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 ...
11-year-old Nell ends up on the doorstep of her Aunt Kate. Aunt Kate would prefer to drop Nell off at the local orphanage but Nell makes herself useful to her aunt, who works for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Hannigan deftly handles multiple story lines and weaves in a lot of ...
“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 ...
Three children, a boy eight, and two six-year-old girls, see violence so terrifying that they retreat into the magical, make-believe world of Puff the Magic Dragon where they feel safe and secure. P.I. Walt Williams teams up with Lady Justice and Puff to protect the kids from vicious ...
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...
In “Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart,” the beloved POstables Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson discover a 200-year-old valentine that could change history, while their investigation of a damaged letter leads them to a public figure who could be brought do...
This book starts with the murder of two twelve-year old girls and gets bleaker as the working class mother of one of the girls seeks justice in her small town, coming up against the local police, her mother who she always feared of becoming, and her own dark past. Engel keeps the sto...
In 1938, two fourteen-year-old girls go missing from an exclusive boarding school. Did they abscond, or have they been kidnapped? The girls’ parents – and indeed the parents of many other pupils – have considerable influence in very high places. Pressure is quickly brought to bear to ge...
Three children, a boy eight, and two six-year-old girls, see violence so terrifying that they retreat into the magical, make-believe world of Puff the Magic Dragon where they feel safe and secure. P.I. Walt Williams teams up with Lady Justice and Puff to protect the kids from vicious ...
In the summer of 1975, 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar attends camp for the first time. She’s an independent-minded, punk rock-loving teen who’s happy to be out from under her parents’ control for the eight weeks of camp, and she quickly bonds with one of the other new girls in ...