The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman by Ben Winters is about a girl named Bethesda. Her class is assigned a special project: Solve a mystery in your life. Bethesda is already positive she is going to do it on their drab […]
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The Unseen World of Poppy Malone: A Gaggle of Goblins
The Unseen World of Poppy Malone: A Gaggle of Goblins is about a girl named Poppy whose parents are paranormal investigators. She is completely sick of moving to “wherever the ghosts are”. Poppy is completely sure that all of these things […]
Continue reading »Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham is about a boy named Theo. His parents are lawyers, and he plans to be one too. He knows every judge and police man in his small town, and people from his school come ask […]
Continue reading »Room One: A Mystery or Two
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements is about a boy named Ted. He lives in a small town and goes to a one-room schoolhouse. While delivering the newspaper one day, Ted goes by the abandoned Anderson […]
Continue reading »Nancy Drew, Girl Detective
OK, so pretty much everyone knows about the original Nancy Drew Series, which is one of my faves. But now there are new ones coming out! Nancy Drew, Girl Detective by Carolyn Kenne (the author’s code name) are new stories […]
Continue reading »Judy Bolton Mysteries
The Judy Bolton books by Margaret Sutton is a book series that was written from 1932-1967. It is the longest lasting juvenile series written by a single author. (So hey, they have to be pretty good, right?!) In the books, […]
Continue reading »The Treasures of Weatherby
The Treasures of Weatherby by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is about Harleigh Weatherby, a 12-year-old boy who is teased for being as short as a 6-year-old, so he is taken out of public school and is homeschooled. His Aunt Adelaide, who is very […]
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Natalie Wallis is bored. Summer has just started, and she doesn’t know what to do. So she writes down an assignment in her notebook: “See how fast you can ride your bike around the block.” So she hops on her […]
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