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Y o u n g I n v e n t o r s & D e t e c t i v e s |
All books can be found by the author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction area unless noted on the booklist.
- Bailey, Linda.
- What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing In Such a Silly Movie?. 2003.
When Stevie Diamond is given the opportunity to be an extra in a local film, she jumps at the chance. On set, Stevie and her detecting partner, Jesse, discover that a rash of accidents has the cast and crew believing the production is cursed.
- Corbett, Scott.
- The "Trick" books
- The Baseball Trick. 1965.
A portion from Kerby's chemistry set designed to combat the ringers on the opposing baseball team yields surprising results for Kerby and his friends.
- The Lemonade Trick. 1960.
A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial effect on the neighborhood bully but also wreaks havoc at the Sunday School pageant. (Paperback)
- The "Hardy Boys" books
- Arctic Patrol Mystery. 1969.
While searching in Iceland for a missing sailor sought by an insurance company, Frank and Joe Hardy uncover a plot threatening the life of a U.S. Astronaut and the secrets of NASA's Moon project.
- Cave-In. 1983.
While trying to trace the whereabouts of a kidnapped movie star, Frank and Joe find themselves in dangerous company when they join a film company on location at a ski resort.
- The Clue In the Embers. 1972.
In solving the mystery of two medallions missing from an inherited curio collection, the Hardy boys wind up in a desolate area of Guatemala at the mercy of dangerous thugs.
- The Crimson Flame. 1983.
The Hardy brothers travel to an Arizona ranch and, eventually, Thailand, in pursuit of jewel thieves who have stolen a priceless ruby.
- Mystery of the Spiral Bridge. 1994.
Frank and Joe are determined to bring to justice the vicious criminals who kidnapped their detective father while he was investigating sabotage of a road-building project in the Kentucky wilderness.
- The Outlaws Silver. 1981.
The Hardy boys are given clues which send them in search of the treasure hidden by the Outlaw of the Pine Barrens.
- Sky Sabotage.1983.
Frank and Joe go to Florida to investigate the sabotage of a satellite launch and uncover a theft ring involving sea animals.
- Trapped at Sea.1982.
The Hardy brothers travel from the highways of eastern United States to tropical islands trying to track down truckloads of precious cargo that are being hijacked.
- Fitzgerald, John D.
- The "Great Brain" books
- The Great Brain. 1967.
The exploits of Tom, the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, are described by his younger brother, J.D., who is frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.
- The Great Brain At the Academy. 1972.
The Great Brain faces the challenge of life at a strict Catholic boarding school with daring exploits and money-making schemes.
- The Great Brain Reforms. 1988.
During summer vacation in 1898, J.D. arrives at a means of reforming his older brother, The Great Brain, and ending his career as a swindler.
- The Great Brain Does It Again. 1976.
At the turn-of-the-century, Tom's great brain comes up with eight more schemes, most of them concerned with earning money.
- Me and My Little Brain. 1971.
In the absence of his older brother, the Great Brain finds that his own little brain can accomplish feats on a somewhat lesser scale.
- More Adventures of the Great Brain. 1969.
In 1896 the Great Brain is almost twelve years old and more mischevious than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town. (Paperback)
- The Return of the Great Brain. 1974.
The Great Brain struggles to stay reformed now that his friends have threatened to have nothing to do with him if he pulls even one more swindle.
- Heide, Florence Parry.
- The "Spotlight Club Decectives" books
- The Hidden Box Mystery. 1973.
A series of petty thefts in the neighborhood leads the Spotlight Club into a new mystery.
- Mystery at Keyhole Carnival. 1977.
While working part-time at a carnival, the Spotlight detectives discover a plot to keep the carnival from staying in their town.
- Mystery at Macadoo Zoo. 1973.
Cindy, Jay, and Dexter are the Spotlight Club Detectives. In this book they track down a pickpocket loose at the zoo.
- Mystery at Southport Cinema. 1978.
