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"Who Could That Be at This Hour?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 1 Book Poster Image
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"Who Could That Be at This Hour?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 1
age 9+
Snicket in fine form as a 12-year-old solving noir mystery.
By Lemony Snicket
(2012)
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"When Did You See Her Last?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 2 Book Poster Image
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"When Did You See Her Last?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 2
age 9+
More playful sequel, even as menace and mystery build.
By Lemony Snicket
(2013)
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File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
age 9+
Fun, clever mini-mysteries let readers play detective.
By Lemony Snicket
(2014)
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"Shouldn't You Be in School?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 3 Book Poster Image
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"Shouldn't You Be in School?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 3
age 9+
Snicket trails an arsonist in compelling installment.
By Lemony Snicket
(2014)
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Book Scavenger
age 9+
Fascinating mystery nurtures a love of puzzles and codes.
By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
(2015)
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"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 4 Book Poster Image
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"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?": All the Wrong Questions, Book 4
age 9+
Friends, villain clash on speeding train in gripping finale.
By Lemony Snicket
(2015)
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The Secret Keepers
age 9+
Slow-building, clever mystery with invisibility and traps.
By Trenton Lee Stewart
(2016)
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Calendar Mysteries Series
age 6+
First-graders solve suspenseful mysteries month by month.
By Ron Roy
(2009)
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages Book Poster Image
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages
age 9+
Kid geniuses are grown up in exciting 4th mystery-adventure.
By Trenton Lee Stewart
(2019)
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The Magician's Bird: A Tuckernuck Mystery, Book 2 Book Poster Image
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The Magician's Bird: A Tuckernuck Mystery, Book 2
age 9+
Funny tween-sleuths mystery more complex than first.
By Emily Fairlie
(2013)
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The Initiation: Lock and Key, Book 1 Book Poster Image
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The Initiation: Lock and Key, Book 1
age 9+
Suspenseful intro to a modern-day young Sherlock Holmes.
By Ridley Pearson
(2016)
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Winterhouse
age 9+
Perfectly set bookish mystery with some spooky stuff.
By Ben Guterson
(2018)
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The Downward Spiral: Lock and Key, Book 2 Book Poster Image
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The Downward Spiral: Lock and Key, Book 2
age 9+
Moodier young Sherlock sequel is chock-full of secrets.
By Ridley Pearson
(2017)
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The Copernicus Legacy, Book 2: The Serpent's Curse Book Poster Image
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The Copernicus Legacy, Book 2: The Serpent's Curse
age 9+
Slapdash mystery misses potential.
By Tony Abbott
(2014)
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