Mystery Novels for KidsLike this list

33 items

• The Boxcar Children

  Add The Boxcar Children to your for later shelf

  Grades 1-3. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are orphans looking for a place to live together as a family. Could a boxcar in the woods be their new home?

• King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred

  Butler, Dori Hillestad,

  Add King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred to your for later shelf

  Grades 1-3. Trying to communicate with his human owner (and detective partner) can be frustrating for King the golden retriever as he uncovers clues in a missing dog case.

• Mr. Summerling's Secret Code

  Butler, Dori Hillestad,

  Add Mr. Summerling's Secret Code to your for later shelf

  Grades 2-4. Marly and two classmates she barely knows--Isla and Sai--must work together to unravel the clues leading to the treasure left for them in Mr. Summerling's will.

• The Mystery of the Gold Coin

  Paris, Harper

  Add The Mystery of the Gold Coin to your for later shelf

  Grades 2-4. Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.

• Ada Lace, on the Case

  An Ada Lace Adventure

  Calandrelli, Emily,

  Add Ada Lace, on the Case to your for later shelf

  Grades 2-4. Eight-year-old Ada, who has a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries, teams up with her best friend, Nina, to find a missing dog

• Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

  O'Connor, Jane,

  Add Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth to your for later shelf

  Grades 2-4. Nancy Clancy must find the culprit when a prized possession goes missing at school.

• Nate the Great

  Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

  Add Nate the Great to your for later shelf

  Grades 2-4. Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.

• Danica Dela Torre, Certified Sleuth

  Lucido, Mikaela,

  Add Danica Dela Torre, Certified Sleuth to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-6. Danica and her partner Jack are Renley Crow's best kid detectives. Well, they're the only kid detectives . . . until Kennedy Fang moves to town. Kennedy's convinced his new house is haunted, and he needs Jack and Danica's help to figure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Library

  Stead, Rebecca,

  Add The Lost Library to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-7. When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

• The Secret Letters

  Haddix, Margaret Peterson,

  Add The Secret Letters to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-6. When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger's attic, he knows he's supposed to throw them away. That's his summer job, getting rid of junk. But Colin wants to rescue the letters--and find out what really happened to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trouble With Chickens

  a J.J. Tully Mystery

  Cronin, Doreen,

  Add The Trouble With Chickens to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-5. J.J. Tully is a former search-and-rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. So he's not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt and Sugar (who look like popcorn on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mystery in Venice

  Stilton, Geronimo,

  Add The Mystery in Venice to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-5. Accepting an ugly crystal figurine from Petunia Pretty Paws, Geronimo Stilton discovers a mysterious message inside the figurine from a Venetian mouse who requires assistance.

• Home Sweet Motel

  Grabenstein, Chris,

  Add Home Sweet Motel to your for later shelf

  Grades 3-6. P.T. and his friend Gloria must solve a mystery at the world's wackiest motel: The Wonderland.

• The Case of Windy Lake

  Hutchinson, Michael, 1971-

  Add The Case of Windy Lake to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. Sam, Otter, Atim, and Chickadee are four inseparable cousins growing up on the Windy Lake First Nation. Nicknamed the Mighty Muskrats for their habit of laughing, fighting, and exploring together, the cousins find that each new adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Parker Inheritance

  Johnson, Varian,

  Add The Parker Inheritance to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring

  Cervantes, Angela,

  Add Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. When Lizzie and Gael share an irresistible challenge, to find the peacock ring that once belonged to artist Frida Kahlo, Paloma decides it is the perfect way to honor her father.

• Book Scavenger

  Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss,

  Add Book Scavenger to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Name of This Book Is Secret

  Bosch, Pseudonymous

  Add The Name of This Book Is Secret to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.

• The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues #1)

  Riordan, Rick,

  Add The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues #1) to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-6. What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world, in the form of 39 clues? What if you were given…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Royal Conundrum

  Yee, Lisa,

  Add A Royal Conundrum to your for later shelf

  Grades 4-7. An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.