The Spotlight Club Detectives try to locate a grocery store thief who disappears into a neighborhood theater.
- Mystery of the Melting Snowman. 1974.
The Spotlight Club detectives are involved in a new case concerning a mysterious man and an iron dog.
- Mystery of the Silver Tag. 1972.
When a missing valuable cat turns up in their mysterious neighbor's house, the Spotlight Club detectives conclude that the man is a thief and set out to rescue the animal.
- The "McGurk Detective Organization" books
- The Case of the Bashful Bank Robber. 1981.
The McGurk Detective Organization joins forces with the FBI to capture a bank robber.
- The Case of the Invisible Dog. 1977.
The McGurk Organization's four 10-year-old detectives, Joey, Wanda, Willie, and McGurk himself, match wits with 9-year-old Brains Bellinghanm, a scientific genius, as they try to unravel the mystery of the "invisible dog."
- The Case of the Nervous Newsboy. 1976.
Jack McGurk and his fellow detectives match wits with the local police as they track down a runaway newsboy.
- The Case of The Purloined Parrot. 1990.
McCurk and his squad of amateur detectives investigate an epidemic of disappearing pets in their neighborhood.
- The "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" books
- (Note: This series is written by various authors.In order to keep the books together on the shelf, we list them all as if the author was Hitchcock. Since his death, the latest books in the series have been published under the title, "The Three Investigators" dropping the name "Alfred Hitchcock". But we will continue to shelve them as before.)
- ...The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs. 1981.
The sighting of a UFO leads the Three Investigators to uncover a bizarre confidence game.
- Hope, Laura Lee.
- The "Bobbsey Twins" books
- The Dune Buggy Mystery. 1981.
The mystery surrounding a dune buggy bought at the town dump deepens when the vehicle is stolen.
- The Rose Parade Mystery. 1981.
The Bobbsey twins search to find the culprit who is sabotaging the floats for the famous Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
- Keene, Carolyn.
- The "Nancy Drew" books
- Clue In the Ancient Disguise. 1982.
A young Frenchman consults Nancy Drew for help in unraveling a mystery surrounding his ancestors.
- Enemy Match. 1984.
Nancy Drew tries to stop threats against her friend, a professional tennis player, whil also searching for the girl's father and evidence which will prove he didn't commit a crime for which he's been convicted.
- The Haunted Carousel. 1983.
Nancy Drew finds more than one mystery to solve when she searches for the reason an amusement park carousel turns itself on during the night.
- The Mysterious Image. 1984.
Nancy Drew sets out to locate a kidnapped actress and to clear one of her father's clients, a renowned photographer, accused of stealing ideas for his images.
- The Silver Cobweb. 1983.
Nancy's latest mystery involves golf pros, opera stars, jewelry designers, and webs and spiders.
- The Swami's Ring. 1983.
When an amnesia victim appears in River Heights with a royal Hindu ring in his possession, Nancy Drew is called in to help learn his identity.
- Warner, Gertrude Chandler.
- The "Boxcar Children" books
- The Boxcar Children. 1972.
Four orphaned children, Jessie, Benny, Henry, and Violet Alden, hide out in an abandoned boxcar so that they will not be separated and sent to a children's home. At the end they find a home with their kind grandfather.
- Benny Uncovers a Mystery. 1976.
Benny and Henry take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.
- Bicycle Mystery . 1970.
While on a bicycle trip to their aunt's farm, the four Aldens help solve a mystery.
- Blue Bay Mystery. 1993.
The Aldens find a castaway on a South Sea Island. How did he get there and who is he?
- Bus Station Mystery. 1974.
The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.
- Caboose Mystery. 1966.
A trip in a caboose at the end of a freight train leads the Aldens to an old clown and a search.
- Houseboat Mystery. 1967.
The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.
- The Lighthouse Mystery. 1963.
Renting a lighthouse is unusual, but even more so is an unfriendly boy's peculiar behavior.
- Mountain Top Mystery. 1964.
