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Bangor Public Library ~ Bibliographies for Children |
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Mysteries |
Janeczko, Paul
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
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A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks,
concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.2004 (Grades 4-8)
Allison, Jennifer
Gilda Joyce; Psychic Investigator
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During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce, invites herself to the San Francisco
mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her
purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansions' boarded-up
tower. 2005 (Grades 5-8)
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Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his
street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real
traitor by the stroke of midnight.2009. (Grades 5-8)
Balliett, Blue
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When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village along with an Alexander
Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn. His friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago
to help his father find him. 2008. (Grade 4-8)
Barnett, Mac
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
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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.
2009. (Grades 4-7)
Bell, Michael D.
The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
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Seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann follow a trail of cryptic clues to locate a
rare violin, catch the person sneaking into St. Veronica's School for late-night cleaning and redecorating,
and outsmart a conniving classmate. 2010. (Grades 5-8)
Broach, Elise
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After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human
with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing
stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2008. (Grade 4-8)
Cheaney, J.B.
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While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard
uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow
Queen Elizabeth. 2000 (Grades 5-8)
Colfer, Eoin
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Twleve-year-old private investigator Fletcher Moon, nicknamed "Half Moon" because of his shortness,
must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not commit. 2006 (Grades 5-8)
Crossman, David
The Secret of the Missing Grave
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Summering on a Maine island, thirteen-year-old Ab joins her friend Bean in investigating the odd
noises in her boarding house and solving the mystery of a missing treasure and stolen paintings.
1999 (Grades 5-8)
Dahl, Michael
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In the first in a three-volume series of mystery novels, thirteen-year-old Finnegan Zwake stumbles
upon a corpse in his apartment house basement and joins forces with Uncle Stoppard, a famed mystery
writer, to find the thief stealing gold artifacts found by his missing archaeologist parents. 1999 (Grades 4-8)
Dowd, Siobhan
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When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must
work together, Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat,to try to solve the
mystery of what happened to Salim. 2007 (Grades 5-8)
Hahn, Mary Downing
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When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he
discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a
dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer. 2009 (Grades 4-8)
Hautman, Pete
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During a field trip in the local woods, Roni and Brian find the local archaeology professor, Andrew Dart,
knocked unconscious in a cave, which leads them to investigate a land development scheme. 2007.
(Grades 6-9)
Hilgartner, Beth
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Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of
Queen Elizabeth I, eleven-year-old Alice Tuckfield hides in the Yorkshire cathedral by disguising
herself as one of the choirboys. 1986 (Grades 5-8)
Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas
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Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, seek seven men who have seven maps on their
backs in order to locate a cache of dangerous weapons before they fall into the wrong hands. 2008.
Grades 5-8)
Horowitz, Anthony
South by Southeast: A Diamond Brothers Mystery
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Fourteen-year-old Nick and his bumbling detective brother Tim Diamond investigate a mystery
involving international spies and assassins. 2002 (Grades 5-8)
Lawrence, Caroline
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Jonathan and his friends are called to Rome by the emperor in the winder of 80 A.D. to find the new
Prometheus believed to have brought an epidemic to the city, by Jonathan, obsessed with reuniting
his parents, makes some unwise, and life-threatening choices. 2005 (Grades 5-8)
Mack, Tracy
The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas
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The ragamuffin boys known as the Baker Street Irregulars help Sherlock Holmes solve the mysterious
deaths of a family of circus tightrope walkers. 2006 (Grades 5-8)
Skurzynski, Gloria
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Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the
park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's foster child Lucky. 1999
(Grades 6-9)
Springer, Nancy
The Case of the Missing Marquess
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Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to
unravel the disappearance of her missing mother. 2006 (Grades 5-8)
Wallace, Bill
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Ben and Jake battle alligators, quicksand, and a murderer when they search for buried treasure on an
island in a swamp. 1989 (Grades 4-8)
Zindel, Paul
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P.C. and his partner, Mackenzie Riggs, investigate the murder of Dr. Riggs, a colleague of Mac's father,
while in Monaco for the International Psychiatric
Association Conference. 2001 (Grades 5-8)