Booklists for Middle School
		It's a Mystery!

Y Baillet Chasing Vermeer* by Blue Baillet
Can Petra and Calder solve the puzzles to catch the art thieves that stole a valuable painting?

Y Colfer Half Moon Investigations* by Eoin Colfer
Twelve year old Fletcher Moon is very proud of his private detective's badge, earned after two years of online study. His schoolmates and family don't take his skills as seriously, until he is hired by 10 year old April to prove the school bully stole something of hers. Fletcher isn't convinced he's guilty and is determined to find the truth.

Y Duncan Don't Look Behind You* by Lois Duncan
April Corrigan feels like her life is over when she learns that her father has been working under cover for the FBI, and now the family must relocate under the Federal Witness Security Program. No one can reach them now...or can they?

Y Higson SilverFin: A James Bond Adventure* by Charles Higson
Schoolboy James Bond searches for a missing boy and discovers something much more sinister.

Y Horowitz Stormbreaker* by Anthony Horowitz
One minute Alex Rider is a normal teen living with his banker uncle Ian. Next, Uncle Ian the spy is dead and Alex is being recruited to complete the mission.

Y Lalicki Shots at Sea:A Houdini and Nate Mystery by Tom Lalicki
Nate is on a cruise ship with his mother and grandmother when he runs into Harry Houdini, an old friend, and President Roosevelt. Invited to join them, he witnesses an attempt on the President's life. In defiance of his family, Nate works with Houdini, who's convinced he can catch the suspect.

Y Nixon The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon
When fifteen-year-old Samantha makes a trip to visit her famous uncle, novelist Augustus Trevor, she is thrown into the midst of a "game" involving a group of celebrities who are being blackmailed. When Augustus is found bludgeoned to death, the "game" that he had set up for his guests becomes much more serious.

Y Pearson Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
Finn is hired by Walt Disney World to be a holographic guide to guests of the Magic Kingdom. What he finds when he and his new friends sneak into the park after hours would frighten anyone, let alone a group of teenagers!

Y Roberts The View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
Rob's sister is getting married and the spotlight is on her. Disgusted and jealous, Rob retreats up his favorite tree and while there he witnesses a murder. No one will believe him; they think he is just trying to take some of the attention away from his sister. Then strange things begin to happen to Rob which might just prove him right!

Y Rose Framed by Malcolm Rose
16 year old Luke Harding is a forensics investigator in a London of the future. Are he and MALC, his robot assistant, up to the task of solving the murder of a fellow student?

Y Springer Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer*
Enola's mother is missing and Enola is determined to find her. Unfortunately, Enola's brother, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes has other ideas. Quick thinking helps Enola evade her brother, and much worse trouble, as she continues to seek her mother.

Y Van Draanan Sammy Keys and the Hotel Thief by Wendolin Van Draanan
Seventh grader Sammy looks out of the window at her grandmother’s into a hotel room window across the street, where she sees a man robbing the room. Worse, he sees her before fleeing. The chase is on for Sammy to figure out what was taken, who took it and how to find him.