Grades 4 to 7: mysteries
Our complete list of mysteries for Grades 4 and 5
Our complete list of mysteries for Grades 6 and 7
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Featured titles for Grades 4 and 5
The Black Book of Secrets
F.E. Higgins
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch. And he is running from a most terrible past.
First in The Black Book of Secrets series.
Camp X
Eric Walters
It's 1943, and nearly-12-year-old George and his older brother Jack are spending a restless wartime summer in Whitby, Ontario, where their mom is working at a munitions plant while their dad is off fighting the Germans.
First in the Camp X series
The Case of the Case of the Mistaken Identity
Mac Barnett
When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Nancy Springer
When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her.
First in the Enola Holmes Mysteries series.
Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett
Petra and Calder find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion.
The Final Meeting
Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin
Master detective Sherlock Holmes sets an elaborate trap to capture the wicked Professor Moriarty and dismantle his criminal organization, but Moriarty has his own plans.
The latest in the Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars series.
The Secret of Grim Hill
Linda DeMeulemeester
Cat Peters just transferred to Darkmont High, and is already desperate to get out.
First in the Grim Hill series.
Skeleton Creek
Patrick Carman
Although housebound following an eerie accident, Ryan continues to investigate the strange things going on in his hometown of Skeleton Creek recording his findings in a journal and viewing email video clips sent by fellow detective Sarah.
Our complete list of mysteries for Grades 4 and 5
Featured titles for Grades 6 and 7
Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams
An avid reader of Sherlock Holmes, Ingrid Levin-Hill is also a fleet-footed soccer player with a knack for stage acting. And they're all skills that come in handy when she finds herself caught in a police investigation following the murder of an eccentric woman.
First in the Echo Falls mysteries
The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off, except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air?
Quid Pro Quo
Vicki Grant
Cyril Floyd MacIntyre, 13, is perplexed over the disappearance of his mother, a 28-year-old law-school graduate. He begins his tale with a frank description of his mother's past behaviors. Drug use and a life on the street took their toll on Andy, who, at 15, pregnant with Cyril, began taking more positive steps.
Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman
Sally's father has been murdered and she needs to find out how and why, but everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance and who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby?
First in the Sally Lockhart mysteries
Shakespeare's Secret
Elise Broach
Hero has always hated her Shakespearean-based name. Resigned to her classmates constant teasing, she concentrates on her newfound friendship with her kindly, if somewhat eccentric, elderly next-door neighbor. Mrs. Roth tells Hero about the missing "Murphy Diamond," a precious jewel that supposedly disappeared from the house where Hero now lives.
The Star of Kazan
Eva Ibbotson
Abandoned as a baby, Annika is found and adopted by Ellie and Sigrid, cook and housemaid for three professors. One day a beautiful aristocrat appears and claims to be her mother, sweeping her off to a new life in a crumbling castle in northern Germany. Annika is determined to make the best of things, and it takes a while for her to realize that her new "family" has many secrets.
The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.