Mystery & Adventure

Top reading picks for junior mystery and adventure

Updated December 4, 2023
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Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back (the Bad Guys #3)
Blabey, Aaron
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated...
Minerva Keen's Detective Club
Patterson, James
Paper Book
James Patterson has just created the most spine-tingling, creepy-crawling, giggle-producing kid's detective club ever. That's ever.   Living in the luxurious Arcanum building--with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an...
Under suspicion
Spratt, R. A.
Paper Book
"A must-have series for middle-grade readers." --Booklist Friday Barnes, girl detective, is... under arrest?! Getting arrested was the last thing Friday expected after solving the swamp-yeti mystery at her boarding school. But she better clear her name fast! She's...
Choose your own adventure: heroes and monsters, Netflix Stranger Things
Tahir, Rana.
Paper Book
A thrilling Choose Your Own Adventure® book based on Netflix's Stranger Things! Are YOU ready to journey to the dark side of Hawkins, Indiana? Join Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, and their friends as they explore Pennhurst Asylum, the creepy old Creel house, and possibly...
39 Clues: the Maze of Bones: a Graphic Novel (39 Clues Graphic Novel #1)
Riordan, Rick.
Paper Book
The graphic novel adaptation of the mega-bestseller that launched a global phenomenon! Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her descendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue." Grace is the last matriarch of...

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