Mysteries & Detective Stories - Kids Fiction

Someone is stealing the beetroots, who could that somebody be? Join us in the garden and we'll unravel this mystery. A mix of clever Australian animals examine the clues, but can this cluey cast catch the thief before they strike again? This beautifully illustrated...

Prepared to be scared with these 10 creepy mysteries about strange events, places, and creatures. They're perfect for reading round the campfire or under the blanket with a flashlight. Unsolved and unexplained tales have the power to spark our imaginations, chill our nerves, and...

The Boxcar Children are helping a friend find out more about their family's history. But what they find is a mystery going back generations! Can the Aldens help their friend unlock secrets of the past―and present?Author: Gertrude Chandler WarnerISBN-10: 1640914447ISBN-13: 9781640914445Publisher: Oasis AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Frank and Joe Hardy have been posing as extras on the set of the upcoming teen movie, Deathstalker. The star, an ingenue named Anya, has already had her trailer burn down, and now someone keeps sending her threatening texts While the Undercover Brothers manage...

The third book of the Blair-witch-like abduction trilogy. Frank has been discovered at long last and may posess key answers to questions that will solve the mystery of the LOST abductions once and for all.Author: Franklin W. DixonISBN-10: 1442402644ISBN-13: 9781442402645Publisher: Aladdin PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2011Pages:...

The Boxcar Children know how much work it takes to live in the wilderness. They also know how much fun it can be! The children love exploring and learning new things at a primitive skills summer camp. But when strange things start happening around...

When Grandma Lil's dog Sniffy is accused of stealing underwear, Grandma Lil and the rest of Little Snorington must find the real underpants bandit. Young readers will love solving the mystery in this appealing tale.Author: Heather PindarISBN-10: 1541590104ISBN-13: 9781541590106Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2021Pages:...

Tumbles, trips, and falls. The circus games are here. Kestrel and Skye face their biggest challenge when Circus Charles bumps into The Rainbow Revels. May the best circus win.Join Kestrel and Skye on a circus tour filled with codes, villains and danger.Tumbling Town, book...

Chasing their fantasy of finding buried treasure on their first beach vacation, nine-year old Tommy and his older brother Auggie unearth a two-hundred-year-old mystery. After a series of strange mishaps begin to haunt them and their family, they begin searching for the truth and...

Ellis Baker is excited to be going on vacation. Her parents have been planning their overseas trip for months. But during the dark and stormy overnight flight, mysterious events begin to unfold. One passenger's priceless necklace mysteriously disappears. Even spookier is the mysterious woman...

When 12-year-old Adam and his Mom buy an old wardrobe at a local furniture store, an old woman begins to yell at them. She claims that the wardrobe belongs to her, and that they have no right to have it. The store owner shoos...

The game is on at the International TWIST competition Finalists from around the world have gathered to match wits at the competition's remote lake camp in Ontario, Canada. One night the lead player, Reza Amari, tells a spooky campfire story about a monster and...

When Enzo Ma travels to Saturn's moon Titan to visit his friend, Jed Cresta, things are about to get complicated. When Enzo meets Jed's teacher and mentor, Dr. Penelope Lane, she seems short-tempered and behaves strangely. Later that night, Dr. Lane's behavior grows even...

Riley Green is certain her lie detector pen will improve her status in a school full of kids from the most powerful families of Washington, D.C. But her plan collapses when her invention idea is stolen, her favorite teacher goes missing, and mysterious threats...

Help!Poor Granny's trapped in a nursing home.And only one brave girl can set her free. When feisty teen Catherine Brewer busts cranky granny Olga out of Passing Winds, our two unlikely heroes set off a chain of events you never saw coming. Join a...

Originally written and illustrated by Megan Furnell Certified Education Support Officer for her son who suffers Verbal Dyspraxia. She decided that others might also benefit from the book as she loves helping and working with special needs children. It has also been written in...

After a little girl goes missing from outside her school, everyone blames Ragger Bill. But the Outfit knows Bill is innocent, and they set out to find the missing girl before it's too late. Find the truth in this high-stakes, high/low story.Author: Robert SwindellsISBN-10:...

The Outfit had never really believed the stories about the ghosts of the Weeping Woods. But as they investigate the mysterious cries, the truth suddenly becomes stranger and more terrifying than fiction in this high/low adventure.Author: Robert SwindellsISBN-10: 1541579062ISBN-13: 9781541579064Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished:...

Singing specters, secret passageways, unsolved clues, abandoned mansions, old photo albums and hidden motives are all found in the four stories making up this unique collection, Mysterious Tales of the Unexplained. A young sleuth solves a mystery surrounding a creepy, community theatre in Break...

Doctor Dolittle decides to expand his zoo to include a home for crossbred dogs and a club for rodents. The Doctor's Zoo is unlike any other zoo in the world. In his zoo there are no cages; the animals stay there voluntarily and are...

This edition uses a larger, more clearly defined font to aid reading for children with dyslexia. A standard edition is also available.The fourth and most spooky Monstacademy mystery.The mountains are full of secrets...Trixie, Gloria and Colin are off on a trip to Peru to...

Aiden King loves that middle school is predictable. That's because while Aiden has a near-genius IQ, he's also autistic. Seeing the same faces in class every day, A'Reian, who has Down Syndrome; Katie, who has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-dependent; Danny, who has learning...

