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List: Mystery Novels for Grades 2-3


A photo of The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

Also available in Overdrive and RB Digital. A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds.

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A photo of Inspector Flytrap

Inspector Flytrap

Also available in Overdrive, Hoopla, and RB Digital. Hoping to become the greatest detective that ever grew, Inspector Flytrap, a Venus Flytrap, and his assistant, Nina the Goat, investigate "big deal" mysteries at an art museum, a cookie shop, and a garden.

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A photo of The Case of the Haunted History Museum

The Case of the Haunted History Museum

When a series of accidents and other strange happenings at the Capitol City Natural History Museum lead to rumors that the museum is being haunted by the ghost of a Pterosaur, ten-year-old Wilson Kipper and his friends set out to solve the mystery.

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The Case of the Lost Boy

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. While searching for his mysteriously lost human family, Buddy the dog is adopted by another family and helps solve the mystery of their missing boy.

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A photo of The Chicken Squad : the First Misadventure

The Chicken Squad : the First Misadventure

Also available in RB Digital. When the squirrel Tail comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object.

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The Magic Box

Also available in Hoopla. Ten-year-old Max Monroe teams up with his bumbling great-uncle's ghost, Larry, to help solve the mystery of the birthday girl who really disappeared during a magic act.

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Operation Bunny

"When Emily Vole inherits an abandoned shop, it is up to her to battle a fairy-snatching witch and get to the bottom of Operation Bunny"--Page 4 of cover.

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The Mysterious Moonstone

Neither Cleo nor Evan like the new school librarian, Ms. Crowley, but they are very curious about where she disappears to at the back of the library, so one day they follow her--and find a secret door, a magical library full of locked books, and a letter from the previous librarian telling them that she is trapped somewhere between the covers of one of the enchanted books, and they must travel through the stories in order to save her.

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A photo of The Great Cake Mystery : Precious Ramotswe

The Great Cake Mystery : Precious Ramotswe

Also available in Overdrive. Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her classmates' snacks.

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A photo of The Case of the Stinky Socks

The Case of the Stinky Socks

Detectives-in-training Milo and Jazz join forces to tackle their first big case--finding out who stole the lucky socks from the high school baseball team's star pitcher.

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A photo of The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake

The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake

When Miss Rabbit's carrot cake goes missing on Ed's farm, Detectives Wilcox and Griswold do what it takes to track down the thieves.

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The First Case

Also available in Hoopla. Someone's stealing the squirrel's nuts, and it's up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief. Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant -- someone small, fast, and clever -- to help solve this terrible case. Then Detective Gordon would be able to go back to doing what he's best at: thinking, eating cakes, drinking tea, and stamping important papers.--

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A photo of Gus & Gertie and the missing pearl

Gus & Gertie and the missing pearl

Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys and have a beautiful, valuable deep-sea pearl stolen from them.

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Super Sleuth

Also available in Overdrive. "In her chapter book debut, Nancy Clancy must find the culprit when a prized possession goes missing at school"--Provided by publisher.

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A photo of The Mystery of the Gold Coin

The Mystery of the Gold Coin

Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.

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Lulu's Mysterious Mission

Also available in RB Digital. When Lulu's parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.

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A photo of The Case of the Stolen Sixpence

The Case of the Stolen Sixpence

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.

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