F VAN	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (age 8-11) by Chris Van Allsburg authorship ... mystery Harris left a title, but you fill in the stories accompanying these beautifully detailed illustrations.
F TAS	My Life As a Book (age 8-11) by Janet Tashjian humor ... mystery ... school Publisher comments: Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since hes been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books; something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls.
F ASC	Pearl's Promise (age 8-11) by Frank Asch friendship ... adventure ... mystery With her brother in the clutches of a python in a pet shop, Pearl, a mouse, goes through hair-raising adventures to rescue him.
	Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Series (age 8-11) mystery Jupiter Jones' firm of young detectives is on the case. title: The Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Flaming Footprints by M. V. Carey F CAR
F BAB	Kneeknock Rise (age 8-11) by Natalie Babbitt folklore ... mystery From the moment young Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Megrimum--the mysterious something that lurks on the mist-wreathed peak of Kneeknock Rise. Everyone shudders in horror--delicious horror--whenever the Megrimum's unearthly wail floats down to the village. Before long, Egan is climbing the Rise to find a practical explanation for those wails.
F BEL	The Johnny Dixon Mysteries (age 8-11) by John Bellairs magic ... spooky ... mystery Thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon joins Professor Childermass to take on the forces of evil...both natural and supernatural. title: Secret of the Underground Room title: The Eyes of the Killer Robot title: The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt title: The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost title: The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull
F WRI	The Pea Soup Poisonings (age 8-11) by Nancy Means Wright mystery Catalog: Zoe Elwood, hoping to get into her brother's spy club, takes on the challenge to find out who poisoned Alice's grandmother.
F CHE	The Would-Be Witch (age 8-11) by Ruth Chew mystery ... spooky Two children are convinced that the owner of the nearby antique shop is a witch.
F STI	Goosbumps Series (age 8-11) by R. L. Stine mystery ... spooky The Goosbumps mystery series will chill you to the bone! title: The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena title: The Cuckoo Clock of Doom title: Ghost Beach title: Ghost Camp title: The Ghost Next Door title: The Haunted Mask title: The Headless Ghost title: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam title: How I Got My Shrunken Head title: How to Kill a Monster title: Let's Get Invisible! title: One Day at HorrorLand
F HOW	Tales from the House of Bunnicula (age 8-11) by James Howe authorship ... humor ... mystery Dear possible reader of this book: I want to be a writer, just like my uncle Harold, who wrote a bunch of books about our friend Bunnicula. So I wrote this story. And boy! Did I ever get into trouble! My friend Delilah stopped speaking to me because I put her in my book. Uncle Harold stopped speaking to me because I didn't put him in my book. A writer's life isn't easy! But back to my story: It's about how a talented and lovable (not to mention smart) wirehaired dachshund puppy named Howie saves the world from a disgusting, evil menace named...oops, that would give away the story. But trust me, this menace is disgusting and evil, all right!!! Your friend, Howie title: Nighty-Nightmare
F HOR	Diamond Brothers Mysteries (age 8-11) by Anthony Horowitz humor ... mystery What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, do without his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed. title: Public Enemy Number Two: a Diamond Brothers Mystery title: South by Southeast: a Diamond Brothers Mystery title: The Falcon's Malteser title: Three of Diamonds: Three Diamond Brothers Mysteries
F BOS	Series: The Name of This Book Is Secret (age 8-11) by Pseudonymous Bosch mystery ... adventure ... action ... humor Publisher comments: Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest. Or about how a mysterious box of vials, the Symphony of Smells, sends them on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange (and stinky) circumstances. And he certainly wouldn't want you to know about the hair-raising adventures that follow and the nefarious villains they face. You see, not only is the name of this book secret, the story inside is, too. For it concerns a secret. A Big Secret. title: The Name of This Book Is Secret title: If You're Reading This, It's Too Late title: This Book Is Not Good For You title: This Isn't What It Looks Like
F TIT	Basil of Baker Street (age 8-11) by Eve Titus adventure ... mystery Basil--famous sleuth of mousedom--lived in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes' house. A devoted admirer of the great detective, he had learned his craft by listening at the feet of Holmes himself. The Mystery of the Missing Twins was one of the strangest cases in Basil's career. He had only a few crumbs of clues with which to find solutions to such baffling questions as: Who had masterminded the plot? Where were the twins, Angela and Agatha, being kept?
F WRI	The Phantom of Five Chimneys (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: Daisy has to stay with a friend at a beach house for two weeks, but it isn't boring when she finds a grisly discovery in a cave.
F WRI	A Ghost in the House (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: Strange things happen when twelve-year-old Sarah is alone in the house with Great Aunt Margaret, who appears to be the victim of a ghost seeking revenge for a death in the past.
F WRI	The Ghost in Room 11 (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright school ... mystery ... spooky Catalog: When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school's former teachers.
F WRI	Ghosts Beneath Our Feet (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: During a summer in an abandoned mining town, Katie's relationship with a rebellious stepbrother improves as they probe the past to find out why there seem to be ghosts, literally, beneath their feet.
