Best mystery & spy books for children according to redditors

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it's already out in paperback

Sounds like two minute mystery sorts of books.

Is this what you're looking for: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Harris-Burdick-Chris-Allsburg/dp/0395353939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228912956&sr=8-1

I googled a bit and that's all I could find.

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick? There's a cathedral in it.

Its real

Could it be The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery by Philip Pullman?

>In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

Philip Pullman's series, His Dark Materials is perfect for that age.
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Materials-Yearling-3-book-Boxed/dp/0440419514

Pullman also wrote books about a female detective in the Victorian era in England that are great. But I think the Dark Materials are probably closer to the Hunger Games experience with strong female characters, adventure and excitement.

http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Smoke-Sally-Lockhart-Mystery/dp/037584516X/ref=la_B000AQ74C6_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404849661&sr=1-6

I also used to read Juniper and Wise Child over and over as a kid. Really engaging and well written. There is magic in the book, but not in a silly way. It's based on Celtic healing and religion so it's not like dragons and fantasy magic. Fits again with the strong female characters.

http://www.amazon.com/Juniper-Monica-Furlong/dp/0679833692/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=04QZXYYBRNN5R5Z0M1TY

http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Child-Monica-Furlong/dp/0394825985/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JB52BH5DD07Y58DTS7C

It also looks like there is a third book, but I never read it!

:) Thank you! I have a young adult detective mystery series, similar to Nancy Drew or the hardy Boys. The first one is Let's Catch a Murderer! and you can find it on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Catch-Murderer-N-Hill-ebook/dp/B07825SCFJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=lets+catch+a+murderer&qid=1558932938&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell

The Mystery of Pony Hollow by Lynn Hall?

https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Pony-Hollow-Stepping-Stone/dp/0679830529

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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is actually still one of my favorite books. Strongly recommended for anyone who isn't dead inside.

Okay, I found this by googling "floating nun book" and the description sounds about right...

Sounds like the Internet Detectives series:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bandits-Internet-Detectives-Michael-Coleman/dp/0553486209

One of the reviews mentions the coded messages.

I second Encyclopedia Brown, but it could also be Two Minute Mysteries, by the same author, but instead of having a main character like E.B., they were stand-alone stories.

2 Minute Mysteries

Maybe?

The Two-Minute Mysteries series had 1-2 page mysteries. The solutions were upside down at the end of each mystery. There were several books in the series. Maybe one of those?

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Minute-Mysteries-Apple-Paperbacks-Donald/dp/0590447874

Could it be "The Mystery of Pony Hollow"?

Is it this?

Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks

https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Catherine-Jinks/dp/1864423498?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

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I really loved the Wise Child trilogy, The Hero and the Crown/The Blue Sword, and the Sally Lockhart series (and all of Phillip Pullman's books) as a kid.

Harris Burdick. We had to write short stories for each picture in school. Some really good pictures to work from.

http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Harris-Burdick-Chris-Allsburg/dp/0395353939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313343336&sr=8-1

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. It's a picture book but it really makes you use your imagination.

All of Chris Van Allsburg's books are amazing.

The mysteries of Harris Burdick
Chris Van Allsburg

Two Minute Mysteries, by Donald J Sobol
https://www.amazon.com/Two-Minute-Mysteries-Apple-Paperbacks-Donald/dp/0590447874

Two-Minute Mysteries and books like them are always pretty popular. BrainQuest also can be big hits with that age group.

Hope those help!

I had a book called "Two-Minute Mysteries" when I was a kid. The mysteries were a lot like what you're describing. Amazon also shows a lot of similar knockoffs, although I believe "Two-Minute Mysteries" was the original.

YES!
https://www.amazon.com/You-Be-Jury-Marvin-Miller/dp/0590457276

If you do the look inside, they do "exhibit A/B/C/D"

I LOVED THESE BOOKS AS A KID!

It's a story called Timor and the Furnace Troll It's in an anthology of scary stories called Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters. I couldn't find a hardcopy on Amazon. Only kindle edition or- what is this- audiocassette. Hope this helps.

Usborne had another series called Solve it Yourself Mysteries

Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks

Google terms: book crashed spaceship caravan desert boy lost -fallout, result #10 in a reading list for middle schoolers.

/ninja vanish

Do you remember anything about the content?

This one look familiar?

And Saw IV took it from one of the original Two minute mystery books

This is definitely it, OP -- the story in particular is "The Case of the Home Bakery", from the first Two-Minute Mysteries.

When I was like 7 my cousin showed me this book: https://www.amazon.com/You-Be-Jury-Marvin-Miller/dp/0590457276
and basically it made me totally want to be in a court room. And well, here I am in law school.

You’re sure it’s not Bruce Coville?

There’s this anthology he edited. One of the reviews mentions a little brother found as an abandoned baby and he ends up being a werewolf. Not quite the same as what you said but time/memory....

Is it Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective?

Edit: just kidding, might be this one: http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Mystery-Under-May-Apple-Stepping/dp/product-description/0679908552

Is it this? This was one of my favorite books as a child, and I believe I got it from a Scholastic book fair, but I can't remember the mystery! [Pink Motel] (http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Motel-Carol-Ryrie-Brink/dp/068971677X)

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright. If they like it, there are three more in the series.

The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink

http://www.amazon.com/Zach-Jenny-Whale-Joshua-Chapman/dp/1490312250

this is actually real...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9780990003

i can't take it

http://www.amazon.com/What-Went-Wrong-Milliards-Mech-ebook/dp/B00LMD7TAS/ref=la_B00LMUOALM_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463601461&sr=1-1


Now this is unfair. It's a free book and the authors first, also self published. I picked it up on Monday and could only get to him sitting down with his partner for tea before I had to stop.