The New Girl
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: bullying, grandmothers, rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends [X], fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder, high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, north carolina, sisters, school stories, radio and television novels
Dew Drop Dead
While setting up a homeless shelter at the church, Sebastian and his friends, Corrie and David, solve the mystery of a dead man found in an abandoned inn.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], homeless persons, mystery fiction [X], barth, sebastian (fictitious character), best friends [X], barth, sebastian (fictional character), friendship, mystery fiction
Strike Three, You're Dead
"Lenny Norbeck and his friends The Mikes set out to investigate the suspicious death of a young pitcher at a Phillies game"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: baseball, murder, best friends [X], friendship, homicide, mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories [X], juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / baseball & softball, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, philadelphia phillies (baseball team), mystery fiction
The Crossbones
Ryan, who records all of his findings in his journal, and Sarah, who uses her video camera to document everything, continue to search for answers surrounding the strange occurrences in Skeleton Creek and soon find themselves in haunted and sinister places beyond their hometown.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 100
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: diaries, best friends [X], friendship, horror fiction, mystery fiction [X], diary fiction, horror fiction, detective and mystery fiction, horror tales, detective and mystery stories, horror stories, mystery and detective stories [X]
Diamonds Are A Thief's Best Friend
The "Jewels" of the Martha Washington Middle School team are focused on the upcoming quiz bowl in New York City, but when they discover that the Atkinson Preparatory School Rivals may be planning a diamond heist, they set out to foil the theft.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: friendship, school stories, middle schools, theft, diamonds, new york (n.y.), jewel thieves, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], school contests, stealing, schools, best friends [X], mystery fiction
Say It Ain't So
Lenny and his best-friend Mike investigate rumors of foul-play going on behind Mike's new position as starting catcher for their seventh-grade baseball team, as the former pitcher claims he was framed for theft, which got him kicked off the team last year.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], sports, friendship, best friends [X], baseball, mystery fiction [X]
Catch Us If You Can
Jasmine, Erin, Willow, and Lili are first year middle school students in Washington, D.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: friendship, middle schools, mystery fiction [X], rubies, school contests, washington (d.c.), jewel thieves, best friends [X], mystery and detective stories [X]
I Was Here
In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: suicide, grief, best friends [X], friendship, washington (state), mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, electronic books, mystery fiction, electronic books
Horsenapped!
Bree has decided to give up riding after a bad fall at home, but she still enjoys summers at Storm Cliff Stables with her close friends, and learning how to care for the horses and other animals--but when the animals start disappearing one by one Bree is determined to solve the mystery.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: riding schools, mystery and detective stories [X], horse stealing, best friends [X], mystery fiction [X]
Genuine Fraud
Told through flashbacks, best friends Jule and Imogen are orphaned outcasts who will do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, deception, impersonation, orphans, mystery and detective stories [X], impostors and imposture, detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction [X]
Creep
"Teenager Olivia Danvers knows that the previous residents at 16 Olcott Place moved out in the middle of the night, but nobody really knows why; the new family, the Donahues, have three children including a daughter, Janie, Olivia's age, and the two become close friends--but when the threatening letters start arriving from the 'Sentry of Glennon Heights' the two girls realize that the house and town are hiding sinister secrets, which could tear their whole world apart"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: threats of violence, secrecy, murder, neighbors, best friends [X], detective and mystery stories, secrets, friendship, mystery and detective stories [X], homicide, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
Little Creeping Things
Tormented by her guilt and classmate's taunts since she accidentally set a lethal fire as a child, Cassidy is implicated in her worst bully's murder and must find the killer before someone else dies.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, best friends [X], friendship, brothers and sisters, high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], homicide, siblings, school stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, criminal investigation
Mystery On Magnolia Circle
"What happens when two best friends take on the world's worst summer? On the first day of vacation, ten-year-old Ivy Crowden falls down the stairs and breaks her leg.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends [X], burglary, mystery fiction [X], friendship, mystery and detective stories [X], thieves, detective and mystery fiction
Lies Like Wildfire
When Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark an enormous and deadly wildfire, their instinct is to lie, but as the blaze roars through their rural town, Hannah's friends begin to crack and one ends up missing.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, wildfires, missing persons, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, best friends [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories [X], detective fiction, mystery fiction
Hide And Geek
Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: best friends [X], cities and towns, inheritance and succession, toymakers, treasure troves, buried treasure, friendship, mystery and detective stories [X], mystery fiction [X], toy making, new hampshire, detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories