| Easy Readers Easy Reader titles are shelved under the first letter of the author's last name in the blue section. |
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| Adler, David | Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery | JER BLUE |
| Young Detective Jeffrey Bones begins gathering clues when Mr. Green asks for his help finding the school bus he lost while shopping at the mall. | ||
| Adler, David | Young Cam Jansen and the New Girl Mystery | JER BLUE |
| This time Cam Jansen relies on her hearing rather than her photographic memory to find a missing classmate. (Young Cam Jansen Series) | ||
| Howe, James | The Vampire Bunny | JER BLUE |
| Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. (A younger version of Bunnicula) | ||
| Rylant, Cynthia | The Case of the Sleepy Sloth | JER BLUE |
| While having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case. (High Rise Private Eyes Series) | ||
| Sharmat, Marjorie | Nate the Great and the Big Sniff | JER BLUE |
| Nate the Great follows the clues to find his lost dog, Sludge, in a department store. (Nate the Great Series) | ||
| Skofield, James | Detective Dinosaur | JER BLUE |
| Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl are challenged to solve three cases when a hat is missing, a shoe squeaks, and a loud clanging comes from a dark alley at night. | ||
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| Avi | Midnight Magic | Gr. 5-8 |
| In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if a ghost is really haunting his daughter. | ||
| Balliett, Blue | Chasing Vermeer | Gr. 5-8 |
| When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. | ||
| Banks, Kate | Howie Bowles, Secret Agent | Gr. 3-5 |
| Third-grader Howie Bowles copes with having to change schools twice in one year by pretending to be a secret agent named Agent Bean Burger. | ||
| Byars, Betsy | The Dark Stairs | Gr. 4-6 |
| Herculeah attempts to solve the mysterious disappearance of the owner of Dead Oaks, an estate with a legendary history of murder and insanity. (A Herculeah Jones Mystery) | ||
| Cameron, Ann | Julian, Secret Agent | Gr. 2-4 |
| When Julian, his little brother Huey, and their friend Gloria decide to be "crime busters," they find themselves in one adventure after another. | ||
| Chamberlain, Penny | The Olden Days Locket | Gr. 4-7 |
| Twelve-year-old Jess feels an immediate rapport with the beautifully preserved Point Ellice House and soon begins to have visions of a girl named Rose, prompting her to solve a decades old mystery. | ||
| DeFelice, Cynthia | The Ghost of Fossil Glen | Gr. 5-7 |
| Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help. | ||
| Delaney, Michael | Deep Doo-Doo and The Mysterious E-mail | Gr. 4-6 |
| Instead of scooping a classmate who works on the school newspaper, Bennet and his friend Pete end up working with Elizabeth to find out who is responsible for putting a pumpkin on top of the town hall flagpole. | ||
| Emerson, Scott | The Case of The Cat With the Missing Ear:From the Notebooks of Edward R. Smithfield, D.V.M. | Gr. 4-6 |
| In 1887, in a San Francisco populated by dogs, retired veterinarian Dr. Edward R. Smithfield and his friend, Mr. Samuel Blackthorne, attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an unassuming accountant. | ||
| Finney, Patricia | Assassin | Gr. 4-7 |
| Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish,
favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed. |
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| Gutman, Dan | The Million Dollar Strike | Gr. 4-6 |
| Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic | ||
| Haddix, Margaret Pearson | A House on the Gulf | Gr. 4-6 |
| A sixteen-year-old boy arranges a house sitting job for the summer, but he starts acting strangely after his family moves in, and his sister begins to suspect they are not supposed to be there. | ||
| Hale, Bruce | The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse | Gr. 3-5 |
| When hired by a fellow fourth-grader
to find her missing brother, Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving
a Gila monster's revenge upon the school football team. (A Chet Gecko Mystery) |
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| Holm | The Postman Always Brings Mice | Gr. 3-5 |
| A dashing British feline spy is dismayed to find himself stranded in New Jersey and adopted by a typical suburban family, until he puts his skills to good use for his new human. (The Stink files ; Dossier 001 Series) | ||
| Holmes, Barbara Ware | Following Fake Man | Gr. 5-8 |
| During his summer in Maine, twelve-year-old Homer, together with his new friend Roger, is determined to find the truth about himself, his long-dead father, and a mysterious costumed man. | ||
| Howe, Deborah & James | Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery | Gr. 3-5 |
| Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. |
