Mysterious Moments: Mysteries for Teens

Adam Canfield of the Slash, by Michael Winerip (MS W767AD)

While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.

Behind the Curtain: an Echo Falls Mystery, by Peter Abrahams (MS A1592BE)

An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.

The Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci (YA P7348BO)

Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.

Desert Crossing, by Elise Broach (MS B8631DE)

A summer trip across the New Mexico desert turns nightmarish for fourteen-year-old Lucy, her older brother Jamie, and his best friend Kit, as they become involved in the suspicious death of a young girl.

The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney. (MS C7752FA)
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.

The Grounding of Group 6, by Julian F. Thompson (YA T4736GR)

Arriving at what they believe is an exclusive school, five sixteen-year olds are unaware that they have been sent there to be exterminated and that their teacher is a murderer for hire.

The Killer's Cousin, by Nancy Werlin (YA W4892KI)

After being acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David goes to stay with relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin Lily.

I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan. (MS D9118I)
Four teens who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.

The Last Goodie, by Stephen Schwandt. (YA S3985L)
Haunted by the still unsolved abduction of his babysitter twelve years ago, high school track star Marty Oliver stumbles on a clue that provides a new lead and plunges him into a dangerous adventure.

The Other Side of Dark, by Joan Lowry Nixon. (MS N736O)
17-year-old Stacy awakens from a four-year coma ready to identify, locate, and prosecute the young man who murdered her mother and wounded her.

Picture Perfect, by Elaine Marie Alphin (YA A4571PI)

A gap in his memory the afternoon that his best friend disappears in a redwood forest has a fifteen-year-old photographer wondering about his own role in the mystery, and who he can turn to for help.

The Road of the Dead, by Kevin Brooks (YA B87342RO)

Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

The Ruby in the Smoke, by Philip Pullman. (YA P982RU)
In 19th Century London, 16-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

The Skeleton Man: A Novel, by Jay Bennett. (MS B4716SK)
When his Uncle Ed commits suicide, after giving him $30,000 for his eighteenth birthday, Ray receives mysterious death threats and becomes involved in a dangerous sequence of events.

Twisted Summer, by Willo Davis Roberts (MS R648TW)

Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.

Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror, by Avi. (MS A957WO)
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, 15-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.

Yaxley's Cat, by Robert Westall. (MS W5224Y)
After Yaxley disappears, the inhabitants of an English village fear that his ugly old cat will uncover the truth about the secret they are hiding.

Last updated 12-20-07