RECOMMENDEDREADS JFICTION:MYSTERY
JHADD, M
TheSecret Letters
Margaret PetersonHaddix
Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, find vintage letters that lead to interlocking mysteries from the 1970s and ‘80s.
JBADU, T
TheCookie Crumbles
TracyBadua& AlechiaDown
JPONT, J
TheSherlock Society
JamesPonti
Alex Sherlock, his sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
While competing in the Golden Cookie Competition for a full ride to the prestigious Sunderland boarding school, Laila gets mixed up in a mystery as she and her best friend, Lucy, search for the truth after one of the celebrity judges collapses after sampling her showpiece.
JCURR, L
TheMysteryof LockedRooms
LindsayCurrie
From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes an action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.
Troubleatthe Tangerine
GillianMcDunn
Eleven-year-old Simon is ready to make the Tangerine Pines his forever home, but when a robbery occurs in the apartment building, he and his new friend Amaya set out to solve the case and keep his family from moving again.
JLINC, B
TheSwifts:A Dictionaryof Scoundrels
BethLincoln
On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risktaker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and she's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives-until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs.
JTASH, S
SarvenazTash TheQueenof OceanParkway
An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor.
JanetSumner Johnson FinalWord JSUMN, J
Twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their family from financial ruin, only to find themselves in a cut-throat competition to uncover a fortune and dark secrets about the wealthy relations they have never known.
JGERB, A
TheLiarsSociety
AlysonGerber
The Inheritance Games and One of Us is Lying for middle grade -- beloved author Alyson Gerber's new series is an unforgettable mystery featuring a secret society, a mysterious island, and dangerous family secrets.
RebeccaStead& WendyMass
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.
Puzzleheart JREES, J
JennReese
When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.
TheMysteryof MysticMountain JFOX, J
JanetFox
Twelve-year-old Becca's unwelcome trip to a dude ranch turns adventurous when she and the wrangler's son uncover clues to the lost treasure of Pearlhandle Pete.
Martha Brockenbrough ToCatchaThief JBROC, M
Amelia thinks of herself as devoid of talent, but when the dragonfly staff goes missing seven days before the Dragonfly Day Festival, she takes it upon herself to catch the thief and save her town.
TheMysteryof theRadcliffe Riddle JSOUD, T
TarynSouders
Grady and his father inherit the town oddball's old tapestry and discover it is a highly coveted treasure map.
JRENO, G
FindHer
GingerReno
Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing.