# The Sherlock Society

**Author:** James Ponti
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2025
**Page count:** 368
**Genre:** Middle Grade Mystery
**ISBN-13:** `9781665932547`
**ISBN-10:** `1665932546`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-sherlock-society
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Alex and Zoe Sherlock recruit their friends and their retired-journalist grandpa to launch a detective agency over summer break in Miami — and stumble onto a real, dangerous case. James Ponti's fast, funny mystery kicks off a new series. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- mystery
- friendship
- family
- adventure

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

### Sunshine State Young Readers Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2026-2027 Master List (Grades 3-5)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-3-5.html)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2026-2027 Master List (Grades 3-5)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-3-5.html)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Florida — [source: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2026-2027 Master List (Grades 3-5)](https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra-3-5.html)

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