Kids Books - Mysteries

Our favorite Holmes is back! Enola needs a new disguise and name. Sherlock knows her Ivy Meshel one, but now Enola will be a whole new person, who nobody will expect, even her brothers. But when Dr. Watson, who is Sherlock's right hand man, goes missing, Enola knows that she needs to put her detective skills to the work. When she goes to Dr. Watson's house and talks to Mrs. Watson, she notices the weirdest bouquet. White poppies, hawthorn, and asparagus! Knowing the language of the flowers, this is quite a shocking message. Trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Dr. Holmes and trying to hide from her brothers - this is just another mystery for Enola! Fast paced and trilling, Enola Holmes will put you on the edge of your seat! Happy reading!

This is one of R.L.Stine's best fear street books. It has thrills, chills, betrayal, temptation, and fear. Some parts of this book have blood so I would recommend this book for 7 and 8th graders. It is a creepy must-read book that teenagers will enjoy.

If you like books that have troublemakers and drama, you will love this book! Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief will keep you guessing. In this book, Sammy is looking out the window with her binoculars and checking out what's going on below when all of a sudden, she sees someone robbing someone at the Heavenly Hotel. Sammy was now on a mission to find out who it was! If you want to go on an adventure read Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief. I give this book 5 stars!

Enola is back and with a new mystery! When Enola sees Lady Cecily- a friend of hers who she helped- with a pink fan, Enola knows something is wrong. Lady Cecily seems like she's not doing to good. So when Lady Cecily sneaks a clue to Enola, Enola finds out that Cecily is being held hostage! If Cecily doesn't do what she is told to do, she'll be starved and locked up. But what Lady Cecily has to do is something horrible, and Enola will not give up to save her friend. Several run ins with her brothers is making Enola's job even harder. Nancy Springer does it once again, making the reader root for Enola till the very end. Happy reading!

Artemis Fowl is a genius. He's outsmarted and befriended an entire race of elves and dwarves, assisted in stopping the goblin rebellion, foiled the Russian mafia, and saved his presumably dead father. He is now only 14. But when Artemis discovers he is not the only teenager with knowledge of the fairy races, he must once again team up with former LEP captain Holly Short, and travel through time and space to stop this teen from exposing the secrets of Magic, and prevent the invasion of a species that's been gone 10,000 years. And it's comes down to one question: who is the real enemy? In the fifth installment of the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer, we are once again introduced to new characters, both funny, scary, and sad. One of the best parts of this series is how the author gives us a new way to look at things, unveiling some of the "truth" about Earth's history. This book is definitely one to read, but of course I recommend the first four books as well.

There is a lot to love about Loot. Jewel heists? Master plans? Kid criminals? Yes, please! I love stories about kid spies or criminals (both would be even better!) and this book had potential. Sadly, I can't call it a favorite. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. The main characters were Jules, March, Darius and Izzy. They were all pretty awesome and even though the likelihood of kids having their abilities is practically non-existent, I enjoyed the humor and energy between them. The teamwork is incredible. For example, even though Darius is the stereotypical "tough guy," he is very protective of Izzy, who is practically a younger sister to him. I think my main issue I have with this book is that the whole story is highly improbable, particularly the ending. This book is meant to be entertaining. I get it. But these kids are easily breaking into heavily-guarded places with merely a few hours of planning. How likely does that sound? Not very probable. The ending was also highly unrealistic. This ruined the reading experience for me. That being said, there were many aspects of Loot that I enjoyed a lot. Besides stellar action scenes, this book could also be very funny. I don't laugh out loud very often but this book cracked me up sometimes. Here's an example taken from the ARC in which Jules and March are visiting Hamish, one of their father's business associates. "Jasmine, can you cover the register?" "You told me to concentrate on e-commerce orders today," she said. "Change messes up my aura." "The universe has many paths, and yours leads to the cash register," Hamish said. "Peace out," she answered with a shrug, and left. See? Funny. Before beginning Loot, I wasn't sure how the whole "being a criminal" thing would be handled. This is a MG novel after all! In real life, criminality is absolutely horrible. Gang wars, drugs, guns, etc. It wasn't all covered, but Jude Watson didn't do a bad job of representing the backstabbing and treachery of the criminal world without going into gruesome details It was an entertaining and funny read that I can recommend to MG fans of Gordan Korman.

"Artemis Fowl has lost his mind, just when the world needs him most." Artemis Fowl has become a do-gooder, or, rather, everyone thinks he has. Coming out with his newest project- "Saving the World"- his fairy friends notice some strange behavior in Artemis. His symptoms reflect on Atlantis Complex, a mental psychosis affected only to guilt-ridden fairies, until now. Artemis' symptoms include extreme obsessive compulsive disorder, paranoia, multiple personality disorder, and, in his extreme case, humiliating love-filled confessions to eight-year former nemesis, now ally Captain Holly Short. But a dangerous foe from Holly's past is loose, and Artemis, (not his romantic-crazed second personality, Orion), is the only one able to stop him.

sounds interesting but he's a good author i bought this book hope to read it soon i need to make a book list now!!!!!!

A mysterious tale with twists and turns in the plot, Lemony becomes an apprentice in a secret organization to S. Theodora Markson. They work to steal a statue of the mythical Bombinating Beast in Stain’d-By-The-Sea; a small town with few businesses known for its ink that was next to the sea that was sucked up-for a customer that claims it is theirs. With a master puppeteer, Hangfire, holding captives and controlling everyone, you never know who you can trust-or why he wants that statue so badly. What I thought about it: Who could that be at this hour was definitely an interesting read. It was my first time reading a Lemony Snicket book, but it seemed like a good book (and had a great cover and great art inside) so I checked it out at the library. Lemony Snicket writes very well, and the story flows fluidly with quite a bit of suspense. I thought it was pretty cool that he decided to write the story with him as the main character, as not a lot of authors do that. I thought the book would be full of questions and answers with no storyline, but I was downright wrong. It had a few questions in the plot though. So if you’re wondering “Where is that screaming coming from?” “Is it too late?” and “What happened to his parents?”, then read this book!

Another fabulous book! Enola Holmes is on her own now. Helping the poor, disguises, and now...hiding from her brother? Sherlock is looking for her-but Enola's clever. Enola knows that she must stay hidden and find her mother. But when she hears about Lady Cecily, who had suddenly disappeared, Enola pauses her search on her mother and starts investigating Lady Cecily's disappearance. When investigating Lady Cecily's room, she notices some very particular things. Drawings, ciphers, and odd placement. Can Enola not get caught by her brother and find Lady Cecily? Happy reading!