JF BerE. Zora and Me. Victoria Bond. JF BonV. The Name of This Book is Secret.
Pseudonymous Bosch. JF BosP. The Fairy-Tale Detectives ①. Michael Buckley.
Title Author
Call Number
Newbery Winners From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg JF KonE The Westing Game Ellen Raskin When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead
JF RasE
This is an age-appropriate JF SteR
Mystery Series American Girl Mysteries Boxcar Children Hardy Boys
the Children’s Staff of the JM AmeG JM Boxcar JM Hardy
Mandie
JM Mandie
Nancy Drew
JM Nancy
The 39 Clues
JM 39
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The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney
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Closed for the Season Mary Downing Hahn
YA CooC
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Title
Author
Call Number
Juvenile Fiction The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger JF AngT Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliet
JF BalB
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen Eric Berlin JF BerE Zora and Me Victoria Bond
JF BonV
The Name of This Book is Secret Pseudonymous Bosch JF BosP
Author
Call Number
The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse Bruce Hale JF HalB Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery James, Howe JF HowJ Regarding the Fountain: a Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks Kate Klise JF KliK Chasing the Falconers Gordon Korman
JF KorG
The Tilting House Tom Llewellyn
JF LleT
JF BucM
The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) Ellen Raskin JF RasE
JF ByaB
Lily’s Ghosts Laura Ruby
JF CleA
The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart JF SteT
Half-Moon Investigations Eoin Colfer
JF ColE
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen JF VanW
The London Eye Mystery Siobhon Dowd
JF DowS
Shredderman: Secret Idenity Wendelin Van Draanen JF VanW
The Fairy-Tale Detectives Michael Buckley The Dark Stairs Betsy Byars Room One: a Mystery or Two Andrew Clements
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
JF FitL
JF RubL
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