Beyond Nancy Drew - Mysteries from Picture Books to YA

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Beyond Nancy Drew - Juvenile Mysteries - The best from 1994 to 2004

JF FICTION

Top Five:
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen, 1998 (William Allen White Award 2001
    Sequel: The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, 2001
Hale, Bruce. The Malted Falcon, 2003 (Chet Gecko series)
Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops For No Mouse, 2001, 2002
    Sequel: The Sands of Time, 2001, 2002
Van Dranaan, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception, 2003
Wright, Betty Ren. Crandall’s Castle, 2003

More Good JF Mysteries
Alphin, Elaine Marie. Ghost Soldier, 2001
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord, 2002
Griffin, Peni R. Ghost Sitter, 2001
Hobbs, Will. Ghost Canoe, 1997 - Edgar winne, 1998
Holmes, Barbara Ware. Following Fake Man, 2001
Nickerson, Sara. How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, 2002
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Search for the Shadowman, 1996, 1998
Roberts, Willo Davis. “Any titles”
    The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible
    Rupes, 1997 (PB) Edgar winner 1995
    The Kidnappers: A Mystery, 1998
Roy, Ron. The Skeleton in the Smithsonian (A to Z Mysteries)
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes series -- any
    Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary, 2000
    Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief, 1998 - Edgar winner, 1999
Yep, Laurence. The Case of the Firecrackers, 1999
    The Case of the Goblin Pearls, 1997

Older exellent JF mysteries that shouldn’t be forgotten:
Bellairs, John. The House With a Clock In Its Walls, 1974, later editions.
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Dead Man in Indian Creek, 1990
Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets, 1993
Wright, Betty Ren. The Dollhouse Murders, 1983

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Last Updated April 4, 2004