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Newbery Winners

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.

Frankweiler

E. L. Konigsburg JF KonE

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin JF RasE

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead JF SteR

Mystery Series

American Girl Mysteries JM AmeG

Boxcar Children JM Boxcar

Hardy Boys JM Hardy

Mandie JM Mandie

Nancy Drew JM Nancy

The 39 Clues JM 39

Young Adult

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator �

Jennifer Allison YA AllJ

Shakespeare’s Secret

Elise Broach YA BroE

The Face on the Milk Carton �

Caroline B. Cooney YA CooC

Closed for the Season

Mary Downing Hahn YA CooC

Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol

Jim Krieg YA KriJ

Mystery Books

for Tweens

(Ages 9-12) This is an age-appropriate

Reading List as selected by

the Children’s Staff of the

North Shelby Library

based on reviews,

recommendations, and

publisher-given reading

levels. This list is merely a

sample and is not all-

inclusive. Please see a

librarian for more

suggestions.

Title

Author Call Number

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse �

Bruce Hale JF HalB

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery �

James, Howe JF HowJ

Regarding the Fountain: a Tale, in

Letters, of Liars and Leaks

Kate Klise JF KliK

Chasing the Falconers �

Gordon Korman JF KorG

The Tilting House

Tom Llewellyn JF LleT

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I

Mean Noel)

Ellen Raskin JF RasE

Lily’s Ghosts

Laura Ruby JF RubL

The Mysterious Benedict Society �

Trenton Lee Stewart JF SteT

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief �

Wendelin Van Draanen JF VanW

Shredderman: Secret Idenity �

Wendelin Van Draanen JF VanW

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Juvenile Fiction

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger JF AngT

Chasing Vermeer �

Blue Balliet JF BalB

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen �

Eric Berlin JF BerE

Zora and Me

Victoria Bond JF BonV

The Name of This Book is Secret

Pseudonymous Bosch JF BosP

The Fairy-Tale Detectives �

Michael Buckley JF BucM

The Dark Stairs �

Betsy Byars JF ByaB

Room One: a Mystery or Two

Andrew Clements JF CleA

Half-Moon Investigations

Eoin Colfer JF ColE

The London Eye Mystery

Siobhon Dowd JF DowS

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh JF FitL

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