Mysteries for children and young adults

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.

Table of Contents

5-6

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.
Cover image of What really happened to Humpty
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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The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers / Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh.
Cover image of The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6063 .C326 P74 2014
Ages 7-11; Gr.2-4
Danny's doodles : the squirting donuts / story and illustrations by David A. Adler.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .D572 D36 2014
Lexile measure 550; Ages 7-10; Gr.2-4
The case of the snack snatcher / written by Liam O'Donnell ; illustrated by Aurélie Grand.
Cover image of The case of the snack snatcher
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS8629 .D64 C38 2015
Lexile measure 490; Ages 7-9

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library / Chris Grabenstein.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R27 E83 2013
Lexile measure 720; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-7; Guided reading V
Once upon a crime / Michael Buckley ; pictures by Peter Ferguson.
Cover image of Once upon a crime
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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Ghost in the water.
First print edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q163 .G59 2014
Ages 9-12
The detective's assistant / by Kate Hannigan.
Cover image of The detective's assistant
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3608 .A71578 D48 2015
Ages 9-12; Gr.4-6
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
The vicious case of the viral vaccine / by Pendred Noyce and Roberta Baxter ; illustrated by Sun Cheng Yung.
Cover image of the vicious case of the viral vaccine
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
The Westing game / Ellen Raskin.
Cover image of The Westing game
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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The Marvels / Brian Selznick.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .E469 M37 2015
Lexile measure 770; Ages 10-17; Gr.5-8; Guided reading U
Greenglass House / by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars.
Cover image of Greenglass house
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

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Goldie Vance / created by Hope Larson & Brittney Williams ; written by Hope Larson ; illustrated by Brittney Williams ; colors by Sarah Stern ; letters by Jim Campbell ; cover by Brittney Williams.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6728 .G65 L377 2016 V.1
Ages 11-14; gr.6-9
Beastly bones : a Jackaby novel / William Ritter.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .I795 B43 2016
Lexile measure 850; Ages 11-18; Gr.7-12
I am Princess X / Cherie Priest ; illustrated by Kali Ciesemier.
Cover image of I am Princess X
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3616 .R537 I2 2015
Lexile measure 790; Ages 11-14; Gr.6-9
The book of lost things / Cynthia Voigt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
Cover image of The book of lost things
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3572 .O33 B66 2013
Gr.5-8
The mysterious Benedict Society and the perilous journey / by Trenton Lee Stewart ; illustrations by Diana Sudyka.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .T535 M974 2008
Lexile measure 890; Book level 6.1; Ages 11-14; Gr.5-9; Guided reading V
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
Three times lucky / by Sheila Turnage.
Cover image of Three times lucky
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
Steeplejack / A.J. Hartley.
Cover image of Steeplejack
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6108 .A787 S74 2016
Lexile measure 930; Gr.6 and up

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City of saints & thieves / Natalie C. Anderson.
Cover image of City of saints & thieves
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .N54443 C58 2017
Gr.7 and up
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
Picture me gone / Meg Rosoff.
Cover image of Picture me gone
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
Heist society / Ally Carter.
Cover image of Heist society
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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Dreamland burning / Jennifer Latham.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .A8686 D74 2017
Gr.8 and up
The unfinished life of Addison Stone / Adele Griffin.
Cover image of The unfinished life of Addison Stone
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R4886 U54 2014
Lexile measure HL760L; Ages 13 and up; Gr.10-12
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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Vanishing girls / Lauren Oliver.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3615 .L58635 V36 2015
Lexile measure 890; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up
These shallow graves / Jennifer Donnelly.
First Ember edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .O563 T48 2016
Lexile measure HL630L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up
Last seen leaving / Caleb Roehrig.
Cover image of Last seen leaving
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .O368 L37 2016
Ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up
Pasadena / Sherri L. Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5937 P37 2016
Lexile measure HL630L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12
With malice / Eileen Cook.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.4 .C65845 W58 2016
Lexile measure HL730L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up
Julia vanishes / Catherine Egan.
Cover image of Julia vanishes
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .G35 J85 2016
Lexile measure HL790L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.8 and up
A study in Charlotte : a Charlotte Holmes novel / Brittany Cavallaro.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .A89895 S78 2016
Lexile measure HL750L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up
Paper valentine / Brenna Yovanoff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .O99 P37 2013
Lexile measure 970; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12
Out of the Easy / Ruta Sepetys.
Cover image of Out of the Easy
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