Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 167
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: orphanages, islands, mystery and detective stories, supernatural, grandfathers [X], wales, detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction, mystery fiction, large type book, large print books, fantasy fiction
The Boxcar Children
One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 175
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: boxcar children (fictitious characters), orphans, family, brothers and sisters, mystery and detective stories, boxcar children (fictional characters), siblings, brother and sisters, orphans and orphans homes, families, family life, readers (publications), homeless persons, grandfathers [X], detective and mystery stories, detective and mystery fiction [X]
Jungle Land
"DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, whom he idolizes.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kidnapping, teenage boys, grandfathers [X], central america, action and adventure fiction, detective and mystery fiction [X]
Lemons
After her mother dies in 1975, ten-year-old Lemonade must live with her grandfather in a small town famous for Bigfoot sightings and soon becomes friends with Tobin, a quirky Bigfoot investigator.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: yeti, friendship, individuality, single-parent families, orphans, grandfathers [X], detective and mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction, adventure fiction
Who Killed Darius Drake?
Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, grandfathers [X], orphans, bullies, diamonds, bullying, detective and mystery fiction [X]
You're Next
Flora Calhoun, haunted by a history of finding dead bodies and the murder of her ex, Ava McQueen, uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and all her loved ones in peril.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, conspiracies, grandfathers [X], mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction [X], homicide
The Mystery Of Ireland's Eye
"Dylan is twelve years old and embarking on his first ocean kayaking trip with his parents.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kayaking, ghost towns, islands, grandfathers [X], parent and child, enemies, detective and mystery fiction [X]
The Big Sting
Usually avoiding adventure of any kind, eleven-year-old Leo is unfortunately drawn into a mystery, along with his danger-loving sister, when his late Grandma's beehives go missing and his ornery Grandpa needs help catching the sticky-fingered thieves.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: beehives, siblings, grief, grandfathers [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction [X]
The Sherlock Society
Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: capone, al, treasure troves, siblings, friendship, grandfathers [X], cold cases (criminal investigation), detectives, buried treasure, mystery and detective stories, criminal investigation, mystery fiction, miami (fla.), detective and mystery fiction [X]