What could be more perfect for a chilly half-term holiday than a spine-tingling, brain-teasing mystery? Cuddle up with one of these gripping middle grade who-dunnits!
School for Fireflies by Erica Gomez (Knights Of)
A magical school for extraordinary children, a long-lost diary, a family secret and a decades-old mystery: School for Fireflies has all the ingredients of a fantastic story! Join Siddy and Zadie as they navigate life at a new school full of the unknown. They must discover what the grown-ups aren’t telling them and discover the truth about themselves if they’re going to work out what’s going on. With plenty of clues to spot and so many brilliantly magical elements, readers will be carried along for the ride. School for Fireflies is a fantastic magical school mystery with diverse characters powered by determination and resilience.
The Mizzy Mysteries: A Skeleton in the Closet by Claire Hatcher-Smith (Farshore)
It’s wonderful to find a middle grade story starring a character with Down’s Syndrome. For Mizzy the Marvelous, world famous detective, this is just one of many characteristics to describe her. She is charming, funny, brave, determined and absolutely unique. She wants nothing more than to prove herself to the world by solving the mystery of her Great Aunt Jane’s suspicious death. Old diaries, suspects and clues make for an engaging, entertaining story!
Wrong Tracks by Susan Brownrigg (Uclan Publishing)
Railway mysteries are incredibly popular! Wrong Tracks takes readers back to 1829 and the height of rail expansion. Edward can’t believe his luck when he has the chance to work for Stephenson’s Steam Locomotive Manufactory. This family-run business is hoping to win the Rainhill Trials with their Premium Engine. However, it seems someone if trying to sabotage them. In this high-stakes, fast-paced Victorian mystery, readers are swept away in a race against time right along with Edward.
The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens by Alan Nolan (The O’Brien Press)
Full of wit and plenty of laughs, The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens is the third mystery in the Molly Malone and Bram Stoker Series. It’s 1859 and reknowned writer Charles Dickens has been kidnapped. Readers are taken on a journey across London with Molly and Bram as they search for him. Eye-opening historical details bring the Victorian city to life with so much personality and charm they’d almost expect to run into Oliver Twist himself!
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