Runningmom80 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 for middle school emotional maturity. (I.e nothing extremely violent.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Hm. The Wig in the Window is written for that age group, but it's a proper murder mystery, not a "who stole the ice cream?" type. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 The Westing Game comes to mind. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie? You'd have to check that since I know it is shelved in the adult section, but the protagonist is a middle grades girl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 Thank you! I'll check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 My kids loved the Mrs. Pollifax series. They are adult mysteries though, and I can't remember the ages my kids were when they read them. Sorry! But they are fun stories about an elderly woman who joins the CIA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 The Echo Falls series is a set of mysteries that are pretty unknown but which are great for this age. There are real crimes and some real scary stuff, but the protagonist is a kid and they're age appropriate. https://www.amazon.com/Down-Rabbit-Hole-Falls-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0020Q3FUO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1489111241&sr=8-2&keywords=echo+falls Some other thoughts... Westing Game Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game - art mysteries Shakespeare's Secret - another art mystery The London Eye Mystery Alex Rider series - action spy mysteries I can probably think of more. Does it need to be a certain sort of mystery? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 The Echo Falls series is a set of mysteries that are pretty unknown but which are great for this age. There are real crimes and some real scary stuff, but the protagonist is a kid and they're age appropriate. https://www.amazon.com/Down-Rabbit-Hole-Falls-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0020Q3FUO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1489111241&sr=8-2&keywords=echo+falls Some other thoughts... Westing Game Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game - art mysteries Shakespeare's Secret - another art mystery The London Eye Mystery Alex Rider series - action spy mysteries I can probably think of more. Does it need to be a certain sort of mystery? These are great! No certain kind requested. He's interested in doing a "detective" project and says he likes mysteries. He read a couple elementary age mysteries that were on kindle unlimited and was trying to find harder to solve mysteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 What about mini-mystery collections: - Two Minute Mysteries; More Two Minute Mysteries; Still More Two Minute Mysteries (Sobol) - Little Giant Book of Whodunits (Conrad)- Whodunit: You Decide! (Conrad)- Almost Perfect Crimes (Conrad)- Historical Whodunit (Conrad) - Little Giant Book of Whodunits (Conrad) - Dr. Quicksolve series (Sukach) - You Be the Jury series (Miller) - Solv-a-Crime Puzzles (Singer) - Case Closed, and sequels (Obrist)- Dr. Quicksolve series (Sukach ) Other YA mystery ideas: - Shakespeare Stealer, and sequels (Blackwood) -- historical setting; boy protagonist - A Murder for Her Majesty (Hilgartner) -- historical setting; girl protagonist - Baker Street Irregulars (Newman) -- and others by Newman - Detectives in Togas; The Roman Ransom (Winterfeld) What about Sherlock Holmes short mystery stories? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I haven't seen the Sammy Keyes series mentioned yet. They're a little fluffy and have been enjoyed by my kids in the 8-12 yo range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 You ladies are awesome! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 A few others: Under the Egg, Masterminds, The Book Scavenger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I also thought Flavia De Luce and Sherlock Holmes, but I was thinking Agatha Christie might work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 BJU's Journeyforth has a fairly large selection of mysteries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I think if he's interested in doing a unit on mysteries you need to throw an Agatha Christie in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 My kids loved Sherlock Holmes - read as 5th and 7th graders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 My kids loved Sherlock Holmes - read as 5th and 7th graders Mine, too. One read The Hound of the Baskervilles for co-op and the entire class loved it. Although this is probably geared to a lower reading level, my son also really enjoyed the first few Alfred Hitchcock "The Three Investigators" series. This series got him hooked on detective stories and mysteries in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 DS10 is currently enjoying "Caves of Steel" and will be reading "The Naked Sun" later this week. Asimov's SciFi robot books are basically mysteries. WTM folks advise caution before the third "Robots of Dawn" book because of a robot sex element but otherwise they seem great for a middle school audience. His other choice when choosing these was the Flavia de Luce books, so "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" and sequels is probably in the near future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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