Mystery Books
Type of mysteries:
- Circle of Fire by Evelyn Coleman (FIC/COL) In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Enemy in the Fort by Sarah Masters Buckey (FIC/BUC) In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charleston, New Hampshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.
- Magyk, Flyte, Physik: the three books in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage (FIC/SAGE) As apprentice to the Extraordinary Wizard, Septimus, the seventh son of a seventh son, experiences many exciting adventures involving ghosts, wizards, dragons, time travel, and magic. The characters solve the mysteries of the castle and the Heap family
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (FIC/ROW)
- Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo (FIC/NIMMO) While at Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone gets a surprise when Henry Yewbeam arrives from the year 1916 and needs Charlie's help to stay alive.
- Following the Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes (FIC/HOL) During his summer in Maine, twelve-year-old Homer, together with his new friend Roger, is determined to find the truth about himself, his long-dead father, and a mysterious costumed man.
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (FIC/RAS) The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. Made into a TV movie, called Get a Clue! in 1997.
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Dave McKean (FIC/GAI) Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others. The movie version will be released in 2008.
- The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (FIC/HAM) The black family of Thomas Small tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. Thomas Small discovers a treasure of flees slaves. The book was a TV movie in 1984. The Sequel is titled The Mystery of Drear House.
- Hoot! by Carl Hiaasen The ecological mystery pits a 12-year-old against the corporate executives of Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House. Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. The book was made into a movie in 2006.
- Boxcar Children mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner (FIC/WAR) Four orphans, two boys and two girls, set up housekeeping in an old boxcar. The Alden children, Benny, Violet, Jessie, and Henry, solve mysteries set in many places. Some titles: The Bus Station Mystery, The Blue Bay Mystery, and The Amusement Park Mystery.
- A to Z Mysteries by
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. (FIC/SNI) 13 books from The Bad Beginning to The End (FIC/SNI) The Baudelaire orphaned children, Violet, solve the mystery of the loss of their
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (FIC/ROW)