Tag Archives: Mysteries, Espionage, & Detectives

Vampire Kisses 5: The Coffin Club (Vampire Kisses)

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Ellen Schreiber
Publisher: HarperTeen

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It’s tough for love-struck Raven to imagine what’s keeping her nocturnal boyfriend from returning to Dullsville. So there’s only one thing to do—find Alexander. Along the way, Raven can’t resist the spot where she feels most at home, the Coffin Club. But when she [...]

Cybele’s Secret

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Juliet Marillier
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, [...]

Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)

Rating: (108 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, [...]

Untamed: A House of Night Novel (House of Night Novels)

Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: PC Cast, Kristin Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

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Life sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird – she’s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends [...]

Nate The Great And The Halloween Hunt (Nate The Great, paper)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Publisher: Yearling

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It is Halloween night and all the kids are dressed in scary and funny costumes.  Their Trick or Treat bags are getting heavier.
Nate’s good friend Rosamond needs his help.  Her cat, Little Hex, is missing.  Little Hex hates Halloween, so maybe he’s hiding.  Or is he lost?  Nate and [...]

Skeleton Key (Alex Rider)

Rating: (96 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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Working as a secret agent for Britain’s most exclusive agency, Alex Rider has seen it all. He’s been shot at by international terrorists, stood face-to-face with pure evil, and saved the world—twice. But fifteen-year-old Alex is about to face something more dangerous than he can [...]

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Rating: (70 reviews)
Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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He holds the secret that can end the world.
The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the [...]

I Am the Messenger

Rating: (64 reviews)
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until [...]

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula)

Rating: (101 reviews)
Author: Deborah Howe, James Howe
Publisher: Aladdin

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BEWARE THE HARE!Is he or isn’t he a vampire?Before it’s too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household — a suspicious-looking bunny with unusual habits…and fangs!
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This immensely popular [...]

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Rating: (184 reviews)
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher: Puffin

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Murderers, mob bosses, and convicts . . . these guys are not your average neighbors. Unless you live on Alcatraz. It’s 1935 and twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family have just moved to the infamous island that’s home to criminals like notorious [...]

Once Upon a Crime (The Sisters Grimm, Book 4)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Michael Buckley
Publisher: Amulet Books

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The Grimms take Manhattan in the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series! When fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm venture back to the big city to help a friend, they land in the middle of a big mystery. Puck’s father, King [...]

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony, The (Artemis Fowl)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax

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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]

Secret Agent (Geronimo Stilton)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Geronimo Stilton
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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My sister, Thea, is the mystery-loving rodent, not me! But somehow I found myself going undercover to get to the bottom of a case. Slimy Swiss balls — I hardly knew where to start! Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent Mouse? [...]

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1)

Rating: (397 reviews)
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Aladdin

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Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s [...]

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Jeremy Fink has been obsessed with the meaning of life ever since a box from his father arrived at his house five years after his father was killed in a car accident. Jeremy is determined to find the missing keys that [...]

Nancy Drew Starter Set (Nancy Drew)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Book Description
Teen sleuth Nancy Drew has been solving mysteries and delighting fans for over 60 years. You won’t believe her daring escapades and narrow escapes. What better way to introduce a girl to Nancy Drew then with the first 6 titles published in [...]

Jack: Secret Histories (Repairman Jack Novels)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: F. Paul Wilson
Publisher: Tor Teen

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Ever come across a situation that simply wasn’t right—where someone was getting the dirty end of the stick and you wished you could make things right but didn’t know how? Fourteen-year-old Jack knows how. Or rather he’s learning how. He’s discovering that he [...]

Frostbite (Vampire Academy, Book 2)

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill

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Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with [...]

Calder Game

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Blue Balliett
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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When Calder Pillay travels with his father to a remote village in England, he finds a mix of mazes and mystery- including an unexpected Alexander Calder sculpture in the town square. Calder is strangely drawn to the sculpture, while others in the village have [...]

Chasing Vermeer

Rating: (140 reviews)
Author: Blue Balliett
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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In the classic tradition of E.L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, debut author Blue Balliett introduces readers to another pair of precocious kids on an artful quest full of patterns, puzzles, and the power of blue M&Ms. Eleven year [...]

Ark Angel (Alex Rider)

Rating: (62 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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The sniper’s bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has [...]

Pretty Little Liars #4: Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars)

Author: Sara Shepard
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Behind Rosewood’s grand façades, where the air smells like apples and Chanel No. 5 and infinity pools sparkle in landscaped backyards, nothing is as it seems. It was here, back in seventh grade, that five best friends shared everything—Seven jeans, MAC makeup, and their deepest, darkest secrets. For [...]

The Boxer and the Spy

Author: Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Philomel

Book Description
Another teen thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser mysteries.
When a shy high school student’s body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach town—an apparent suicide—fifteen-year-old Terry Novak doesn’t know what to think. Something just doesn’t add [...]

Hardy Boys starter set (Hardy Boys)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Book Description
It’s 6 books about the legendary Hardy Boys! This boxed set - just right for any kid who hasn’t yet discovered these mystery classics - contains: The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff, The Secret of the Old Mill, The Missing [...]

Search for Scooby Snacks (Scooby-Doo! Picture Clue Book with 24 Flash Cards, Level 1)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Robin Wasserman, Duendes del Sur
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Rating: (142 reviews)
Author: Brian Selznick
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Book Description:Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man [...]

Thirteen Reasons Why

Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Jay Asher
Publisher: Razorbill

Book Description
Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are [...]