Books about mystery and detective stories
11 books that US schools assign on this theme
Alvin's Swap Shop
Clifford B. Hicks
Grades 4–6
Closed for the Season
Mary Downing Hahn
Grades 3–8
Framed!
James Ponti
Grades 3–8
Nightmare Mountain
Peg Kehret
Grades 3–6
Running Out of Time
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Grades 3–8
Skeleton Creek
Patrick Carman
Grades 3–8
Something Big Has Been Here
Jack Prelutsky
Grades 3–5
Tarot Says Beware
Betsy Cromer Byars
Grades 3–8
Terror at the Zoo
Peg Kehret
Grades 3–6
The Name of the Game Was Murder
Joan Lowery Nixon
Grades 3–8
The Stranger
Chris Van Allsburg
Grades 3–5
