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Mystery Middle Grade – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Mystery Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about mystery for children.

360 books

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The Candy Shop War #2

Arcade Catastrophe

Winning tickets at Arcadeland might grant kids the power to fly or breathe underwater, but Nate suspects a darker secret

Cover of Against the Tide

Spirit Animals #5

Against the Tide

Tui T. Sutherland

Shadows crowd the sunny Hundred Isles as four young heroes realize their secrets are being leaked by a traitor hidden in

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Wings of Fire #11

The Lost Continent

Tui T. Sutherland

Rumors of a secret land across the ocean have long been dismissed as fairy tales until new dragon tribes emerge from the

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Cover of Night of the Living Dummy

Goosebumps #7

Night of the Living Dummy

R. L. Stine

Sibling rivalry takes a terrifying turn when Kris gets her own ventriloquist dummy to compete with her sister, only for

Ages 8–12

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Thea Stilton #20

The Missing Myth

The Thea Sisters must race through the sights of Greece to find a missing lead actor before the curtain rises on a big t

Cover of Real Pigeons Bin Baddies

Real Pigeons #13

Real Pigeons Bin Baddies

Andrew McDonald

Crime-fighting pigeons must face their messiest mission yet when someone snappy threatens their crew and the city street

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The Sisters Grimm #5

Magic and Other Misdemeanors

Michael Buckley

Sabrina and Daphne Grimm must solve a string of magical thefts alone while their friend Mr. Canis struggles to keep his

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A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon

Karen Romano Young

Pearl must team up with a tap-dancing girl and a pack of literate raccoons to solve a heist and stop her beloved New Yor

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The Frindle Files

Andrew Clements

Tech-loving Josh and his friends use their computer skills to crack the secret of their old-school teacher's past in thi

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Criminal Destiny

Four clones escape their perfect town only to find themselves breaking laws to survive, wondering if they are becoming t

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The Bartimaeus Sequence #1

The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud

Young Nathaniel seeks revenge by summoning a powerful djinni to steal a magical treasure, only to fall into a dangerous

Cover of Gathering Blue

The Giver Quartet #2

For readers exploring themes of resilience and self-discovery in a challenging world, this story follows a gifted weaver

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The Candy Shop War #1

The Candy Shop War

Four friends receive magical candies from a mysterious shop owner that grant them amazing superpowers, but they soon rea

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A Series of Unfortunate Events #6

The Ersatz Elevator

Dark staircases and parsley soda await the Baudelaire orphans as they try to outsmart a liar and escape a new cycle of m

Cover of One False Note

The 39 Clues #2

Amy and Dan are on the run from an angry mob and the police as they chase a million-dollar clue through elite hotels and

Cover of Breakaway

The 39 Clues: Unstoppable #2

From scorching heat to the frozen Arctic, Dan and Amy race to protect their family power from an enemy who knows how to

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Kingdom Keepers: Inheritance #3

The Disney parks are fading away as villains attack the source of the magic, leaving Eli and his friends to stop Ursula

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Artemis Fowl #4

The Opal Deception

Artemis Fowl has forgotten the fairy world, but his enemies haven't forgotten him. He must recover his memories before a

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The Austin Family Chronicles #3

The Young Unicorns

Madeleine L'Engle

The Austin family faces terrifying danger in New York City as they become entangled in a dark plot to rule the entire me

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Thea Stilton #6

The Ghost of the Shipwreck

The Thea Sisters plunge into the deep ocean to find a missing professor and a legendary diamond lost in a shipwreck off

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Like Father, Like Son

James Patterson

Ali Cross witnesses a crime in the park and must trust his detective instincts to figure out why his friend is lying to

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The 39 Clues #11

Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson

The Cahills thought they were the only ones hunting for Gideon’s clues, but a shadow family known as the Vespers has fin

Cover of Liar and Spy

Georges joins forces with a coffee-drinking loner to spy on a mysterious neighbor, but soon wonders how much his new fri

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The Sisters Grimm #4

Once Upon a Crime

Michael Buckley

The Sisters Grimm hunt for a murderer in a New York City filled with Wall Street pirates and subway-stealing dwarfs whil

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