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Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers for 2th - 4th grade

* Indicates part of a series.

Book Cover Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones *
by David A. Adler
JF ADLER, D.

When she notices some bones missing from a dinosaur skeleton exhibited in the museum, a young girl with a photographic memory tries to discover who has been taking them and why.

 

Book Cover Mary Moon Is Missing
by Patricia Reily Giff
JF GIFF, P.

Assisted by her cat Max and her friend Cash, Minnie tries to find Mary Moon, a valuable racing pigeon that has disappeared just before a big race.


Book Cover The Hamster of the Baskervilles: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye *
by Bruce Hale
JF HALE, B.
Something is trashing the classrooms at Emerson Hicky Elementary School, and sixth-grade private eye Chet Gecko sets out to find the creature that's responsible.


Book Cover Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pear *
by Joan Lowery Nixon
JF NIXON, J.

Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys where a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl is stolen from them.


Book Cover The Magic Pretzel *
by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
JF PINKWATER, D.

Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal behaves a lot like a dog and finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.


Book Cover The Case of the Marshmallow Monster *
by James Preller
JF PRELLER, J.

While on a class camping trip, Danika informs Jigsaw that there is a Marshmallow Monster haunting the lake, so Jigsaw joins forces with Mila to find out the truth.


Book Cover Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective *
by Donald J. Sobol
JF SOBOL, D.
Ten-year-old Leroy Brown, son of the police chief of Idaville, opens a detective agency and before the summer is over solves nine baffling cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.


Book Cover The Case of the Dirty Clue *
by George Edward Stanley
JF STANLEY, G.
When Misty's new bike is hit by a speeding car after being left in the middle of the street by her little brother, the Third Grade Detectives gather clues to track down the driver.


Book Cover Princess For a Week
by Betty Ren Wright
JF WRIGHT, B.

When a confident girl named Princess arrives to spend a week at Roddy's house, she encourages him to help her investigate the suspicious activities happening at a supposedly haunted house.


Book Cover The Ghost of Popcorn Hill
by Betty Ren Wright
JF WRIGHT, B.

Peter and Martin would rather live on the top of Popcorn Hill than anywhere else in the world. There is always someplace exciting to explore with their new dog Rosie.  But things turn scary after a weird laughing ghost appears in their bedroom at night.  It seems he is lonesome and wants to be friends.  As the boys try to get rid of this creepy night time visitor, they discover there is more than one ghost on Popcorn Hill!


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