All About "mystery"
Book Review: Half-Moon Investigations
Clever detective fiction for middle-graders.
Read MoreBook Review: Monster
This book about a teen who may be a murderer isn't for everyone.
Read MoreReview: Chasing Vermeer
A famous Vermeer painting, The Lady Writing, is stolen while in transit to a Chicago museum. Petra and Calder, classmates at the University of Chicago Lab School, think they may be able to solve the mystery. Petra has found, and then lost again, a related letter, and each of them may be getting supernatural messages about the theft, Petra directly from the Lady in the painting, and Calder from a set of pentominoes.
As they track down clues, their investigations lead them in many directions: an old lady in the neighborhood, a famous bookstore, their teacher, a book of freakish phenomena, a friend's disappearance, and a series of odd coincidences. No one is what they seem to be, and Petra and Calder don't know whom they can trust.
Read MoreBook Review: The Wright 3
Clever kids save historic house in tepid sequel.
Read MoreBook Review: Chasing Vermeer
A mystery, fantasy, and imaginative launch pad.
Read MoreBook Review: A Deadly Game of Magic
A unique and truly suspenseful story.
Read MoreBook Review: The Gold Dust Letters
Mystery and fantasy combine effectively.
Read MoreBook Review: The Last Treasure
A ghost, a family mystery, and treasure.
Read MoreBook Review: Monster
Steve's in jail, on trial for murder. He's young, he's terrified, and he's Black. He's sure no one will believe him. Does Steve even believe in himself? You decide when you read this fast-moving book written like a movie script. The courtroom mystery hits home with enough drama and realism to attract even reluctant readers.
Read MoreBook Review: Madeline in London
Kids will like the pageantry of this story, although the pace is slow.
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