Youngsters delight in mysteries all year round, but is there any better time of the year than blustery, blistering cold January to curl up with a riveting mystery?
Boys and girls thrill to the edge-of-your-seat suspense, turning pages with glee. And who can resist the challenge of solving a puzzle, each mysterious clue a piece of the puzzle. That sense of accomplishment from puzzling out “who done it” gives young readers confidence to face their own challenges.
Ready to tackle a mystery? Check out these recommended titles from our library.
• ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Arthur Conan Doyle
This collection of renowned author Doyle includes many of his most famous mysteries. Accompany Sherlock Holmes — and don’t forget Dr. Watson — and help them solve their most cunning cases.
• DANNY, CHAMPION OF THE WORLD by Roald Dahl
Nine-year-old Danny’s seemingly perfect life of living in a gypsy caravan, serving as a car mechanic and hanging out with his best pal Dad, takes a mysterious turn when he discovers his father’s secret.
Now he is off on an adventure of a lifetime to solve a pheasant-snatching mystery.
• FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by Michelle Jensen
When Claudia and her younger brother Jamie run away from home to live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they stumble upon a mystery swirling around a Michelangelo masterpiece statue.
• MISFITS ROYAL CONUNDRUM by Lisa Yee
Who do you call upon to nab a notorious thief determined to purloin priceless treasure? Look no farther than The Misfits — an elite team of crime-fighting misfits.
• PICASSO CURSE by Dan Gutman
When Edwin pays just $10 for a cool Kobe Bryant poster at a flea market, he discovers a doodle on the back that might be worth millions because it could be an original Pablo Picasso drawing.
How will this simple purchase change his life?
• STAIRWAY TO DOOM: A MISS MALLARD MYSTERY by Robert Quackenbush
This playful mystery will absolutely “quack” you up. Miss Mallard, the world-famous duck-tective, is off again on another mystery.
When she travels to Scotland’s Duckinbill Castle for a family reunion, all her family members begin vanishing one by one. Who is the culprit?
• THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER by John Grisham
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone considers himself one of the finest lawyers in the small city of Strattenburg. Theodore dreams of one day being a famed trial lawyer.
Then Theo finds himself in court sooner than he ever imagined because he knows too much about a gruesome murder. Now the killer has been set free.
Will Theo be able to prove who the killer is, or will the killer get to him first?
• THE THIEF IN ROOM 103 by Penny T. Borgia
Things are going missing in Mrs. Koke’s fifth grade class. Suspicious fingers point to a very quiet classmate, Rose.
But all is not as it seems and soon, fingers are pointing everywhere in the classroom.
• WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
This Newbery Winner novel begins when 16 people gather for the reading of the will of fabulously rich Samuel W. Westing. Millions could be theirs IF they can solve his mystery.
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