From the master storyteller and writer of bestselling thrillers, Ravi Subramanian, comes a delightful new series of detective fiction for young children.A charming hill town. A close-knit community. A school cradled in the lap of nature. And three young children in search of mystery...Meet...

Wren is impulsive, curious, and always in trouble. When her beloved STEM club is accused of a crime, can her flaws become their greatest asset to catch the real thief?Wren Sterling has a problem. She knows she's super smart and a good friend, but...

A day in the life of a cyber squad with the FIRST book in the action packed full-colour illustrated series, Cyber SpooksA cyber spy adventure story for kids 8 -12A story book with wonderful illustrations and a FREE downloadable Online Safety ebook. A fun...

It's a breezy new day and along with a tempest in a chocolate milk glass, Jesse's presented with a messy new mystery when Dorky Dougy loses his lunch while spinning on the merry-go-round. The big question is, why did the ballistic barf fling outwardly,...

Susie wants to be a detective. She is going to have a mystery game for her birthday, but when she citizen arrests the local boatman, her parents decide that her obsession with crime is not nice. They cancel her mystery party and arrange a...

Nancy goes undercover in search of a political trickster who is messing with George's cousin's campaign. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight a division of ABDO.Author: Carolyn KeeneISBN-10: 1098250125ISBN-13: 9781098250126Publisher: Chapter BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

When a girl disappears in the middle of an amusement park ride, the Hardy Boys need to find the girl and restore the park's reputation. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight a division...

Amy encounters the ghostly voice of a local legend and is determined to help him find what he is looking for. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.Author: Baron SpecterISBN-10:...

When Amy sees a face in the firepit in Hilltop Cemetery, she does some sleuthing and finds that an older couple disappeared during a blizzard, and she tries to figure out how to help them. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Mr Marmalade is a very cross cat Somebody has left a poo Was it you?Mr Marmalade goes on poo patrol to find the villain. Will he find the culprit?It had better not be youAuthor: Carolina CastilloISBN-10: 1528967941ISBN-13: 9781528967945Publisher: Austin MacauleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/26/2021Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A twisty, terrifying supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old, her creepy new home in Florida, and the territorial ghost of the young girl who lived there before her. "A fiendishly creepy ghost story."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Grim "Hide-under-the-covers terrifying, I...

Far away from everything familiar, Katy Hunter dreads the thought of spending six months in the sleepy countryside with relatives she barely knows. She soon settles in but all is not as it seems at Clover Cottage. Dark dreams, whispered secrets and mysterious hooded...

The Golden Boys on the River Drive (1923) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underrated--and relatively unknown--Golden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers from Maine with curious minds...

The Golden Boys Along the River Allagash (1923) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underrated--and relatively unknown--Golden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers from Maine with curious minds...

Fifteen-year-old Lou can't seem to help herself. When she sees something suspicious, she just has to break out her homemade spy gear and investigate.After Lou's family moves to Squamish, BC, Lou spots something fishy going on right away. With the help of her clumsy...

Max and Oscar--Bluggsville's sharpest pair of sleuths--can't believe their luck when they find a 400-year-old roll of film. They soon discover it contains a long-lost snapshot, and know they've found something super-special. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones who realize how rare, and valuable,...

Meet Ratio Holmes! He's not really the great, great grandson of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, but all the other kids seem to think he is. Now he's a detective whether he likes it or not. Still, he's creative, good at thinking through facts,...

Originally published: London: Methuen, 1945.Author: Enid BlytonISBN-10: 1444960342ISBN-13: 9781444960341Publisher: Hachette Children'sLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2022Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Originally published: London: Methuen, 1946.Author: Enid BlytonISBN-10: 1444960377ISBN-13: 9781444960372Publisher: Hachette Children'sLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2022Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Holmes shook his head sadly. 'You think that unless this document is found there will be war?' 'It's very likely, ' said...

This compulsively readable new thriller about a survivor of dating violence who uses her newfound awareness of everyday evil to hunt for a killer is perfect for fans of Sadie and You. "[An] entertaining and twisty mystery." -Publishers Weekly When Catherine Ellers returns home...

Gwen Foster has never been kissed. But when she gets the chance to finally see what all the hype is about, it's with her best friend's crush. Embroiled in relationship drama she doesn't understand, and ostracized from her friend group, Gwen escapes the angst...

Meghan hates the small town she was born and raised in and she can't wait until she leaves for the Air Force after graduation. Her only concern is leaving behind her irresponsible mother and her two little sisters, whom Meghan has practically raised. So,...

After a masked figure scares Seth and Julia in the Whacky Shack, strange things start happening. Some say the ride is haunted by an angry ghost.Who is causing all the trouble? Is it related to the award ceremony happening in a few days? From...

Imagine being the new kid in town, with no friends and just moved into a creepy house. Strange things are happening, and you don't know why.This is what's happening to Bryan Sanders, and that's where Miller and Smith come in. They're the founders of...

The Golden Boys Rescued by the Radio (1923) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underrated--and relatively unknown--Golden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers from Maine with curious minds...

The audio edition of the bestselling middle grade novel about a spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of middle school, disability, and friendship--all while solving a mystery in a western theme park. Aven Green loves to...

Brother detectives Frank and Joe go full-steam ahead to find the truth in the twenty-third book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series. The Hardys and some of their friends hop aboard an old train that's been restored and turned into a murder mystery...