Category Archives: Mysteries
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A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Ami Schlitz
Posted on July 12, 2012 by Jennifer in MysteriesSubtitled “a Melodrama,” this is not typical mystery fare, but the elements are all in place to create a suspenseful and surprising finale. As an orphan, Maud knows she is not the desirable type – with her wispy hair, dirty clothes, and her irrepressible leaning toward rebelliousness – so she is quite shocked when the [...]
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Partners in Crime
Posted on June 3, 2012 by Rachel in Mysteries, Realistic Fictionby Kim Harrington Partners in Crime is the first book in the new “Sleuth or Dare” mystery series, and I’m already looking forward to the next one. Darcy and Norah have to come up with a fake business for a school assignment, and they decide to make a detective agency. Soon, though, they get a [...]
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Cold Cereal
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Fantasy, Humorous Stories, Mysteriesby Adam Rex Cold Cereal is a wacky adventure involving a changeling, a genius, a super-genius, a clurichaun (like a leprechaun), a pooka (rabbit-man), and a large, hairy man who may or may not be bigfoot. This odd cast must work together to stop the evil cereal company, Goodco, from taking over our world and [...]
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How to Be a Detective
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Stories, MysteriesBy Barbara Mitchelhill Damian Drooth is a supersleuth detective! Well, at least he tries to be. Damian is so confident in his mystery-solving skills that he hosts a detective training seminar for kids in the neighborhood. All the new detectives-in-training try out their new skills at the local dog show. There is something awfully suspicious [...]
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The Case of the Deadly Desperados
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jennifer in Adventure, Mysteriesby Caroline Lawrence This is the first title in Lawrence’s new “Western Mysteries” series, and while I’ve never been a reader of westerns (other than maybe Hank the Cowdog), I found myself unable to put this book down. P. K. Pinkerton has a shocking, terrible birthday. When he comes home, he finds his foster Ma [...]
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Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Ami in Historical Fiction, My Favorite, Mysteries> Readers, be prepared to encounter danger, secret societies, and curses galore! Theodosia is not your typical 11 year old, although her grandmother certainly expects her to behave as a young woman of society at the turn of the 20th century. Theodosia Throckmorton is more concerned with removing all the vile, ancient Egyptian curses that [...]
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A Tale of Two Castles
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Rachel in fairy tales and folklore, Fantasy, Mysteriesby Gail Carson Levine When Elodie leaves home to find work in the capitol city of Two Castles, her mother has only two rules: become an apprentice to a weaver, and stay away from dragons and ogres. Elodie plans to become an apprentice actor instead, but soon finds herself assistant to a dragon detective, protecting [...]
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The Aviary
Posted on December 5, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Mysteries>by Kathleen O’Dell Clara has grown up in an old, crumbling mansion where her mother is a housekeeper. The owner, Mrs. Glendoveer, is an elderly woman whose late husband was a magician. The house is in disrepair and large parts of it are shuttered, but it is all Clara has ever known. Her mother refuses [...]
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Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Mysteries> by Amos Oz Imagine a world without animals. It’s difficult for me to even think about, yet this is the world Matti and Maya live in. Parents won’t tell their children what happened to the animals and scold them for even asking. They also warn their little ones about the mountain demon who snatches [...]
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The 39 Clues
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Rachel in Adventure, Mysteriesinvented and organized by Rick Riordan If you like adventure, secrets, history, or kids saving the world, you will love The 39 Clues. There is one family, the Cahills, that has been shaping history for centuries. Almost all famous people are Cahills, and they’ve been leaving clues to something mysterious and valuable. Amy and Dan [...]
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