Juvenile Fiction
- American Girls. A Thief in the Theater: a Kit Mystery. 2008.
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of "Macbeth" in her hometown of Cincinnati, Kit discovers a thief is stealing from the box office. - Barrett, Tracy. The 100-Year-Old Secret. 2008.
Xena and Xander Holmes discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve a famous case. - Bauer, Marion. The Secret of the Painted House. 2007.
When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant. - Evans, Nate. Humpty Dumpty, Jr.: Hardboiled Detective, in the Case of the Fiendish Flapjack Flop. 2008.
When hard-shelled detective Humpty Dumpty, Jr. investigates the break-in of the Pat-a-Cake Bakery and the kidnapping of its owner, the trail of clues leads to a ne'er-do-well pancake. - Howe, James. Bunnicula. 1979.
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. - Kidd, Ronald. Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major. 2008.
President Roosevelt's children search for clues to a hidden treasure in the White House. - McCall Smith, Alexander. Max and Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery. 2007.
Asked by a Swiss banker to investigate a series of bank robberies committed by dogs, young detectives Max and Maddy Twist travel to Switzerland, where they discover the man behind the robberies is none other than Professor Sardine. - Riddell, Chris. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. 2008.
Meet Ottoline Brown and her best friend, Mr. Munroe. No puzzle is too tricky for the two of them to solve. - Santopolo, Jill. The Niña, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure. 2008.
When the entire Christopher Columbus exhibit disappears from the local museum, Alec Flint investigates, aided by his new classmate, Gina, who wants his help looking into the disappearance of a teacher.
Series
- Adler, David. Cam Jansen.
Jennifer, known to her friends as Cam because of her photographic memory, is a young girl detective who solves mysteries with her amazing memory. - Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. Sisters Eight.
The Huit girls (Sisters, actually. Octuplets, to be exact.) wait for their mommy to bring them hot chocolate and their daddy to return with more wood for the fire. But they don't. Where have they gone? And how will they manage on their own? - Buckley, Michael. Sisters Grimm.
When orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother, they discover that fairy tales are real and mysteries abound in their grandmother's magical town. - Hale, Bruce. Chet Gecko.
Grade school isn't for the faint-hearted. Nobody knows this better than Chet Gecko, the finest lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary. (Of course, he's the only lizard detective at Emerson Hicky, but so what?) - Keane, David. Joe Sherlock, Kid Detective.
With unspeakable phobias, a need to sleep with three night-lights, and a horrible allergy to peanut butter, Joe Sherlock is not your typical neighborhood hero. But fear not, Joe Sherlock always cracks the case . . . and just in time for dinner. - Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.
Join Nancy and her friends as they launch their own detectives club-the Clue Crew. These girls are spunky, sweet and smart. Plus they can solve any mystery, anywhere-as long as they're not late for class! - Napoli, Donna Jo. Sly the Sleuth.
Sly, an amateur detective with her own detective agency, and her cat, Taxi, use their wits and reasoning to solve their friends' problems. - Roy, Ron. A to Z Mysteries.
Besides solving crimes and capers in their hometown of Green Lawn, Connecticut, Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose also go to exciting places like a dude ranch in Montana, a castle in Maine and an island in the Indian Ocean. - Sage, Angie. Araminta Spookie.
Meet Araminta. She's not afraid of ghosts, bats, secret passageways or haunted houses. - Sobol, Donald. Encyclopedia Brown.
As Idaville's 10-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia Brown has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids. - Warner, Gertrude. Boxcar Children Mysteries.
The Alden children solve mysteries like the mystery of the traveling tomatoes and the ghost at the drive-in movie.
revised Apr. 2009