RecommendedReads: JFiction:Mystery
BillionstoBurn TaylorBanks
JBANK, T
Twelve-year-old African American Zeus embarks on a treasure hunt to find his grandfather and uncover the secrets that destroyed his grandfather's printing company during the Harlem Renaissance.
TheSherlockSociety JamesPonti
JPONT, J
Alex Sherlock, his sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
TheMysteryofLockedRooms LindsayCurrie
JCURR, L
From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes an action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.
TheCookieCrumbles TracyBadua&AlechiaDown
JBADU, T
While competing in the Golden Cookie Competition for a full ride to the prestigious Sunderland boarding school, Laila gets mixed up in a mystery as she and her best friend, Lucy, search for the truth after one of the celebrity judges collapses after sampling her showpiece.
TroubleattheTangerine GillianMcDunn
JMCDU, G
Eleven-year-old Simon is ready to make the Tangerine Pines his forever home, but when a robbery occurs in the apartment building, he and his new friend Amaya set out to solve the case and keep his family from moving again.
TheQueenofOceanParkway SarvenazTash
JTASH, S
Eleven-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth, Roya, teams up with the new kid in the building, Stefanie, to find their missing neighbor.
FinalWord JanetSumnerJohnson
JSUMN, J
Twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a lastditch effort to save their family from financial ruin, only to find themselves in a cut-throat competition to uncover a fortune and dark secrets about the wealthy relations they have never known.
TheSwifts:ADictionaryofScoundrels
BethLincoln
JLINC, B
On the day they are born, every Swift child is given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion. She's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives--until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs.
TheLiarsSociety AlysonGerber
JGERB
, A
The Inheritance Games and One of Us is Lying for middle grade -- beloved author Alyson Gerber's new series is an unforgettable mystery featuring a secret society, a mysterious island, and dangerous family secrets.
TheLostLibrary RebeccaStead&WendyMass
JSTEA, R
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.
JBROC, M
Eleven-year-old Amelia thinks of herself as devoid of talent, but when the dragonfly staff goes missing seven days before the Dragonfly Day Festival, she takes it upon herself to catch the thief and save her town.
Puzzleheart JennReese
JREES, J
When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.
TheMysteryofRadcliffeRiddle TarynSouders
JSOUD, T
Grady and his father inherit the town oddball's old tapestry and discover it is a highly coveted treasure map.
FindHer GingerReno
JRENO, G
Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing.
TheMysteryofMysticMountain JanetFox
JFOX, J
Twelve-year-old Becca's unwelcome trip to a dude ranch turns adventurous when she and the wrangler's son uncover clues to the lost treasure of Pearlhandle Pete.