taryn PainterISBN-13: 9798765640807Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2024Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.20d

Strange things are happening at United Middle School, and when the fire alarm goes off without any fire, it's just the beginning. Jake, Emily, Amy, and Max-four curious friends and sharp investigators-team up to crack the mysteries that leave everyone else stumped.From disappearing lunches...

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, this middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance.Remember, you are bound by...