Mysterious Mysteries - Grades 4-6

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
by Jennifer Allison
(J ALLISON, JEN GJ #1)
During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
by M.T. Anderson
(J ANDERSON M.T. TT #2)
Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist. Sequel to: Whales on Stilts.

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?
by Avi
(J AVI)
Becky and her brother use some ingenious clues to identify the person who stole five children's books from the town's library.

Goody Hall
by Natalie Babbitt
(J BABBITT, NAT)
The new tutor at Goody Hall is pleased with his job but can't help feeling there is something peculiar about the household.

Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
(J BALLIETT, BLU)
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.

Coffin on a Case
by Eve Bunting
(J BUNTING, EVE)
Twelve-year-old Henry Coffin helps a  high school girl in her dangerous attempt to find her kidnapped mother.

Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
(J CONRAD, PAM)
Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of a girl, who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event.

Terror Train!
by Gilbert B. Cross
(J CROSS, GIL)
Two boys traveling from Chicago to Portland, Oregon, by train, join forces with an elderly mystery writer to investigate a fellow passenger's sudden death.

Wolf
by Gillian Cross
(J CROSS, GIL and YA CRO)
Cassy stays with her mother in an artists’ settlement, where she helps produce an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.

The Light on Hogback Hill
by Cynthia DeFelice
(J DEFELICE, CYN)
When she investigates the mysterious light on Hogback Hill, Hadley finds and befriends a hunchbacked old woman with a tragic past.

Deep Doo-Doo and the Mysterious E-mail
by Michael Delaney
(J DELANEY, MIC)
Bennet and his friend Pete work together to find out who is responsible for putting a pumpkin on top of the town hall flagpole.

Jim Ugly
by Sid Fleischman
(J FLEISCHMAN, SID)
The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father’s part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake’s actor father.

Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
(J GAIMAN, NEI)
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
by Jean Craighead George
(J GEORGE, JEA)
Sixth-grader Liza K. searches for a missing alligator destined for extermination and studies the delicate ecological balance keeping her outdoor home beautiful.

Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw?
by Patricia Reilly Giff
(J GIFF, PAT)
Abby and her friend work on several mysteries: a mysterious new neighbor, a missing person, a theft, and the unusual actions of Abby's brother.

The Doll in the Garden
by Mary Downing Hahn
(J HAHN, MAR)
After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in a garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the-century world through a hedge.

The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
(J HAMILTON, VIR)
After a family of five moves into an old house, mysterious sounds and events make the family believe they are in grave danger.

The Summer of the Bonepile Monster
by Aileen Henderson
(J HENDERSON, AIL)
Hollis encounters some dark family secrets when he and his sister Lou are sent to spend the summer with their blind great-grandmother.

Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
(J HIAASEN, CAR)
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

Time Stops for No Mouse
by Michael Hoeye
(J HOEYE, MIC)
When a customer brings a watch into his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a world of dangerous search as he tries to find out what happened to her.

Minerva Clark Gets a Clue
by Karen Karbo
(J KARBO, KAR)
A thirteen-year-old girl in Portland, Oregon, loses all self-doubt when she is zapped by lightning and uses her newfound courage to solve a murder mystery.

Nightmare Mountain
by Peg Kehret
(J KEHRET, PEG)
Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense.

Danger in the Dark: A Harry Houdini Mystery
by Tom Lalicki
(J LALICKI, TOM HN #1)
Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel, aided by the famous magician Harry Houdini, plots to unmask a phony spirit advisor attempting to relieve the boy's great-aunt of her fortune.

The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(J NAYLOR, PHY)
Dead bodies which appear and disappear mysteriously are threatening to lose Sam's father his job as manager of the Besseldorf Hotel.

Search for the Shadowman
by Joan Lowery Nixon
(J NIXON, JOA)
A genealogy report for his history class leads Andy Thomas to discover a secret in his family's past that no one wants to talk about.

The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
(JNBR RASKIN, ELL and YA RAS)
The mysterious death of a millionaire brings together a group of heirs who must uncover the reasons for his death before they can claim their inheritance.

The View From the Cherry Tree
by Willo Davis Roberts
(J ROBERTS, WIL)
Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him--except the murderer.

The Treasures of Weatherby
by Zilpha K. Snyder
(J SNYDER, ZIL)
Determined to be as strong and powerful as the first Harleigh, who built the rambling Weatherby Hall, twelve-year-old Harleigh Fourth and an equally diminutive new friend try to foil the plans of a distant relative who is seeking the long-lost Weatherby fortune.

The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
by Diane Stanley
(J STANLEY, DIA)
When a popular series of horror novels is having a bizarre effect on the behavior of its readers, Franny and Beamer set out to find the author.

Cousins in the Castle
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
(J WALLACE, BAR)
A new friend comes to Amelia's rescue when she finds herself the victim of a dastardly villain's fiendish plans.

Danger in Quicksand Swamp
by Bill Wallace
(J WALLACE, BIL)
Ben and Jake battle alligators, quicksand, and a murderer when they search for buried treasure on an island in a swamp.

Haunted Summer
by Betty Ren Wright
(J WRIGHT, BET)
Shy, nine-year-old Abby surprises herself, her equally timid baby sitter, and her older brother when they are haunted by a ghost that is trying to reclaim a stolen music box.

The Case of the Lion Dance
by Laurence Yep
(J YEP, LAU)
When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and her aunt search for the thief throughout San Francisco's Chinatown.

Mystery Series:

Juliet Stone by Dina Anastasio (J ANASTASIO)
Stevie Diamond by Linda Bailey (J BAILEY)
Green Knowe by L. M. Boston (J BOSTON)
Herculeah Jones by Betsy Cromer Byars (J BYARS)
Internet Detectives by Michael Coleman (J COLEMAN)
Mathnet Casebook by David Connell (J CONNELL)
Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon (J DIXON)
Spy Mice by Heather Vogel Frederick (J FREDERICK)
McGurk Mystery by E. W. Hildick (J HILDICK)
Sebastian Barth by James Howe (J HOWE)
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (J KEENE)
Frightmares by Peg Kehret (J KEHRET)
National Parks by Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson (J SKURZYNSKI)
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol (J SOBOL)
Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (J SPRINGER)
Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen (J VAN DRAANEN)
History Mysteries (American Girl) by Various Authors (J AME HM)