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Mysteries-Middle Grade
RU (APA) 6th Grade

With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, tensions begin to bubble. . .
As she sits in her nearly empty store on Groundhog Day, Hannah can only hope that spring is just around the corner—and that the popularity of the new Magnolia Blossom Bakery is just a passing fad. The southern hospitality of Lake Eden's two Georgia transplants, Shawna...

2) Bunnicula: a rabbit tale of mystery

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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.

3) The Westing game

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Raskin, Ellen

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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.

4) The x'ed-out x-ray

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Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.

5) Sadie

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Summers, Courtney

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2018.

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Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.

6) Paper towns

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Green, John

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One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

7) The cellar

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Preston, Natasha

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For months, Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet.

8) The Agathas

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Alice Ogilvie's disappearance last summer is the biggest scandal at Castle Cove High School--until her ex-boyfriend is accused of murdering his new girlfriend, and Alice must pair up with her tutor Iris Adams to clear his name by relying on the wisdom of Agatha Christie.

9) The council of mirrors / (bk. 9 Sisters Grimm)

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Buckley, Michael

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Hoping to save their family and the citizens of Ferryport Landing from the evil plans of Mirror, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm seek counsel from the other magic mirrors, who advise them to join forces with the Scarlet Hand.

10) Monday's not coming

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Jackson, Tiffany D

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When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.

11) The cheerleaders

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Thomas, Kara

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"As a town prepares for the anniversary of the deaths of five cheerleaders who were killed in three separate, horrific accidents, two teens uncover long-buried truths about what really happened years ago"--

12) The mysteries of Harris Burdick

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Van Allsburg, Chris

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Presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title and a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story.

13) The mystery at Lilac Inn / (bk. 4 Nancy Drew)

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Keene, Carolyn

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RU (APA) 4th Grade

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Nancy finds herself in danger when she tries to solve the mystery of an old inn which seems to be jinxed.

14) The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

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Sedoti, Chelsea

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From bestselling author Chelsea Sedoti comes a comedic young adult mystery with "one of the most relatable characters in recent young adult literature" (Book Page), perfect for fans of John Green and Jandy Nelson. Hawthorn Creely's not one to get involved in other people's business. But a missing person's investigation? That's another matter...

Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation.

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15) Closed for the season

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Hahn, Mary Downing

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2010.

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When Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.

16) You will be mine

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Preston, Natasha

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Lylah's five best friends and roomates at a university begin receiving threatening letters on Valentine's Day before being murdered, one by one. ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE WATCH YOUR BACK I'M COMING FOR YOU Lylah and her friends can't wait to spend a night out together. Partying is the perfect way to let loose from the stress of life and school, and Lylah hopes that hitting the dance floor with Chace, her best friend, will bring them closer...

17) The high rise private eyes: the case of the missing monkey

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Rylant, Cynthia

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Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

2000

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While having breakfast at their favorite diner, two detectives, Bunny and Jack, solve a mystery that is not what it seems.

18) The missing mummy / (bk. 13 A to Z Mysteries)

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Roy, Ron

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Random House

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2001

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RU (APA) 3rd Grade

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Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit.

19) Insignificant events in the life of a cactus

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Bowling, Dusti

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New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges. Thirteen-year-old Aven was born without arms and has trouble fitting in at her new school after her parents take a job at a dying western theme park, but she makes a new friend in a fellow disabled boy who helps her solve a mystery at the park.

20) Cat and mouse in a haunted house / (bk. 3 Geronimo Stilton)

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Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2004]

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