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Sep 25, 2023 · 60+ best middle-grade mysteries for boys and girls! Find middle-grade mystery book series and early reader chapter books on this list.
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Nov 1, 2023 · Encourage your 9 to 12 year old children to read a good middle grade mystery to foster their curiosity and critical thinking skills.
- Charlie Thorne and The Last Equation
- Spy School
- Escape
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- Wretched Waterpark
- Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective Series
- Shadow Jumper
- Greenglass House
- The Westing Game
- Book Scavenger
The Charlie Thorne series is perfect for tweens who love adventure mysteries. Think Dan Brown style, but for a younger audience. This is the first in a 3-book (so far) series. The 3rd one, the Curse of Cleopatra, just came out this month. Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
Another awesome middle-grade mystery series from Stuart Gibbs, Spy School just released its 10th tome, Spy School Project X. So if your kids enjoy this first one, they’ll have plenty more to keep them reading all summer long! Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
Escape is perfect for tweens who want their mystery hidden beneath layers of action and adventure. Synopsis WESTWORLD meets CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY meets JURASSIC PARK, as kids win a chance to enter the place of their dreams — and find that it quickly turns into a nightmare. It’s all anyone talks about, and it’s all Cody dreams about. It’...
The Mysterious Benedict Society, one of the most highly-rated middle-grade mystery series, is perfect for fans of books like A Series of Unfortunate Events. There are currently 4 books out, plus a prequel. It’s also a series on Disney+! Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
I’ve been a huge fan of Kiersten White ever since her YA Paranormalcy series. I had no idea that she was writing tween books now, too! There are only two books out in this series so far, but they look fantastic! Perfect for tweens who like their mysteries with a side of spookiness. Synopsis Meet the Sinister-Winterbottoms: brave Theo, her timid twi...
We can’t really talk about middle-grade mystery books without mentioning Nancy Drew, now can we? There are close to 200 books in the original series, plus several more modern versions (like the one previewed here). Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
Currently, there are two books in the Shadow Jumper series. Both of them are free on Kindle Unlimited. 😀 Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
FYI, this one is available for free if you subscribe to Amazon Kids. If they enjoy the gothic-throwback novel, there are 4 more in the series. All are standalone mysteries. Synopsis Grab it on Amazon
Like Nancy Drew, The Westing Game is a classic that every mystery-lover should read at least once. It won the Newberry Medal award back in 1978 (the year it was released). In 2020, HBO announced that it was developing the book into a series, but I’m not sure where they’re at with that. Synopsis A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely...
Book Scavenger follows the adventures of 12-year-old Emily and her new friends as they race to follow clues and find out what happened to their favorite writer. It’s the first in a 3-book series. Check out all three titles below: Synopsis For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it’s the home city of her liter...
Aug 22, 2018 · This list focuses on middle school mystery books, and I’ve broken it down in approximate grade levels, but every kid is different and may have different reading needs! Check out this list of 50 Must-Read Mystery Books for Kids and 50 Must-Read Young Adult Mysteries for more great reads!
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Jun 9, 2022 · For fans of Book Scavenger, a smart and funny math camp middle-grade mystery with built-in logic puzzles that readers can solve. Twelve-year-old painter Esther can’t wait to attend Camp Vermeer, the most prestigious art camp around.
Feb 8, 2016 · Your middle grade reader, (ages 8-13, or thereabouts) will find a mystery and detective story on this list to suit every taste. Secret codes, mysterious letters, dastardly villains, wretched relatives, murders, confounding clues, art heists and missing jewels.
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May 25, 2021 · 17 titles to keep tween mystery fans turning pages well into the summer. These novels will have tweens engrossed in a bevy of welcome mystery tropes, from (potentially) fake town curses, haunted theater productions, theft on a cross-country train voyage, and the inexplicable reappearance of a local missing boy.