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| Kline, Suzy | Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet | Gr. 2-4 |
| Harry and his detective classmates try to find clues relating to a mysterious locked closet in Room 3B. | ||
| Klise, Kate | Trial by Journal | Gr. 4-6 |
| In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case. | ||
| Kongisburg, E.L. | Silent to the Bone | Gr. 6-8 |
| When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell loses his power of speech and only his friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened. | ||
| Laster, Eric | Adventures of Erasmus Twiddle | Gr. 4-6 |
| In the small town of Grmkville, young "not-detective" Erasmus Twiddle solves the Case of the Missing Rubber Chicken, the Case of the Soggy Dumpling, and other mysteries. | ||
| Lawrence, Caroline | The Thieves of Ostia : a Roman Mystery | Gr. 4-6 |
| In Rome in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog -- and why. | ||
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill | Gr. 4-6 |
| In the first book in the series, people of Middleburg search for buried treasure around Bessledorf Hill and the Bessledorf Hotel. | ||
| Perry, Phyllis J. | The Secret of the Silver Key | Gr. 2-4 |
| Fribble's birthday present from his grandparents is a letter containing a secret key. Curious as ever, Fribble discovers what the key unlocks, only to find another mystery. Where will it lead him? Only the library can help him solve his case. | ||
| Raskin, Ellen | The Westing Game | Gr. 5-8 |
| The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. | ||
| Roberts, Willo | Rebel | Gr. 4-6 |
| When her grandmother decides to ditch assisted living and start a boarding house, fourteen-year-old Amanda Jane Keeling, or Rebel signs on for the work crew, where she just happens to meet a teenaged boy taller than she is and to embroil them both in a mystery. | ||
| Stanley, George E. | The Clue of the Left-handed Envelope | Gr. 2-4 |
| With the help of their third-grade teacher and classmates, Noelle and Todd discover who sent an anonymous letter to Amber Lee. (Third-grade Detectives Series) | ||
| Torrey, Michele | The Case of The Gasping Garbage | Gr. 3-5 |
| Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a noisy garbage can, endangered frogs, a stuck truck, and a mysterious love letter. Includes a section of scientific experiments and activities. | ||
| Van Draanen, W. | Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen | Gr.5-8 |
| When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening. (Sammy Keyes Series) | ||
| Mystery Series Shelved under the series name in our Series section. |
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| JSER A-Z Mysteries | The Vampire’s Vacation | Gr. 2-4 |
| Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire. (A-Z Mysteries Series) | ||
| JSER AMERICAN | The Smuggler’s Treasure | Gr. 4-6 |
| Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Elisabet determines to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom her imprisoned father. (American Girls History Mysteries series) | ||
| JSER BOXCAR | The Mystery of the Star Ruby | Gr. 3-5 |
| The Aldens take part in a hunt at a gem mine and discover that someone is out to sabotage the contest. (The Boxcar Children Series) | ||
| JSER CAMJANSE | Cam Jansen and The Mystery of The Stolen Diamonds | Gr. 2-4 |
| A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds. (Cam Jansen Adventure Series) | ||
| JSER HARDY BOYS | The Fish-faced Mask of Mystery | Gr. 2-4 |
| Students enjoy an unusual Career Fair when the fire alarm sounds and during their absence, a thief was at work. (Hardy Boys are the Clues Brothers Series) | ||
| JSER HARDY BOYS | Crime in the Cards | Gr. 4-6 |
| When the Hardys' friend Chet discovers that his deck of cards is mysteriously stolen right before a card tournament, the boys set out to uncover the person responsible for the theft. (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories Series) | ||
| JSER JIGSAW JONES | The Case of the Golden Key | Gr. 2-3 |
| Jigsaw Jones knows that mysteries are like jigsaw puzzles - you've got to look at all the pieces to solve the case. So when he and his partner Mila have to search a spooky old attic for clues to solve a big time mystery, Jigsaw is calm, cool, and collected... sort of. (Jigsaw Jones Mystery Series) | ||
| JSER NANCY DREW | Candy is Dandy | Gr. 2-4 |
| Nancy's class visit to Zuckerman's Zonked Candy Factory turns mysterious when the secret formula for the perfect candy disappears. (Nancy Drew Notebooks Series) | ||
| JSER NANCY DREW | The Riding Club Crime | Gr. 4-6 |
| Sinister happenings at the Green Spring Pony Club's summer camp prompt Nancy to work in disguise as a camp counselor. Is someone trying to hurt the campers - or the camp? (Part of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Series) | ||
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