# Books like Twisted Summer

**10** books similar to *Twisted Summer* by Willo Davis Roberts (Mystery · grades 6–8), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** murder, beaches, mystery and detective stories
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/twisted-summer
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Name of the Game Was Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-name-of-the-game-was-murder) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Dead Man in Indian Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-man-in-indian-creek) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [A Deadly Game of Magic](https://readinglist.school/book/a-deadly-game-of-magic) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Don't Look Behind You](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-look-behind-you) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Dark and Deadly Pool](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-and-deadly-pool) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Third Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-third-eye) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).

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