F WRI	The Ghost of Ernie P. (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: After a freak accident kills Ernie and cuts short his Top Secret Plan, his friend Jeff is haunted by Ernie's ghost and pushed toward carrying out the plan.
F YOR	Revenge of the Dolls (age 8-11) by Carol Beach York spooky ... mystery Alice, Trissy and their cousin Paulie are visitors in the dark old house of Aunt Sarah and faded, middle-aged Cousin Grace. It's a grim house, filled with shadows, and Aunt Sarah matches it -- old, bitter, silent, wrapped up in the crude and ugly dolls she has devoted herself to making. They talked to her, she said. The girls never dared to touch Aunt Sarah's dolls, but Paulie was different. He threw one in the fire, as the other dolls watched with their glittering button eyes. Now Aunt Sarah was making another doll just like him. "It's for Paulie," she said. A master of suspense and mood relates one of her most chilling tales in this story of three children and their brush with the madness of an evil old woman and the little dolls that do her bidding.
F YOR	The Mystery of the Spider Doll (age 8-11) by Carol Beach York mystery After Marilyn finds a doll in her coat pocket, she becomes aware of a strange man shadowing her.
F YOR	The Tree House Mystery (age 8-11) by Carol Beach York mystery From the day they move to their new house in the country, Roger and Anabelle have a strange feeling about the tree house on their property.
F WRI	Christina's Ghost (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure.
F WRI	Too Many Secrets (age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright family ... mystery Nine-year-old Chad and his friend Jeannie try to discover who is breaking into their neighbor's house, while Chad also deals with his suspicions about why is father has been spending so much time away from home.
F KEY	Mystery of the Sassafras Chair (age 8-11) by Alexander Key spooky ... mystery A sassafras chair, whose wood seems to take on properties of the dead carpenter, aids a boy in revealing a murderer and a thief.
F HUT	The Mona Lisa Mystery (age 8-11) by Pat Hutchins the arts ... mystery Class 3 of Hampstead Primary School takes a school trip to Paris and lands right into the middle of a mystery.
F GRI	Fortune Cookie Castle (age 8-11) by Lee Grimes mystery ... magic Cap and Lisa encounter monsters, ghosts, and secret passageways when they try to help Duke Lothrio free his castle from an evil spell.
F DEF	The Light on Hogback Hill (age 8-11) by Cynthia DeFelice friendship ... mystery When she investigates the mysterious light up on Hogback Hill, eleven-year-old Hadley finds and befriends a hunchbacked old woman with a tragic past.
F CLI	Scared Silly (age 8-11) by Eth Clifford humor ... mystery Catalog: Sensible eleven-year-old Mary Rose, constantly at odds with her imaginative seven-year-old sister Jo-Beth, finds that they need to work together when an unplanned visit to a strange shoe museum and house of magic illusions involves them in the disappearance of a Chinese emperor's shoes.
F CLI	Help I'm a Prisoner in the Library (age 8-11) by Eth Clifford humor ... mystery ... adventure Catalog: Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.
F CLI	Harvey's Mystifying Raccoon Mixup (age 8-11) by Eth Clifford family ... mystery Catalog: Twelve-year-old Harvey and his bossy cousin Nora get involved with counterfeiters, imposters, and a pet raccoon when they find a prowler outside the house one night.
F CLE	Room One: a Mystery or Two (age 8-11) by Andrew Clements friendship ... mystery ... school Catalog: A young boy living in rural western Nebraska investigates the connection between a mysterious face in the window of an empty house and the possible closing of the one-room school he attends.
F CUR	The Flint Future Detectives Series (age 8-11) by Christopher Curtis brilliant protagonist ... mystery ... enterprise ... humor In the first book, Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back! But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds. After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000! title: Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
F HOW	The Celery Stalks at Midnight (age 8-11) by James Howe spooky ... mystery ... humor Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood.
F HOW	Howliday Inn (age 8-11) by James Howe humor ... mystery ... spooky Harold and Chester are sent to the Chateau Bow-Wow when the Monroe family goes on vacation. When a French poodle involved in a messy love triangle disappears, Chester and Harold enter the crime-detection business. sequel: Return to Howliday Inn
F HIL	The McGurk Mystery Series (age 8-11) by E.W. Hildick realistic ... mystery The McGurk Detective Organization is on the case! It's up to Willie, Wanda, and Joey to step in, and when they do, you can be sure that trouble is just around the corner. title: The Case of the Condemned Cat title: The Case of the Purloined Parrot title: The Case of the Slingshot Sniper title: The Case of the Snowbound Spy
F AND	M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales (age 8-11) by M. T. Anderson mystery ... adventure ... humor ... science fiction ... authorship What sort of madman would unleash an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world? Who cares! All that matters is that his dastardly plan be foiled. Lucky for Lily Gefelty, her two best friends are the intrepid stars of their own middle-grade series novels: Jasper Dash (better know as the Boy Technonaut) and Katie Mulligan (beloved by millions as the heroine of the Horror Hollow series). It's going to take all their smarts to stop this insane, inane plot from succeeding. Start with the first thrilling tale, Whales on Stilts. title: The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
F CHI	Utterly Me, Clarice Bean (age 8-11) by Lauren Child mystery ... school ... humor It's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. In fact, Clarice Bean is starting to feel just like her favorite heroine: Ruby Redforr, schoolgirl detective. Clarice and her utterly best friend, Betty Moody, are planning to ace their book project about Ruby and win the class prize, until Betty disappears into thin air, and horrible teacher Mrs. Wilberton teams Clarice up with the naughtiest boy in school. Will her new partner ruin everything? Will Betty ever come back? And what on earth happened to the silver trophy everyone's hoping to win? sequel: Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now
F HOW	Bunnicula (age 8-11) by Deborah and James Howe humor ... mystery This book is written by Harold. His fulltime occupation is dog. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Monroe and their sons Toby and Pete. Also sharing the home are a cat named Chester and a rabbit named Bunnicula. It is because of Bunnicula that Harold turned to writing. Someone had to tell the full story of what happened in the Monroe household after the rabbit arrived. Was Bunnicula really a vampire? Only Bunnicula knows for sure.
