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Guys Read: Thriller
by Jon Scieska

Collected short stories from some of today’s best youth writers. All thrilling, there are ghost stories, monster stories, crime stories, and just plain mysterious stories! Read about a body on the tracks, a teenage terrorist, a mysterious wish-granting machine and the world’s worst private detective. Age 9 & up

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Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Case of the Lion Dance by Laurence Yep
Trouble Is My Beeswax by Bruce Hale
Room One: A Mystery Or Two by Andrew Clements
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Ghost of Poplar Point by Cynthia DeFelice
Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Case of the Left-Handed Lady: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer
Case of the Monkey Burglar by John R. Erickson
Cry of the Loon: a Samantha Mystery by Barbara Steiner
Disappearing Acts by Betsy Byars
Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pearl by Joan Lowery Nixon
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
Kidnappers: a Mystery by Willo Davis Roberts
Letters from Camp by Kate Klise
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis
Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash by Wendelin Van Draanen
Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots by Daren King
Time Stops for No Mouse: a Hermux Tantamoq Adventure by Michael Hoeye
Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett
Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery by David A. Adler
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science by Susan Hughes
Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files by Simon Cheshire
Girl’s Best Friend by Leslie Margolis
Horton Halfpott, or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor... by Tom Angleberger
Midnight Tunnel: A Suzanna Snow Mystery by Angie Frazier
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
Nancy Drew Sleuth Book: Clues to Good Sleuthing by Carolyn Keene
Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfours
Trouble with Chickens: A J. J. Tully Mystery by Doreen Cronin
We the Children by Andrew Clements
Wizard of Dark Street: An Oona Crate Mystery by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison
The Potato Chip Puzzles: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
What Really Happened to Humpty: (From the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective) by Jeanie Franz Ransom
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan
Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand
Flying Beaver Brothers and the Evil Penguin Plan by Maxwell Eaton
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case by Alexander McCall Smith
Hold Fast by Blue Balliet
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes by Edited by Kazu Kibuishi
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone