Middle School Reads!

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Lexile:  810 Genre:  Mystery Emily and her family have lived all over the United States.  It is her parents' dream to live in all 50 states.  This has meant that for Emily, life is a series of constant interruptions and changes.  The one thing that has remained the same is her obsession with the online game, Book Scavenger.  Emily is a master at solving puzzles and following clues, but when the creator of the game, Griswold,  is attacked and his life is put in jeopardy, Emily fears that the Book Scavenger will cease to exist.  Emily is convinced that Griswold finished one last adventure.  It will be up to her and her new friend James to prove it!

by Louis Sachar Lexile:  700 Genre:  Mystery Tamaya and Marshall walk home their school, Woodridge Academy, nearly every day without a problem.  But the new kid in school, Chad, won't stop bullying Marshall and finally decides to challenge him to a fight.  Tamaya and Marshall decide to walk home through the woods to avoid having to confront Chad, even though they have been warned to stay out.  Tamaya and Marshall think they are avoiding trouble, but they have no idea what trouble they are about to get themselves into.

by Lauren Wolk Lexile:  770 Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Mystery Crow has lived her entire life on a small island off the coast of Massachusetts with Osh, the only family she has ever known.  The story is that when she was just a few days old she washed ashore in a boat and Osh found her.  No one who where she came from so he decided to name her Crow and raise her as his daughter.  But the older Crow gets, the more questions she has.  Where did she come from?  Does she have another family somewhere who is also wondering what happened to her?  Osh agrees to help her investigate her past.  Neither one of them is prepared for all that they will find.

by Chris Rylander Lexile:  780 Genre:  Mystery, Adventure Nothing exciting ever happens in North Dakota so Carson has learned to make his own fun.  He is known as the best prankster in the whole 7th grade, but even creating and pulling off new pranks is getting boring.  But then one day, he is approached by a desperate man who gives him a package with a strict set of instructions. Carson is soon to find out that there is a secret government agency operating it his town and the secret agents are going to need his help to disrupt the evil plans of a terrorist organization.  Let's hope that Carson is up for the challenge!

by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Lexile:  790 Genre:  Mystery Theodora Tenpenny's life changed the day her grandfather died.  His last words to her were a mystery that she is now trying to unscramble.  She is working hard to keep the home running that she shares with her mother, who lives in her own world, drinking tea and working on an imaginary dissertation. All Theo has left is a mystery to solve and about $463.00.  Will she figure out the mystery in time to save her family and find out more about who her grandfather really was?

by David Baldacci Lexile:  620 Genre:  Mystery Finally.  The end has come.  It is now up to Amy and Dan Cahill to save the world.  Vesper One has created a Doomsday Device that if detonated will destroy the earth.  It all comes down to this one final battle. It all comes down to Amy and Dan.  Will they prove that the Cahills are the most powerful family on earth?

by John Grisham Lexile:  830 Genre:  Mystery Theo's best friend April has been kidnapped and now no one knows where she is.  The police are trying to find her, but Theo isn't sure they are following up on the right leads.  Theo decides to use his vast knowledge of the legal system to figure out the truth and bring April home.

by John Grisham Lexile:  790 Genre:  Mystery Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, is a good friend to have.  If you have any questions about the law, Theo will be happy to help.  He's only 13, but with 2 parents and an uncle who are lawyers, he knows his way around the courthouse.  When a high profile murder case goes to trial in his city, Theo wants to be as involved as possible.  Little does he know, that he will soon be more involved then he ever imagined!

by Linda Sue Park Lexile:  640 Genre:  Mystery The Vespers still have Amy and Dan's family members locked in a secret location.  Amy and Dan are still traveling around the world, trying to meet the endless demands of the Vespers.  Things don't seem to be going their way and when they discover that there is a mole in their midst, they will have to turn on someone in their inner circle whom they have trusted.  Getting rid of the mole will help, but will they be able to meet the increasing demands of the Vespers in time to save their loved ones?

by Roland Smith Lexile:  640 Genre:  Mystery Vespers One still has seven of Amy and Dan Cahill's relatives held hostage and he has issued more demands that they must comply with if they ever want to see their family members again.  This time they have been asked to steal one of the world's largest diamonds, known as the Golden Jubilee.  Will they find it in time to keep everyone alive?

