From embarking on secret missions to unveiling age-old mysteries, the 64 books mentioned below are sure to have your students captivated! Mystery tales not only challenge young readers’ thinking but also invite them to put their deductive reasoning skills to the test! You and your kiddos are ...
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“NanaB — for a 9 year old, try the Sammy Keyes series. Great mysteries for the ‘tween set (and adults can enjoy them too — I’m proof!). Well written, tons of fun, lots of humor, spunky young teen detective — sort of Nancy Drew of 21st century.” Do any of you know of ...
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Not all of the best mystery books have to leave a heavy sense of dread at the bottom of your stomach, and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is proof of that. The sleuth who saves the day in this novel is Flavia, an intuitive 11-year-old whose father is accused of murder. A...
books to a folk healer living deep in the Cornish countryside, she is brought back to the one place she swore she’d never return. A more sensible soul would have delivered the package and left without rehashing old wounds. But no one has ever accused Ruby of being sensible. Thus begins...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Man, it’s been a ride, hasn’t it? And we have so much to look forward to, which is why I’m grateful for books. I love my imaginary vacations. Even when they unsettle me, like, say, John Connolly’s new anthology of short stories, Night & Day. Of course I...
Twenty-five years ago, fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigges’ family just vanished one night. A lot of time has passed she’s none the wiser as to what happened to them. It was a cause celebre for a while, then forgotten, but not by her, or the man she subsequently married. Then a col...
In fact, every one of Cleo's Coffeehouse books is not only a coffee lover's mystery but a culinary mystery with tempting recipes... Click here for the recipe! The Coffeehouse Mysteries Free Checklist of Titles Click on the image above to get Cleo's Free Checklist of Books in Order. ...
The rare old Poe library was willed to her shop by an elderly admirer of her aunt Sadie’s. The dead man’s library is so valuable that Pen is inundated with astronomical offers for every volume in the set. Everything appears rosy, until Pen begins to sell the books, one by one…and...