Trixie Belden Mysteries (age 8-11) realistic ... mystery Trixie and her friends team up to investigate. title: The Gatehouse Mystery by Julie Campbell F CAM title: The Mysterious Visitor by Julie Campbell F CAM title: The Red Trailer Mystery by Julie Campbell F CAM title: The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell F CAM | |
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. |
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. |
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: The Eyes of the Killer Robot title: The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt |
BUL |
The Ghost of Windy Hill
(age 8-11) by Clyde Robert Bulla historical ... mystery ... spooky Catalog: A professor with a reputation for being unafraid of ghosts moves with his family into a house that is supposed to be haunted but his children find the neighbors more mysterious than the house. |
STI |
Goosbumps Series (age 8-11) by R. L. Stine mystery ... spooky The Goosbumps mystery series will chill you to the bone! title: The Girl Who Cried Monster title: One Day at HorrorLand title: Welcome to Dead House title: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp |
SMI |
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
(age 8-11) by Dodie Smith mystery ... humor The daring, hilarious pack of hounds is at the center of this classic tale of canine intrigue. |
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 title: You Have To Stop This |
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. |
WRI |
A Ghost in the Window
(age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: A man who died in a car crash after allegedly stealing $50,000 from a bank, tries to communicate with the family through Meg's dreams. Sequel to "The Secret Window." |
WRI |
The Secret Window
(age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: Meg is afraid to tell anyone when her dreams literally start coming true, but she needs help before she can learn to use her gift of seeing into the future. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
WRI |
The Ghost Comes Calling
(age 8-11) by Betty Ren Wright mystery ... spooky Catalog: While vacationing at a spooky cabin on Perch Lake, nine-year-old Chad tries to clear the name of Tim Tapper, the cabin's ghostly inhabitant, who was blamed for a truck accident in the 1930s. |
GEO |
Who Really Killed Cock Robin?
(age 8-11) by Jean Craighead George nature ... mystery Citizens of Saddleboro are proud to say that theirs is the cleanest town around. So they can't ignore the mysterious death of their mascot, Cock Robin. Some people would like to blame the citizens themselves, but one boy, Tony Isidoro, suspects there's more to the story. |
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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: Whales on Stilts |
KLI |
Trial by (Jury) Journal
(age 8-11) by Kate Klise humor ... mystery ... letters/journal Get ready for a trial unlike any Tyle County has ever seen. Sixth-grader Perry Keet is missing, and Bob White, his co-worker at Tyle Park Zoo, will stand trial for the alleged murder. But Keet's disappearance is only the beginning of this legal thriller. |
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. |
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: Claudia and the Great Search title: Jessi's Wish title: Kristy and the Walking Disaster title: Maid Mary Anne |
KLI |
Letters From Camp
(age 8-11) by Kate Klise mystery ... humor ... family ... letters/journal Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp. |
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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: Farewell, My Lunchbag: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko title: The Mystery of Mr. Nice: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko |
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: The Dark Stairs |