If you like the
39 Clues series,
try these books…
J FICTION SECTION
J FIC Abbott
The Crazy Case of Missing Thunder by Tony Abbott
Long-time friends and fellow sleuths Jeff Bunter, Brian
Rooney, Mara Lubin, and Kelly Smitts, collectively known
as the Goofballs, investigate the disappearance of Thunder
the pony in their town of Badger Point.
J FIC Barrett
The 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barrett
Xena and Xander Holmes discover that Sherlock Holmes
was their great-great-great grandfather when they are
inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous
Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which
they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing
painting.
J FIC Cooney
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie
on a search for her real identity.
TWEEN SECTION
J FIC Barry (TWEEN)
Peter & the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and
Ridley Pearson
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the
ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young
Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical
stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of
a remote island.
J FIC Bosch (TWEEN)
The Name of this Book is Secret by
Pseudonymous Bosch
Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a
dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais,
who are searching for the secret of immortality.
J FIC Carman (TWEEN)
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Although housebound following an eerie accident,
teenaged Ryan continues to investigate the strange
occurrences in his hometown of Skeleton Creek, recording
his findings in a journal and viewing email video clips sent
by fellow detective Sarah.
J FIC Gutman (TWEEN)
Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman.
On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke
and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins
as they try to come to terms with their being part of a topsecret government organization known as The Genius
Files.
J FIC Sachar (TWEEN)
Holes by Louis Sachar.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they
attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is
sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert where he
finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of
himself.
J FIC MYS SOBOL (TWEEN)
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
by Donald Sobol
Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten
mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the
book, challenges the reader to do the same.
GRAPHIC NOVEL SECTION
J 741.5973 P (GRAPHIC NOVEL) Nancy Drew, Girl Detective: The
Demon of River Heights by Stefan
Petrucha
Nancy Drew along with her friends, Bess and George
discover the deadly secret behind the urban legend known
as 'The Demon of River Heights.”
Updated April 2014