Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Zoopy the dog, members of the Flint Future Detective Club, investigate a suspicious quadrillion-dollar bill given to them by Mr.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: money, dogs, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], flint (mich.), large type books, mystery fiction [X]
The Mystery Of Drear House
An African-American family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], haunted houses, underground railroad, mystery fiction [X]
The House Of Dies Drear
Thomas Small and his family move into an old house that was once used as part of the Underground Railroad and soon realize that the house, where two fugitive slaves and Dies Drear himself had been killed by bounty hunters, continues to hold many secrets.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 90
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: large type books, mystery fiction [X], african americans [X], large print books, mystery and detective stories [X], underground railroad, children's stories, american, ohio, audiobooks, afro-americans, compact discs
Circle Of Fire
In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: roosevelt, eleanor, african americans [X], prejudices, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], tennessee, mystery fiction [X]
Out Of Bounds
The girls face a tough challenge trying to keep the Movie House from closing and at the same time dealing with an out-of-control soccer mom.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: teenage girls, friendship, junior high schools, motion picture theaters, girls, schools, drew, nancy (fictitious character), mystery and detective stories [X], drew, nancy (fictional character), mystery fiction [X], basketball, neighbors, neighborhoods, african americans [X], neighborhood
Shadows On Society Hill
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: african americans [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction, philadelphia (pa.), mystery fiction [X]
The Cameo Necklace
Eleven-year-old C?cile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: lost articles, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], lost and found possessions, african americans [X], new orleans (la.), mystery fiction [X], french americans, mystery fiction
The Secret Of Gumbo Grove
While helping restore the cemetery of the old Baptist church, eleven-year-old Raisin solves the mystery surrounding the founding of her home town and gains pride in her family's past.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], south carolina, afro-americans
Smiffy Blue
Famous crime fighter Smiffy Blue blunders his way to solving the mystery of a missing formula and three other cases.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], afro-americans, arabic language
Spin
When DJ ParSec (Paris Secord), rising star of the local music scene, is found dead over her turntables, the two girls who found her, Kya (her pre-fame best friend) and Fuse (her current chief groupie) are torn between grief for Paris and hatred for each other--but when the lack of obvious suspects stalls the investigation, and the police seem to lose interest, despite pressure from social media and ParSec's loyal fans, the two girls unite, determined to find out who murdered their friend.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: friendship, grief, fans (persons), murder, celebrities, disc jockeys, african americans [X], mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery stories, african american teenagers, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, homicide, criminal investigation, mystery fiction [X]
Ace Of Spades
"When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], cyberbullying, doxing, mystery fiction [X], private schools, racism, sexual minorities, mystery and detective stories [X], lgbtq people, school stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction), high school students, schools, bullying, black people, bullies and bullying, school fiction
Promise Boys
J.B., Ramon, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arersted.
FIC
year:
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans [X], hispanic americans, murder, mystery and detective stories [X], schools, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, novels, thrillers (fiction)
Play The Game
When the man responsible for killing his best friend Ed is murdered and all signs point to his other best friend Jack, gamer VZ must level up to help Jack while trying to keep Ed's legacy alive through a video game.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: video games, friendship, murder, african americans [X], grief, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], homicide, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction