Favorite Mystery Books for 3rd-5th Grades

[mom31257]

I'm looking for a mystery for the book club I lead (3rd-5th grade students). I like to discuss literary elements and then do hands-on activities. 

'I love Basil of Baker Street, but I would appreciate suggestions for other good mysteries, too.

Last time I did this with a book club, I planned a mystery for the kids to solve. They did fingerprint and ink analysis as well as some deductive reasoning activities. 

[8filltheheart]

Westing Game?  It might be too hard for some 3rd graders, though.

Mysterious Benedict Society

[wendyroo]

The House With a Clock in Its Walls? by John Bellairs
I have loved this book since I read it as a kid. It is a bit spooky, but I read it to my kids when they were those ages and they survived even though they are SUPER sensitive kids. Plus the recent film adaptation was half-way decent.

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
My oldest read this a couple years ago. He enjoyed it, and he is by far my most reluctant novel reader.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
You can't go wrong with Chris Grabenstein.

[Lori D.]

grade 3-6
Chet Gecko, Private Eye series (Hale)
The Name of This Book is Secret (Bosch)
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (Keene)
Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure (Dixon)

grade 4-6
The London Eye Mystery (Dowd)
Flavia Gemina ancient Roman Mysteries series (Lawrence)
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer series (Grisham)
Sammy Keyes series (Van Draanien)

grade 5-7
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Konigsberg)
The Baker Street Irregulars (Newman)
Samurai mysteries (Hoobler)

Edited December 15, 2020 by Lori D.

[Publia]

Detectives in Togas, maybe?