Marooned on a mountain, the Aldens survive a landside and find an Indian secret.
- Mystery Behind the Wall. 1973.
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
- Mystery In the Sand. 1971.
A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are the ingredients for the Alden's latest mystery.
- Mystery Ranch. 1958.
Eccentric Aunt Jane needs help on her ranch, the Aldens overturn a plot against her.
- Schoolhouse Mystery.1965.
Benny's curiosity while staying in a fishing village leads to capturing a swindler.
- Snowbound Mystery. 1968.
While visiting a hunter's cabin in the woods, the Aldens are trapped there during a blizzard.
- Surprise Island. 1982.
The Aldens have many adventures while spending their summer vacation at Surprise Island.
- Tree House Mystery. 1969.
Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for year.
- The Woodshed Mystery. 1962.
A double puzzle involves an old friend of Aunt Jane's, romance, and a chase.
- The Yellow House Mystery. 1953.
The spooky old house on Surprise Island intrigues Benny.
- And don't forget -- Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol:
- Encyclopedia Brown:
- ...Case of the Dead Eagles 1975.
- ...Boy Detective 1978.
- ...Finds the Clues 1966.
- ...Keeps the peace 1969.
- ...Lends a Hand 2002.
- ...Saves the Day 1970.
- ...Solves Them All 1968.
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EASY FICTION
- Adler, David.
- The "Cam Jansen" books
- Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones. 1981.
When she notices some bones missing from a dinosaur skeleton exhibited in the museum, a young girl with a photographic memory tries to discover who has been taking them and why. (Paperback)
- Cam Jansen and The Mystery of the Television Dog. 1981.
Fifth-grader Cam uses her photographic memory, with the help of her friend Eric and his twin sisters, to solve the mystery of Poochie, a famous canine TV star.
- Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. 1980.
Ten-year-old Cam, possessor of a photographic memory, and her friend Eric, investigate what seems to be a brief appearance of U.F.O.s.
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EASY READERS
- Bonsall, Crosby.
- The "Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, AND Snitch" books
- The Case of the Cat's Meow. 1965.
Wizard, Tubby, Skinny and Snitch embark on another mystery when Snitch's cat, Mildred, disappears.
- The Case of the Double Cross. 1980.
Marigold concocts a mystery that finally gets her and her friends into the boys' private club.
- The Case of the Dumb Bells. 1966.
Wizard, Tubby, Skinny and Snitch set out to trap the invisilbe door ringer.
- The Case of the Hungry Stranger. 1963.
Wizard, Tubby, Skinny and Snitch delve into the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Meech's blueberry pie.
- The Case of the Scaredy Cats. 1971.
Chronicles the series of events occuring after the girls take over the boy's club house.
- Quackenbush, Robert.
- The "Detective Mole" books
- Detective Mole and the Secret Clues. 1977.
Detective Mole helps the Chicken family decipher the secret clues that will permit them to inherit their rich uncle's mansion.
- Detective Mole and the Tip Top Mystery. 1978.
When mysterious mishaps drive guests away from the Tip Top Inn, Detective Mole investigates.
- Quackenbush, Robert.
- The "Piet Potter" books
- Sharmat, Marjorie.
- The "Nate the Great" books
- Nate the Great.
Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture. 1972.
- Nate the Great and the Lost List. 1975.
Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list -- before lunch.
- Nate the Great and the Missing Key. 1982.
Nate the Great and his dog Sludge look for Annie's housekey which has mysteriously disappeared.
- Nate the Great and the Phony Clue. 1977.
When he finds a torn piece of paper with only part of a word on it, boy detective Nate the Great sets out to find the missing pieces.
- Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail. 1982.
When Rosamond's birthday gift for Nate disappears from her sled, the boy detective decides to unravel the mystery.
- Nate the Great and the Sticky Case. 1978.
Nate the Great and his dog Sludge try to track down Claude's missing Stegosaurus stamp.
- Nate the Great Goes Undercover. 1974.
Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.
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