Children's Book List
MYSTERIES
for Grades 3-6
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online catalog.
Bernie
Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry / Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from
the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel
run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has
finally arrived.
Betrayal
at Cross Creek / Ernst, Kathleen. Twelve-year-old
Elspeth Monro, a Scottish settler and weaver's apprentice on the North Carolina
frontier in 1775, must find out who is betraying her Loyalist family during
the months before the start of the Revolutionary War.
The
Big Nap: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye
/ Hale, Bruce. Someone is turning the students at Emerson
Hickey Elementary into zombies, and it's up to fourth-grade private eye Chet
Gecko to find out who.
Cam
Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown / Adler, David A.
Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a pickpocket
at the circus.
Captain
Raptor and the Moon Mystery / O'Malley, Kevin. When something
lands on one of the moons of the planet Jurassica, Captain Raptor and his
spaceship crew go to investigate.
The
Case of the Absent Author / Hildick, E. W. The six
members of the McGurk Detective Organization, young amateur detectives, are
called on to help solve a case involving the disappearance of a reclusive
mystery writer.
Case
of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery / Springer,
Nancy. Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes,
must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing
mother.
Chasing
Vermeer / Balliett, Blue. When seemingly unrelated and
strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears,
eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international
art scandal.
Coffin
on a Case: A Novel / Bunting, Eve. Twelve-year-old Henry
Coffin, the son of a private investigator, helps a gorgeous high school girl
in her dangerous attempt to find her kidnapped mother.
Deep
Doo-Doo and the Mysterious E-mail / Delaney, M. C. Instead
of scooping a classmate who works on the school newspaper, Bennet and his
friend Pete end up working with Elizabeth to find out who is responsible for
putting a pumpkin on top of the town hall flagpole.
Detective's
Duel / Banscherus, Jurgen. When a new boy comes to town
and starts taking cases away from Klooz, they decide to have a duel to find
the best detective in town.
The
Doom of the Haunted Opera / Bellairs, John. Lewis Barnavelt
and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an
unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the
world by bringing back the dead.
Falcon's
Malteser / Horowitz, Anthony. After his older brother,
a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who
does not live long, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while
also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs.
Flatfoot
Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver / Clifford, Eth.
Although Flatfoot Fox is fairly certain that he knows who stole Bashful Beaver's
buttons, the smartest detective in the world allows his assistant, Secretary
Bird, to try to solve the case.
From
Charlie's Point of View / Scrimger, Richard. Best friends
Bernadette and Charlie begin seventh grade and help unravel the mysterious
case of the Stocking Bandit.
Ghost
of Cutler Creek / DeFelice, Cynthia. After being contacted
by a dog ghost, Allie and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and
his father, who may be running a puppy mill.
Ghost
Soldiers / Richards, Justin. While investigating a haunted
house, the Cannoiers discover a group of scientists who are creating an army
of indestructible mutant soldiers to fight the Germans in pre-World War II
London.
Harriet
Bean and the League of Cheats / McCall Smith, Alexander.
Harriet helps her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate
cheating at the racetrack by disguising herself as a jockey.
The
Haunted Toolshed / Keane, David. A super-sleuth fourth
grader solves the case of a neighbor's haunted tool shed.
The
Haunting of Cabin 13 / Holl, Kristi D. Camping in a park
that may be haunted by the ghost of a girl, thirteen-year-old Laurie vows
to get to the bottom of the mystery.
How
to Be a Detective / Mitchelhill, Barbara. When one of
his detectives-in-training spots a woman with nearly all of the signs of
a criminal, young Damian Drooth tails her through a dog show and learns that
she really is up to no good.
King
of Murder / Byars, Betsy. Herculeah meets a murder
mystery writer, and has the uneasy feeling that he knows more about murder
that he should.
The
Long-Lost Map / Baccalario, Pierdomenico. Eleven-year-old
twins Jason and Julia, along with their friend Rick, find themselves in ancient
Egypt in search of an important map after going through a magical door in
their old English mansion.
The
Malted Falcon / Hale, Bruce. Chet Gecko and his partner
Natalie try to find a missing valentine and the winning ticket to a fantastic
dessert.
Max
and Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery / McCall Smith, Alexander.
Asked by a Swiss banker to investigate a series of bank robberies committed
by dogs, young detectives Max and Maddy Twist travel to Switzerland, where
they discover that the man behind the robberies is none other than Professor
Sardine.
Million
Dollar Strike / Gutman, Dan. Best friends Ouchie and
Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric
owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from
the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
Mr.
Chickee's Funny Money / Curtis, Christopher Paul. Flint
Future Detective Club member Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's
huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image
of James Brown on it.
Mr.
Chickee's Messy Mission / Curtis, Christopher Paul. Flint
Future Detective Club members follow Rodney Rodent into a mural to chase
a demonic-looking gnome, only to find the mysterious Mr. Chickee on the other
side.
The
Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog / Erickson, John R.
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken
and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.
Princess
for a Week / Wright, Betty Ren. When a confident girl
named princess arrives to spend a week at Roddy's house, she encourages him
to help her investigate the suspicious activities happening at a supposedly
haunted house.
Public
Enemy Number Two / Horowitz, Anthony. When thirteen-year-old
Nick is framed for a jewel robbery, he and his brother, the bumbling detective
Tim Diamond, attempt to clear his name by capturing the master criminal known
as the Fence.
Race
to Kitty Hawk / Raffa, Edwina. After being adopted by
a woman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1903, orphaned twelve-year-old Tess Raney uncovers
a plot to foil the Wright brothers' quest to be the first in flight, and
takes great risks to make sure the plot fails.
Room
One: A Mystery or Two / Clements, Andrew. Ted Hammond,
the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse,
searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
Shadow
Island: A Tale of Lake Superior / Bial, Raymond. When
she is warmed of ghosts inhabiting Shadow Island, twelve-year-old Amanda
finds she is strangely drawn there and decides to explore it with her sister
Sally and best friend Roxanne, but what they find surprises everyone.
Sly
the Sleuth and the Sports Mysteries / Napoli, Donna Jo.
Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve the case of the soccer
switch, the kick craze, and the basketball blues.
Spy
in the White House / Roy, Ron. KC tried to uncover the
White House spy who is leaking secrets about the upcoming wedding of her
mother and the president.
Utterly
Me, Clarice Bean / Child, Lauren. When someone steals
the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite
book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.
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title in the Lockport Public Library's online catalog.