Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional mystery books
YA Mystery
Recommended books found: 11
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I'm the Girl
by Courtney Summers
Hardcover: Sep 2022
Paperback: Apr 2024
The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Courtney Summers.
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My Flawless Life
by Yvonne Woon
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Yvonne Woon, author of If You, Then Me, has crafted a slow-burn thriller about fixing—our friends, ourselves, and our complicated pasts. For fans of Allegedly and We Were Liars, My Flawless Life features a compelling narrator who grapples with ...
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Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick
Hardcover: Sep 2011
Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.
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The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
by Josh Berk
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: Jun 2011
Those who prefer their heroes to be not-so-usual and with a side of wiseguy will gobble up this witty, geeks-rule debut.
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When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
Hardcover: Jul 2009
Paperback: Dec 2010
Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal. Miranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody who knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing...
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Huge
by James Fuerst
Paperback: Jul 2009
Life hasn’t been easy for Eugene “Huge” Smalls. But it’s not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and he’s just been hired to solve ...
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The Night Tourist
by Katherine Marsh
Hardcover: Sep 2007
Paperback: Sep 2008
After an accident, Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth-grade Classics prodigy, is sent to a mysterious doctor in New York City. While there he meets Jack meets Euri, a young girl who offers to show him the secrets of Grand Central Station, with whom he ...
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
by Kirsten Miller
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: May 2007
When Ananka Fishbein she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. She discovers a million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan.
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Down The Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery
by Peter Abrahams
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: May 2006
Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next (Ages 10+).
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Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Hardcover: Sep 2002
Paperback: May 2004
Roy sets himself on the trail of a mysterious boy. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails. Ages...
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The Sands of Time: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure
by Michael Hoeye
Hardcover: Sep 2002
Paperback: Oct 2003
Our favorite mouse and watchmaker, Hermux Tantamoq, is up to his ears in trouble again. A mysterious old chipmunk appears in his shop with what he claims to be a map to the royal library of a prehistoric kingdom of cats. Before long Hermux is hot on ...
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