Eden Hall Upper Elementary - Grade 5 Mystery

Belly Up - recommended by Eden Hall librarians for fifth grade students.
Belly Up - recommended by Eden Hall librarians for fifth grade students.

Mysteries recommended by Eden Hall librarians for fifth grade students.

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Belly Up (FunJungle) By Stuart Gibbs Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781416987321
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - July 5th, 2011

Twelve-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brand-new FunJungle, has been murdered. The zoo’s top brass claim the hippo went belly up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have other ideas.


The Candymakers By Wendy Mass Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780316002592
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 3rd, 2011

Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection in the country. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Lightning Chew?

Logan, the Candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alone?

Miles, the boy who is allergic to merry-go-rounds and the color pink?


Chasing Vermeer (Scholastic Gold) By Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780439372978
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks - May 1st, 2005

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art.

Chasing Vermeer joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels.


The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) By Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780316176200
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - April 9th, 2013

Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas Benedict - now it's time to meet the boy who started it all.


The Name of this Book Is Secret (The Secret Series #1) By Pseudonymous Bosch Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780316113694
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 1st, 2008

Read the series that's sold more than 2 million copies--if you dare!


Theodore Boone: The Accomplice By John Grisham Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780525556282
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Published: Puffin Books - May 5th, 2020

Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers.


Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries) By Sheila Turnage Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780142426050
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Published: Puffin Books - December 31st, 2013

A Newbery Honor Book

"An irresistible Southern narrator—a literary descendant of Scout Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird." —Newsday


The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1) By Jennifer A. Nielsen Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780545284141
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks - February 1st, 2013

New York Times bestseller The False Prince thrills with wild twists and turns, danger and deceit, and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.

In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing.


Marvin & James Save the Day and Elaine Helps! (The Masterpiece Adventures #4) By Elise Broach, Kelly Murphy (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Elise Broach, Kelly Murphy (Illustrator)
$7.99
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ISBN: 9781250233219
Published: Square Fish - April 7th, 2020

Marvin & James Save the Day and Elaine Helps! is the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Elise Broach's Masterpiece Adventures chapter book series featuring Marvin the beetle and his best friend, James.


Mudshark By Gary Paulsen Cover Image
$6.99
ISBN: 9780553494648
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Published: Yearling - June 8th, 2010

The Mudshark Detective Agency is on the case in a winning tale from Gary Paulsen, about whom Booklist writes in a starred review, "When it comes to telling funny stories about boys, no one surpasses Paulsen."


The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold) By Varian Johnson Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9780545952781
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019

A Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner * Four Starred Reviews * Over Ten Best-of-Year Lists"Powerful....