F KEE	Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (age 8-11) by Carolyn Keene mystery s Young Nancy Drew and her pals investigate one mystery after another. title: Pony Problems title: Scream for Ice Cream title: Sleepover Sleuths title: The Cinderella Ballet Mystery
F SOB	The Encyclopedia Brown Series (age 8-11) by Donald Sobol mystery ... brilliant protagonist Whenever ten-year-old Leroy (nicknamed ``Encyclopedia'') Brown's father, Chief of Police of Idaville, had a difficult case, Encyclopedia always managed to solve it at the dinner table. So, he decided to open his own detective agency. title: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Two Spies title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints title: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt title: Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues title: Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day title: Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man title: Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand title: Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way title: Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All title: Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case title: Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
F MAR	The Baby-Sitters Little Sister Series (age 8-11) by Ann Matthews Martin friendship ... mystery Members of the Babysitter's Club solve mysteries, repair friendships, and look after their young charges with care and determination. title: Karen's Big Weekend title: Karen's Doll Hospital title: Karen's Kite title: Karen's Lucky Penny title: Karen's School Bus title: Karen's Tuba title: Karen's Twin title: Karen's Two Families title: Karen's Wedding title: Karen's Sleepover
F MAR	The Babysitters Club Series (age 8-11) by Ann Matthews Martin friendship ... mystery Members of the Babysitter's Club solve mysteries, repair friendships, and look after their young charges with care and determination. title: Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation title: Boy-Crazy Stacey title: Claudia and the Bad Joke title: Claudia and the Great Search title: Claudia and the Middle School Mystery title: Claudia and the New Girl title: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls title: Claudia and the Sad Good-Bye title: Dawn and the Big Sleepover title: Dawn and the Impossible Three title: Dawn on the Coast title: The Ghost at Dawn's House title: Jessi and the Superbrat title: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter title: Jessi's Secret Language title: Kristy's Great Idea title: Kristy and the Copycat title: Kristy and the Walking Disaster title: Kristy's Mystery Admirer title: Kristy's Worst Idea title: Kristy and the Snobs title: Logan Likes Mary Anne! title: Mallory and the Dream Horse title: Mary Anne and the Great Romance title: Mary Anne Saves the Day title: Mary Anne vs. Logan title: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery title: Sea City, Here We Come title: Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook title: Stacey vs. the BSC title: Stacey's Emergency title: Stacey's Mistake title: The Truth About Stacey title: Welcome Back, Stacey! title: Welcome to the BSC, Abby
F HAL	The Chet Gecko Mystery Series (age 8-11) by Bruce Hale humor ... mystery In these hilarious mysteries, Chet Gecko can't think of anything but eating and sleeping. Nevertheless, he's called upon to foil sinister plots, catch wiley thieves, and take on vicious monsters. title: The Big Nap: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: Farewell, My Lunchbag: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: Give My Regrets to Broadway: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: The Hamster of the Baskervilles: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: The Malted Falcon: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: Murder, My Tweet: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: The Mystery of Mr. Nice: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: This Gum for Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: Trouble Is My Beeswax: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko
F ERI	Hank the Cowdog Series (age 8-11) by John Erickson humor ... mystery In the first installment, Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes. title: The Case of the Halloween Ghost title: The Case of the Haystack Kitties title: The Case of the Hooking Bull title: The Case of the Kidnapped Collie title: The Case of the One-Eyed Killer Stud Horse title: The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado title: The Case of the Vampire Cat title: The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob title: Every Dog Has His Day title: Faded Love title: The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog title: Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business title: It's a Dog's Life title: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie title: Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest title: Moonlight Madness title: Murder in the Middle Pasture title: The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog title: the Phantom in the Mirror title: The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve title: The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster title: The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper title: The Case of the Missing Cat title: The Case of the Midnight Rustler title: Lost in the Blinded Blizzard
F BYA	Hurculeah Jones Mysteries (age 8-11) by Betsy Cromer Byars mystery Supersleuth Hurculeah Jones and her friends crack one case after another. title: Death's Door title: Tarot Says Beware title: Disappearing Acts title: Dead Letter title: The Dark Stairs title: King of Murder title: The Black Tower

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