Children's Mystery

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
19,701 members
302 reviews
4.2
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The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
14,917 members
365 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
10,982 members
302 reviews
4
2 Members
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My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
7,612 members
81 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene
7,450 members
90 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
by Donald J. Sobol
5,074 members
43 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
7
The Tower Treasure
by Franklin W. Dixon
5,039 members
52 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,890 members
90 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
9
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
by John Bellairs
860 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
10
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
40,249 members
793 reviews
4.1
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Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
by Deborah Howe
8,857 members
170 reviews
4
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
12
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
5,550 members
71 reviews
3.8
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ManWithAnAgenda: Has one sequel.
13
The Yellow House Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
5,249 members
10 reviews
3.8
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ManWithAnAgenda: The first real mystery in the series.
14
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
by David A. Adler
3,715 members
43 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
15
The Eleventh Hour
by Graeme Base
2,922 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Runaway Racehorse
by Ron Roy
2,191 members
8 reviews
4.1
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The Dollhouse Murders
by Betty Ren Wright
1,503 members
42 reviews
3.8
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18
Detective Camp
by Ron Roy
1,399 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Headless Cupid
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1,185 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
20
The Secret of Terror Castle
by Robert Arthur
1,119 members
22 reviews
3.8
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
21
The Time of the Ghost
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,016 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
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Key to the Treasure
by Peggy Parish
784 members
11 reviews
4.1
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
23
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
by John Bellairs
453 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
24
The House on Hackman's Hill
by Joan Lowery Nixon
432 members
15 reviews
3.9
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The Dead Man in Indian Creek
by Mary Downing Hahn
408 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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Who Killed Mr. Boddy?
by A. E. Parker
343 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
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Time Windows
by Kathryn Reiss
323 members
2 reviews
3.9
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In the Hall with the Knife
by Diana Peterfreund
263 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
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Harriet Spies Again
by Louise Fitzhugh
257 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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By the Light of the Study Lamp
by Carolyn Keene
244 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
31
Frankenstein Moved In on the Fourth Floor
by Elizabeth Levy
232 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
32
The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper
by Jean Van Leeuwen
220 members
2 reviews
3.8
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Something Queer Is Going on: A Mystery
by Elizabeth Levy
201 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
34
Meg Mackintosh and The Case of the Missing Babe Ruth Baseball
by Lucinda Landon
193 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
35
Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds
by Holly Beth Walker
162 members
3 reviews
3
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Ginnie and the Mystery Doll
by Catherine Woolley
147 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda: Mystery outing within larger series.
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Secrets in the Attic
by Carol Beach York
106 members
3
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The Mystery at Kickingbird Lake
by Dian Curtis Regan
89 members
3 reviews
3.8
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ManWithAnAgenda: First in a series.
39
The Adventures of Holly Hobbie
by Richard Dubelman
71 members
1 review
4
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The Ghosts of Follonsbee's Folly
by Florence Hightower
57 members
1 review
4
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The Picolinis
by Anne Graham Estern
47 members
½ 4.5
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ManWithAnAgenda: Has one sequel.
42
Missing Melinda
by Jacqueline Jackson
35 members
½ 4.3
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Barbie Solves a Mystery
by Cynthia Lawrence
27 members
½ 3.5
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ManWithAnAgenda: Mystery outing within larger series.