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Sleuth Series for Kids
Have you exhausted Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and the Boxcar Children? Here are some sleuths you'll find in several books. Maybe you'll discover a new favorite
Sly the Sleuth and the pet mysteries by Donna Jo Napoli and Robert Furrow ; illustrated by Heather Maione
Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the time capsule caper by Mary Blount Christian ; illustrated by Lisa McCue
The chameleon wore chartreuse: from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye by Bruce Hale
The fall of the Amazing Zalindas by edited by Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin
Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
Minerva Clark gets a clue by Karen Karbo
The case of the missing marquess by Nancy Springer
Assassin by Patricia Finney is writing as Grace Cavendish
The case of the wiggling wig: a McGurk mystery by E.W. Hildick