Avi. Windcatcher.
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area.
Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer.
Young sleuths connect unrelated strange events and the disappearance of a Vermeer painting.
Bunting, Eve Is Anybody There?
For Marcus, being a latchkey kid is no big deal. Every day, he picks up his key from the oak tree in the yard and cooks dinner for his mom--until one day his key isn't there. Who's been using his key to steal food and household items? Is anybody really there?
Bunting, Eve. Coffin on a Case.
A spirited young detective shares his first solo case with the girl of his dreams when Lily walks into his father's detective agency and claims that she has lost her mother.
Curry, Jane Louise. Moon Window.
While staying with her elderly relative at Winterbloom, Jo tries to solve the mysteries that haunt this strange old house situated in the midst of New Hampshire woods.
DeFelice, Cynthia C. The Ghost of Fossil Glen.
Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking her help.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs.
Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates the fire seventeen years earlier that claimed the lives of the husband and infant son of a school cafeteria worker, as well as the handsome young man whose ghost asks Allie for help. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
George, Jean Craighead. Case of the Missing Cutthroats.
After Spinner Shafter catches a cutthroat trout in the Snake River, she and her cousin Alligator search the nearby mountains to determine where the endangered fish came from and how it survived.
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Dead Man in Indian Creek.
When Matt and Parker learn the body they found in Indian Creek is a drug-related death, they fear Parkers's mother may be involved.
Lawrence, Michael. The Poltergoose.
Jiggy McCue is being haunted by an angry goose! The only people who believe Jiggy are his best friends. Together the three of them need to figure out who this tormentor is and why she is haunting Jiggy. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
McKay, Hilary. The Amber Cat.
While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother’s story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously disappeared on the nearby beach. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Search for the Shadowman.
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.
Patneaude, David. Someone was Watching.
When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and uncovers evidence that something entirely different has happened to her.
Roberts, Willo Davis. Absolutely True Story.
What they thought would be a dream vacation turns into a nightmare for twelve-year-old Lewis and his twin sister Alison, when they accompany their irresponsible new neighbors on a trip to Yellowstone Park and are chased by two mysterious men.
Roberts, Willo Davis. The Kidnappers.
No one believes eleven-year-old Joey, who has a reputation for telling tall tales, when he claims to have witnessed the kidnapping of the class bully outside their expensive New York City private school.
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo’s Nose.
The 10 crimes here range from bullies taking totem poles to safe cracking to kidnapping and more.
Stanley, Diane. The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine.
Noticing that a popular series of horror novels is having a bizarre effect on the behavior of its readers, Franny and Beamer set out to find the mysterious author. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
Fine.Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief.
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man.
On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles on a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
Wright, Betty Ren. The Dollhouse Murders.
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her mentally handicapped sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
Yep, Laurence. The Case of the Goblin Pearls.
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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