Juv Fiction CLEMENTS A ROOM ONE

Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room school-house, searches for clues to the disap-pearance of a homeless family.

Juv Fiction GOODMAN C THE METROPOLITANS

Meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four kids help track down a missing book of Arthurian legends.

MYSTERY Suggested Reading List

Juv Paperback BALLIET B CHASING VERMEER When a precious Vermeer painting disap-pears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an interna-tional art scandal.

Juv Fiction DIXON F THE HARDY BOYS: THE TOWER TREASURE* When a dying criminal confesses that his loot is stored "in the tower,” the Hardy Boys must solve the cryptic message.

Juv Fiction GRISHAM J THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER* When a high profile murder trial comes to his small town, Theo, the child of two law-yers, gets pulled in as an amateur attor-ney.

Juv Paperback BARNETT M BRIXTON BROTHERS: THE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY*

When Steve Brixton, detective novel fan, is mistaken for a real detective, he must seek a missing quilt containing a secret code.

Juv Paperback DOWD S THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY When Ted and Kat's cousin disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together to solve the

mystery of what happened.

Juv Fiction KEENE C NANCY DREW: THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK* The rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads Nancy to an adven-turous search for a missing will.

Juv Fiction BERTMAN J BOOK SCAVENGER* After moving to San Francisco, Emily teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets.

Juv Paperback FITZGERALD L UNDER THE EGG Her grandfather's dying words lead thir-teen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen.

Juv Fiction KIRBY M ICEFALL Trapped by ice within a hidden fortress, Princess Solveig awaits news from the king, but acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst.

Juv Paperback BROACH E MASTERPIECE Marvin, a beetle, teams up with James, a human with whom he shares a house, to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Juv Paperback GAVIN R KNIGHTLEY AND SON* A father and son detective team investi-gates the mystery surrounding a book that makes its readers commit terrible crimes.

Juv Paperback KONIGSBURG E FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER Twelve-year-old Claudia runs away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Juv Fiction CALLAGHAN C THE CHOCOPOCALYPSE When an ancient prophecy pre-dicts the world will run out of chocolate in six days, it is up to Jelly Welly and her Gran to prevent the chocopocalypse.

Juv Paperback GIBBS S BELLY UP* Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction—Henry the hippopotamus—is murdered.

Juv Fiction LARSON K AUDACITY JONES TO THE RESCUE* In 1910, Audacity Jones, an eleven-year-old orphan, finds herself involved in a sin-ister and dangerous plot against the presi-dent of the United States.

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Juv Fiction MESSNER K CAPTURE THE FLAG When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, Anne, José, and Henry pursue suspects while stranded at a Washing-ton, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.

Juv Fiction SACHAR L FUZZY MUD Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover a sub-stance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world.

Juv Fiction TARPLEY N THE HARLEM CHARADE When Elvin's grandfather is attacked, the search for the attacker leads him and his friends to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune.

Juv Fiction MILFORD K GREENGLASS HOUSE*

At a smuggler's inn, guests arrive with strange stories about the house, sending Milo, the son of the owners, and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.

Juv Fiction SNICKET L WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?* Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket helps investigate the theft of a statue in the strange, tiny town of Stain'd By The Sea.

Juv Fiction THOMPSON L THE GOLDFISH BOY

Matthew, who struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder, rarely leaves his room. But when a toddler disappears, Matt is the key to solving the mystery.

Juv Fiction PEARSON R LOCK AND KEY: THE INITIATION*

James Moriarty winds up rooming at boarding school with a lanky British know-it-all named Sherlock Holmes.

Juv Fiction SOBOL D ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN, BOY DETECTIVE* Encyclopedia , a boy with a knack for triv-ia, solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his detective agency.

Juv Fiction TURNAGE S THREE TIMES LUCKY* Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau turns detective when a friend is implicated in a murder.

Juv Fiction PONTI J FRAMED*

In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, helps thwart the biggest art heist in United States history.

Juv Fiction SPRATT R FRIDAY BARNES, GIRL DETECTIVE* A genius girl detective discovers her ultra exclusive boarding school is a hotbed of crime, from missing homework to a mys-terious yeti haunting the school swamp.

Juv Fiction VAUGHT S SUPER MAX AND THE MYSTERY OF THORNWOOD’S REVENGE Max investigates connections between a hacker's online attacks and suspicious ac-tivity at the haunted Thornwood Manor.

Juv Paperback RASKIN E THE WESTING GAME The death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely group of heirs who must uncover the secret of his death in order to claim their inheritance.

Juv Fiction STEAD R LIAR AND SPY When Georges moves into a new building, he quickly becomes friends—and fellow spies—with the kid next door. Together they track the mysterious Mr. X.

Juv Fiction WEGELIUS J THE MURDERER’S APE

When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally Jones embarks on a dizzying journey across the seven seas.

Juv Fiction RUBIN S THE IMPOSSIBLE CLUE Alice Jones enjoys solving little mysteries for her classmates, but now one of them has asked her to figure out how a scien-tist disappeared from his locked lab.

Juv Fiction STEVENS R MURDER IS BAD MANNERS* At an English boarding school in the 1930s, crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells discover the dead body of Miss Bell, the science teacher.

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