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FICTION - MYSTERY
Holes (Louis Sachar) Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention centre, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption. 10+ A NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER http://www.amazon.com/Holes-Louis-Sachar/dp/0739331760/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-4102143-1332717?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190701575&sr=1-3
The Egypt Game (Zilpha Keatley Snyder) An unlikely band of children, enthralled by the mysteries of the pharaohs, withdraws from daily life into an elaborate game of make-believe in their own Egypt. This fantasy game that soon leads to strange, unexplainable happenings. A NEWBERY HONOR WINNER. 10+ http://www.amazon.com/Egypt-Game-Zilpha-Keatley-Snyder/dp/0440422256 Teaching ideas @ : http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-egypt-game/
Games @: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002765/J002765/
The Three Investigators “The Mystery Of The Fiery Eye” (Robert Arthur) Three junior detectives solve a mystery involving a collection of antique busts, a legacy, a strange letter, and a red ruby. 9-12 YO http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/series/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-three-investigators/mystery-of-fiery-eye.htm
The Three Investigators “The Mystery Of The Green Ghost” (Robert Arthur) The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving a family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a ghost's appearance in the old Green Mansion. 9-12 YO http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/series/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-three-investigators/mystery-of-green-ghost.htm
The Three Investigators “The Secret Of Terror Castle” (Robert Arthur) Finding a genuine haunted house for a movie set sounds like fun -- and a great way to generate publicity for the Three Investigators' new detective agency. But when the boys arrive for an overnight visit at Terror Castle -- home of a deceased horror-movie actor -- they soon find out how the place got its name! 9-12 YO http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/series/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-three-investigators/secret-of-terror-castle.htm
The Three Investigators "The Mystery Of The Whispering Mummy" (Robert Arthur) When Ra-Orkon, a 3,000-year-old mummy, begins to whisper strange words in an ancient Egyptian tongue, the Three Investigators are determined to find out the facts: Why is he speaking? What is he saying? And how is the horrible curse of Ra-Orkon about to be fulfilled? http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Whispering-Mummy-Three-Investigators/dp/0394864034
A Jigsaw Jones Mystery “The Case Of The Marshmallow Monster” (James Preller) Jigsaw and some friends go on a long car ride to a camp and started to tell campfire stories about a lake monster. The kids put out a bag of marshmallows, even though they weren't supposed to because it might lure bears into their camp. In the morning the marshmallows are gone! Jigsaw now has a mystery to solve! 7-10 YO http://www.amazon.com/Jigsaw-Jones-11-Marshmallow-Monster/dp/0439184738
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E.L. Konigsburg) The story is about two children Claudia and her younger brother Jamie who run away from home to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While at the museum, Claudia becomes fascinated with one of the museum's statues, and does not want to go home until she can discover the maker of the statue. To discover the artist she must explore the files of the statue's former owner, Mrs. Basil E, Frankweiler. 9-12+ WINNER OF THE NEWBERY AWARD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Mixed-Up_Files_of_Mrs._Basil_E._Frankweiler
The Ghost Of Windy Hill (Clyde Robert Bulla) professor with a reputation for being unafraid of ghosts moves with his family into a house that is supposed to be haunted but his children find the neighbours more mysterious than the house. 7-10 YO http://www.ioffer.com/i/Book-The-Ghost-Of-Windy-Hill-By-C-R-Bulla-19207351 (Cover art different)
The Mystery Of The Trembling Earth (Anne Collins) Trina, Alec and Noah are in the woods with their dog when an earthquake strikes. But the children discover that things are not all that what they seem. The more they find out, the more dangerous a situation they end up in. http://www.mondopub.com/c/@XwfvmOS64b5w6/Pages/product.html?record@43549