Mysteries for Grades 2-5
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Abbott | The Crazy Case of Missing Thunder Four friends investigate the disappearance of Thunder the pony in their town of Badger Point. (Goofballs, book 1) (101 pp.) | J Abbott |
| Angleberger | Horton Halfpot A kitchen boy in a castle in 19th century England becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts. (206 pp.) | J Angleberger |
| Balliett | Hold Fast Early must hold her homeless family together and solve the mystery surrounding her missing father. (274 pp.) | J Balliett |
| Barrett | The 100-Year-Old Secret A brother and sister solve mysteries from the casebook of their great-great-great-grandfather, Sherlock Holmes. (157 pp.) | J Barrett |
| Beauvais | Sleuth on Skates Eleven-year-old supersleuth Sophie "Sesame" Seade investigates the disappearance of a student at Cambridge University. (214 pp.) | J Beauvais |
| Bellairs | The House with a Clock in Its Walls A boy goes to live with his magician uncle and finds a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. (179 pp.) | J Bellairs |
| Berlin | The Puzzling World of Winston Breen Puzzle-crazy twelve-year-old Winston and his sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery. (215 pp.) | J Berlin |
| Buckley | The Fairy-Tale Detectives Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead. (Sisters Grimm, book 1) (284 pp.) | J Buckley |
| Clements | Room One: A Mystery or Two Ted Hammond, the only 6th grader in his town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. (162 pp.) | J Clements |
| Cronin | The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure Four chickens investigate a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard. (92 pp.) | J Cronin |
| Curtis | Mr. Chickee's Funny Money The Flint Future Detective Club members must solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it. (151 pp.) | J Curtis |
| Draanen | Secret Identity Fifth grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, creates a secret identity. (Shredderman, book 1) (138 pp.) | J Draanen |
| Fitzgerald | Under the Egg Thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny finds a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen. (247 pp.) | J Fitzgerald |
| Grabenstein | Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library A team of students must solve puzzles in order to escape the library built by the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello. (291 pp.) | J Grabenstein |
| Griffin | Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 Smashie and her best friend Dontel launch an investigation into a missing class pet. (249 pp.) | J Griffin |
| Hale | Big Bad Detective Agency The Big Bad Wolf has a single day to find out who really blew down the three pigs' houses. (120 pp.) | J Hale |
| Horvath | Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! Madeline, who can understand animal languages, hires two rabbit detectives to find her missing parents. (248 pp.) | J Horvath |
| Howe | Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery Harold the dog and Chester the cat try to find out whether their family's new pet bunny is actually a vampire. (98 pp.) | J Howe |
| Kelly | The Fenway Foul-Up Cousins Mike and Kate must help the Red Sox's star hitter find his stolen baseball bat. (Ballpark Mysteries, book 1) (101 pp.) | J Kelly |
| Nilsson | The First Case Someone's stealing the squirrel's nuts, and it's up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief. (92 pp.) | J Nilsson |
| Pflugfelder | Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab When their parents mysteriously vanish, twins Nick and Tesla embark on a dangerous adventure. (237 pp.) | J Pflugfelder |
| Roy | Who Cloned the President? The President has been replaced by a clone, and KC and Marshall must set out on a dangerous mission to set things right. (Capital Mysteries, book 1) (75 pp.) | J Roy |
| Spratt | Friday Barnes, Girl Detective A genius girl detective discovers her ultra exclusive boarding school is a hotbed of crime. (255 pp.) | J Spratt |
| Webb | The Case of the Stolen Sixpence Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot. (164 pp.) | J Webb |
| Wight | Cooper and Packrat: Mystery on Pine Lake When someone dams up the lake at his parents' campsite, Cooper must figure out who, why, and how to stop the culprit. (152 pp.) | J Wight |
Last Updated: 2/16
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