Teens Read

Mysteries

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Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason

The Rule of Four
372 p. (grades 10+)

Two Princeton roommates try to decipher the mysterious code of a renaissance manuscript.

Cooney, Caroline B.

Fatality
198 p. (grades 8-12)

It was supposed to be the perfect weekend, but someone turned up dead. That was four years ago, but now the police have re-opened the case and taken the diary that Rose kept that year.

Corimer, Robert

The Rag and Bone Shop
154 p. (grades 7+)

Jason was the last person to see his 7-year-old neighbor alive. Is he a murderer? Jason is interrogated by Trent who wants a confession more than the truth.

Cross, Gillian

Tightrope
216 p. (grades 7-10)

Ashley starts getting threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move. She asks the neighborhood tough guy for help, but then realizes that she's the only one who can end the stalker's reign of terror.

Giles, Gail

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
136 p. (grades 8+)

Sunny and her family are stunned when a complete stranger show up on their doorstep saying she's Sunny's older sister Jazz. Jazz died in a fire months ago, didn't she?

Haddon, Mark

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
226 p. (grades 9-12)

A neighbor's dog is found murdered, and Christopher, an autistic teen, decides to investigate and uncovers more than one mystery in the process.

Hiaasen, Carl

Hoot
292 p. (grades 7-9)

Roy, a new kid in town, is pulled into a mystery involving a runaway boy, burrowing owls, and alligators in porta-potties.

Holm, Jennifer

The Creek
232 p. (grades 9-12)

When Caleb moves back to Mockingbird Lane after being released from the juvenile home, everyone is sure he is behind the mysterious events occurring in the neighborhood.

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd

Truth
108 p. (grades 7+)

Jen was there when Ted was murdered. As a reporter for the school paper, she should be able to figure out who beat him to death.

McNamee, Graham

Acceleration
210 p. (grades 8-10)

Duncan finds the diary of a person he believe to be a serial killer. Neither his parents nor the police will believe the diary is genuine, so Duncan and his friends must follow the clues to prevent another murder from happening.

Waid, Mark

Ruse: The Silent Partner
graphic novel. (grades 9-12)

Detective Archard pursues his former mentor, now a master criminal under the influence of the Enigmatic Prism.

Werlin, Nancy

Black Mirror
249 p. (grades 10+)

Frances is devastated when her brother commits suicide and begins to suspect his involvement in an on-campus organization is at the root of his death.

Compiled by Teen Services Librarians 2004.