The Pizza Mystery
When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family, mystery and detective stories, restaurants, restaurants, bars, etc, brothers and sisters, families [X], family life, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, pizza, detective and mystery fiction [X], adaptations, readers (publications)
The Yellow House Mystery
The Boxcar children travel to Maine, take canoes into the wilderness and live in a house exactly like the one on Surprise Island, except the Maine house is brown, not yellow.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), canoes and canoeing, orphans, brothers and sisters, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, spanish language materials, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, bilingual books, detective and mystery fiction [X], families [X], missing persons, family life, readers (publications), adaptations, family
Mystery Ranch
A graphic novel adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which eccentric Aunt Jane needs help on her ranch, so the Aldens, affectionately known as the Boxcar Children, get help from a private detective.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), mystery and detective stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), mystery fiction [X], suspense, mystery, orphans, family life, cartoons and comics, mystery graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, detective and mystery stories, family, families [X], warner, gertrude chandler, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, ranches, readers (publications), adaptations, brothers and sisters, ranch life, aunts, detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction
Nearly Found
High school senior and science whiz Nearly Boswell, called Leigh, is thrilled when she gets an internship in a forensic science lab, since it is a step toward college and a way out of the trailer park--but soon she finds herself the target of a serial killer, one who seems to know a lot about the residents of Sunny View Trailer Park as well as her absent father's secrets.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families [X], high schools, trailer camps, crime laboratories, criminal investigation, serial murderers, murder, family life, detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, serial killers, trailer parks, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, homicide, electronic books, electronic books
Baseball Genius
An everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player, who agrees not to press charges if the boy will help him recover from a difficult batting slump.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: boys, prediction (psychology), families [X], friendship, baseball players, baseball stories, family life, baseball, sports fiction, detective and mystery fiction [X], theft, forecasting, mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X], large print books
Behind The Screen
When high school sophomore Hannah discovers that her sister Alexis, a senior, is involved with someone she met online, Hannah tries to learn if it is a scam.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sisters, online dating, family life, detective and mystery fiction [X], identity (philosophical concept), families [X], high schools, schools, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction
The Cheerleaders
"As a town prepares for the anniversary of the deaths of five cheerleaders who were killed in three separate, horrific accidents, two teens uncover long-buried truths about what really happened years ago"-- Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: death, cheerleaders, high schools, schools, families [X], stepfathers, family life, detective and mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, cheerleading, school stories, mystery fiction [X]
Little White Lies
Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft accepts her estranged grandmother's six-figure bribe to live with her for a year and to participate in the debutante season and ball, in order to possibly meet the father she has never known.
FIC
year:
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: debutante balls, grandmothers, mother-daughter relationship, family life, family secrets, mystery fiction [X], domestic fiction, southern states, detective and mystery fiction [X], domestic fiction, debutantes, mothers and daughters, families [X]
Me And Sam-sam Handle The Apocalypse
Alternates between the detective work of middle-schooler Jesse and her new friend, Springer, after her father is accused of stealing, and post-tornado rescue efforts of Jesse and her Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bullying, theft, tornadoes, pomeranian dog, dogs, autism, families [X], stealing, family life, mystery and detective stories, bullies, pomeranian dogs, detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X]
The Whispers
"Eleven-year-old Riley's mom has disappeared and Riley knows that if he leaves tributes for the whispers, magical fairies that grant wishes, his mom will come back to him"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: families [X], family life, missing persons, wishes, magic, gays, juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, south carolina, detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction [X], lgbtq
The Cousins
After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family history has some deadly secrets.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: cousins, families [X], secrecy, family life, secrets, mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction [X], thrillers (fiction)
Troubles In Paradise
"After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: family secrets, widows, families [X], detective and mystery stories, family life, mystery fiction [X], saint john (united states virgin islands), domestic fiction, detective and mystery fiction [X]
All The Pretty Things
Ivy's best friend is traumatized by finding the dead body of a young man but as Ivy seeks answers, she learns that her small New Hamshire town hides many secrets.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, death, secrecy, amusement parks, family life, mystery fiction [X], new hampshire, detective and mystery fiction [X], families [X], detective and mystery stories, secrets, mystery and detective stories
Your House Will Pay
"In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it's been since the unrest of the early 1990s.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans, bildungsromans, families [X], korean americans, mystery fiction [X], police shootings, coming of age, family life, los angeles (calif.), bildungsromans, detective and mystery fiction [X]
Elvin Link, Please Report To The Principal's Office!
A penchant for doodling often lands fifth-grader Elvin Link in the principal's office, but also helps with crime-solving and standing up to bullies.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: middle schools, schools, doodles, families [X], detective and mystery stories, family life, mystery and detective stories, school stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction [X]