by Kate Messner Lexile:  700 Genre:  Mystery Award: 2016-17 Maud Hart Lovelace Nominee Anna, Jose, and Henry are at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. with their parents.  They have never met before, but their lives are about to intersect around the mysterious theft of the original Star Spangled Banner.  They speak for the first time in the airport where a snowstorm has cancelled all flights.  They hear that the flag has been stolen and figure that there is a good chance that whoever took it, might be trying to sneak it out by plane.  Rather that be bored in the airport, they decide to investigate.  Is there a criminal mastermind in their midst?

by Peter Lerangis Lexile:  560 Genre:  Mystery Seven members of their family are still in danger and Amy and Dan Cahill continue to be in a race against time to keep them safe.  They are working diligently and desperately to meet the demands of the kidnapper who is holding them hostage in an undisclosed location.  This time their hunt takes them to Prague and Turkey where they search for another treasure that Vesper One wants.  Will they find it in time to keep their family members alive?

by Jude Watson Lexile:  570 Genre:  Mystery Vesper One has struck again.  The seven members of Amy and Dan's extended family are still being held hostage and it is up to them to comply with the kidnapper's demands.  Now they are a desperate search to find an ancient map that will lead them all around the country again.  Will they find it in time to meet Vesper One's demands and keep their family members alive?

by April Henry Lexile:  720 Genre:  Mystery Alexis, Nick and Ruby have only one thing in common - they are all teenage members of Portland's Search and Rescue team.  They think they have signed up to help out with missing people searches, like when a hiker gets lost in the woods.  They are unprepared for the fact that on their first mission, they find a dead body, and it's not for the hiker they were looking for in the first place.  Alexis, Nick, and Ruby find themselves in the spotlight of a murder investigation that they will need to quickly figure out before the killer locates the next victim.

by Gordon Korman Lexile:  730 Genre:  Mystery Amy and Dan Cahill have survived the clue hunt and are looking forward to settling back into a regular old life with no globe trotting adventures.  This hope is shattered when at various world wide locations, people close to Amy and Dan are kidnapped at the same exact moment.  Amy and Dan have been warned by someone who calls himself Vesper One.  If they ever want to see their family members alive again, they must follow his instructions.  So Amy and Dan have no choice but to embark on a new adventure.

by Carolyn Keene Lexile:  760 Genre:  Mystery If you have a mystery to solve, Nancy Drew, girl detective, is the person to call.  This is Nancy's first solo investigation.  It involves a missing will, furniture thieves and some greedy relatives.  Nancy's dad, the famous Carson Drew, is the best lawyer in River Heights and she has learned many of her great sleuthing tricks from watching him solve his cases over the years.  Nancy befriends some relatives of the late Josiah Crowley who would directly benefit if his last will could be found.  As an added bonus, if she is able to solve this case, her enemies, the rude and spoiled Topham sisters, won't get the share of the estate that they think they deserve.  It's all up to Nancy to save the day!

by D.J. MacHale Lexile:  650 Genre:  Mystery/Science Fiction Tucker, Tori, Kent, and Olivia have survived their escape from the quarantined Pemberwick Island. They are on their way to explain to the world what happened.  Only...when they arrive in Portland, there is no more Portland.  Buildings are missing, people and animals are gone...it looks like a war zone.  They come across the wreckage of a plane bearing the US Air Force Logo.  Is the United States at war?  With itself?

by D.J. MacHale Lexile:  680 Genre:  Mystery/Science Fiction Tucker and Quinn are wrapping up a pretty normal summer on Pemberwick Island until people start mysteriously dying and the Navy quarantines their island.  No information is going in or out and no one is allowed to leave.  Tucker and Quinn aren't satisfied with the information they are getting from the government or their parents so they begin to investigate things on their own.  What they find out could cost them their lives...

by Carl Hiaasen Lexile:  770 Genre:  Mystery Richard's cousin Malley has disappeared.  It appears that she has run off with a guy she met online. The police are not having any luck tracking her down and Richard is frustrated.  He wants to help, but how?  Enter Skink - a former governor of Florida turned secret environmental agent.  Skink decides to team up with Richard to help him rescue Malley.  They both are willing to do whatever it takes.

by Elise Broach Lexile:  700 Genre:  Mystery Marvin, the beetle, lives under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment.  The Pompaday's son, James, lives a rather uninteresting, ordinary life with his mom, step-dad and baby brother.  When James turns 11, his father gives him a pen and ink set.  James really isn't interested in it, until Marvin discovers that he is a talented artist.  Marvin secretly creates an elaborate drawing that everyone thinks James has made.  Marvin the beetle, and James the ordinary boy, develop an unusual friendship that ends up stopping a cunning art thief.