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This guide lists selected mystery fiction for children and young adults to be found in the Cubberley Library collections.  It is arranged by age of audience.

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What really happened to Humpty? : (from the files of a hard-boiled detective) / by Joe Dumpty as told to Jeanie Franz Ransom ; illustrated by Stephen Axelsen.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .A687 W48 2009
Lexile measure 550; Book level 3.2; Gr.1-4; Ages 5-10
Bus station mystery / Gertrude Chandler Warner ; illustrated by David Cunningham.
New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, [1991]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3545 .A738 B87 1991
Guided Reading Level O; Lexile measure 450; Ages 5-9.  Part of the Boxcar children mysteries series.
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Once upon a crime / Michael Buckley ; pictures by Peter Ferguson.
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .U2663 S57 2008
Lexile measure 720; Book level 4.8; Ages 8 and up; Gr.3-5; Guided reading R
Chasing Vermeer / by Blue Balliett ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A623 C48 2004
Lexile measure 770; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-7 Guided reading T
Masterpiece / Elise Broach ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .R538 M37 2008
Lexile measure NC700L; Ages 8-12; Gr.6-8; Guided reading U
Zora and me / Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .O6565 Z67 2010
Lexile measure 860; Ages 8-12; gr. 4-7;  Book level 5.3; Biography, Historical fiction
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The confounding case of the climate crisis / by Owen R. Liu ; illustrated by Chin Yu Yu.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .I932 C66 2014
Lexile measure 850; Ages 9-13
The desperate case of the diamond chip / by Pendred Noyce ; art by Pedro Bessat.
Weston, MA : Tumblehome Learning, Inc., c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 D47 2012
Lexile measure 750; Ages 9-13
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The vicious case of the viral vaccine / by Pendred Noyce and Roberta Baxter ; illustrated by Sun Cheng Yung.
Weston, MA : Tumblehome Learning, Inc., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 V53 2013
Lexile measure 750; Ages 9-13
The perilous case of the zombie potion / by Pendred Noyce ; illustrated by Yu-Yu Chin, Cheng-Yung Sun.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 P47 2014
Lexile measure 750; Ages 9-13
The baffling case of the battered brain / by Pendred Noyce ; illustrated by Cheng-Yung Sun.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O972 B34 2014
Lexile measure 710; Ages 9-13
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The Westing game / Ellen Raskin.
New York : Puffin Books, 2004, c1978.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .A696 W47 2004
Lexile measure 750; Book level 5.3; Ages 9-12; Gr.6-8; Guided reading V
The house of Dies Drear. / Illus. by Eros Keith.
New York : Macmillan, [1968]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » TX 428.51 .H22H
Lexile measure 670; Book level 4.8; Ages 9-12; Gr.3-5 ;Guided reading V
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Greenglass House / by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .I532246 G74 2014
Lexile measure 800; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Icefall / Matthew J. Kirby.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .I732 I28 2011
Lexile measure 670; Ages 10-14; Gr.5-8
The London Eye mystery / Siobhan Dowd.
1st American ed. Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6104 .O88 L66 2008
Lexile measure 640; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-9; Book level 4.1
When you reach me / Rebecca Stead.
1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .T4 W48 2009
Lexile measure 750; Book level 4.5; Ages 10-13; Gr.4-7; Guided reading W
The whispering skull / Jonathan Stroud.
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6069 .T744 W45 2014
Lexile measure 670; Ages 11-15; Gr.4-7
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Three times lucky / by Sheila Turnage.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3570 .U653 T49 2012
Lexile measure 560; Ages 11-15; Gr.5-7; Guided reading W
The screaming staircase / Jonathan Stroud.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6069 .T744 S37 2013
Lexile measure 720; Ages 11-15; Gr.6-8
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Jackaby / William Ritter.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .I8 J33 2014
Lexile measure 920; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
The spiritglass charade / Colleen Gleason.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PS3607 .L437 S65 2014
Lexile measure 840; Ages 12-15
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Picture me gone / Meg Rosoff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .O84195 P53 2013
Lexile measure HL780L; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
The vanishing season / Jodi Lynn Anderson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .N434 V36 2014
Lexile measure 850; Ages 12-18; Gr.9-12
The Christopher killer : a forensic mystery / by Alane Ferguson.
New York : Viking/Sleuth, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3556 .E68 C48 2006
Lexile measure HL880L; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12; Guided reading T
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Heist society / Ally Carter.
1st ed. New York : Disney/Hyperion, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .A7765 H45 2010
Lexile measure 800; Book level 5.5; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12; Guided reading Z
Virals / Kathy Reichs.
London : Young Arrow, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .E476345 V57 2011
Lexile measure 480; Book level 3.5; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
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Fake ID / L.R. Giles.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .I433 F35 2014
Lexile measure HL640L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.7-12
The diviners / Libba Bray.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .R3957 D58 2012
Lexile measure HL730L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.8-12
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Paper valentine / Brenna Yovanoff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .O99 P37 2013
Lexile measure 970; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12
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Out of the Easy / Ruta Sepetys.
New York : Speak, 2014, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .E685 O98 2014
Lexile measure HL590L; Ages 14 and up; gr.10-12
Black mirror / Nancy Werlin.
New York : Speak, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .E673 B53 2003
Lexile measure 580; Book level 4.7; Ages 14 and up; Gr.7-12
The road of the dead / Kevin Brooks.
1st American ed. New York : Chicken House, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6102 .R67 R63 2006
Lexile measure 700; Ages 14 and up