New Mysteries for Kids and Teens This Winter

Way back in September, I did a post on the new mysteries that were coming out this fall. Well, I can't believe it, but with the 14 inches of snow we just got yesterday in my part of Wisconsin...well, I guess it's true: winter is HERE.

The good thing is that means a whole new batch of mystery to snuggle up on the couch to read. They are pinned over on Pinterest, on a page appropriately titled, "New Mysteries for Kids and Teens (Winter 2012-2013)."

 

(http://pinterest.com/whbeck/new-mysteries-for-kids-and-teens-winter-2012-2013/)

Here are the ones I'm "dying" to read. (Sorry. Bad mystery pun. I didn't get enough sleep. :-P)

1950, New Orleans, and the daughter of a prostitute caught between an elite college and clandestine underworld.

It takes place in Wisconsin! And there are passenger pigeons! Also a missing sister and a sharpshooter girl.

My students can't get enough of Jacqueline Davies Lemonade War series. This one sound great--a little exploration about what personal information should be made public or stay private.

How about you? What are you hoping to read?

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W.H. Beck is a school librarian by day and a children's writer by night (well, actually, very early morning). Her first novel is Malcolm at Midnight, a funny middle grade mystery starring classroom pets at midnight. You can find her online at http://www.whbeck.com.

Upcoming Fall Mysteries for Kids and Teens

We're kicking off a little change in our blogging here at Sleuths, Spies, and Alibis! We're going to loosen things up a bit and instead of blogging to a theme or feature, we're simply going to take turns blogging about what makes our little mystery-loving hearts sing. (Don't worry, we'll still hauling plenty of authors in to our interrogation room, too.)

So, I'm up first in this new schedule and what's on my mind is back to school--I headed back to work at my elementary school library last week. All summer, I've been building a book order, but now I get to focus all the books coming out this fall (not to mention my OWN book coming out this fall--eep!). As I build my order, here are some of the mysteries I can't wait to read!

My 13-year-old and I love the Hunchback Assignments series from Arthur Slade. So excited to read Modo's final adventure.

Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is one of my all-time favorite mysteries. This sounds like it's a retelling of it--with teens in a modern day setting.

Secrets? Shakespeare? Graves? Kids driving a car on the cover? I'm in.

I love the Red Blazer Girls. Now, they are investigating a secret message in an antique fountain pen!

This is the sequel to The Emerald Atlas, which I'm reading right now. If EA holds up, I'll definitely be looking for this one this fall.

Two sixth graders solve an eighty-year-old mystery at their school--told through notes and lists? Yes, please.

Another sequel, another school setting. This is the follow up to The Big Splash, a middle-school riff on the noir genre, which I loved.

And of course, I can't wait to read fellow detectives' books:

 (October 16!)

(October 23!)

My list has a little bit of a middle grade focus because that's what I write and teach, but if you want to see a more complete list of upcoming mysteries for kids and teens, check out this Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/whbeck/fall-2012-mysteries-for-kids-and-teens/.

How about you? What mysteries are you looking forward to reading this fall?

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W.H. Beck is school librarian and author of the forthcoming middle grade mystery, Malcolm at Midnight. (She is also way excited about its fall debut, but it seemed self-serving to list it as one of her top books for this post. Plus, she's already read it.)