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On the Trail to Adventure

These action-packed adventure and mystery titles with their puzzles and clues will keep readers in grades 4 and up racing through the pages.

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  • A boy is found in the National Gallery of Art with plenty of art knowledge but no memory of himself . He sets off with his new friend to regain his identity and reveal the truth about a famous painting.
    Book, 2017Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. — jFICTION HICKS, D.
  • Thirteen -year-old Gerald inherits a billion dollars from his Great-Aunt Geraldine, but now he needs to solve her murder.
    Book, 2010New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, [2010] — jFICTION NEWSOME, R.
  • Keenan's boredom with his new island home quickly disappears when he meets ZeeBee and together they investigate the possibility of a gangster's hidden gold and a mysterious death of a dog.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — jFICTION KORMAN, G.
  • When Salim doesn't exit the giant London Eye ride after accepting a free ticket from a stranger, his cousins Ted and Kat search for clues to his disappearance.
    Book, 2008New York : David Fickling Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2008. — jFICTION DOWD, S.
  • Twelve young contestants enter the library for an overnight event. When morning arrives, this lock-in becomes a reality game. Follow the clues to find the exit from this unusual slumber party.
    Book, 2013New York : Random House, 2013 — jFICTION GRABENSTEIN, C.
  • Using his system TOAST (Theory of All Small Things), Fabian becomes a covert consultant for the FBI in an art-heist case.
    Book, 2016New York : Aladdin, [2016] — jFICTION PONTI, J.
  • Can Charlie, with her genius-level IQ, follow the clues to find a powerful equation named Pandora before it falls into the wrong hand?
    Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019 — jMIDDLE SCHOOL GIBBS, S.
  • In just one week, Jesse encounters her dad in handcuffs, a trio of bullies, and a destructive tornado. See how she and her Pomeranian Sam-Sam work to prove her father's innocence.
    Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — jFICTION VAUGHT, S.
  • Sara is recruited to join a team of international young spies in Paris. Will her computer hacking skills be enough to help them break into a secret research facility and outwit an evil genius?
    Book, 2020New York : Aladdin, 2020. — jMIDDLE SCHOOL PONTI, J.
  • Isabel's favorite customer is accused of murder. She uses her investigative reporting skills to prove her friend's innocence amidst the gangsters and glamour of Chicago during the 1920's.
    Book, 2016Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
  • Join two friendless kids who come together to solve the mystery surrounding an ancient secret of immortality, a dead magician and the clues he left behind.
    Book, 2007New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2007. — jFICTION BOSCH, P.
  • Four young misfits answer an ad that leads them to a series of puzzles and exams that test both their mind and spirit in preparation for an important mission to foil an evil plan.
    Book, 2007New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2007. — jMIDDLE SCHOOL STEWART, T.
  • Tamaya and Marshall's discovery of a strange mud puddle with a yellowish fuzz hovering over it sets off a chain of events involving a secret investigation into an experimental laboratory that could cause a global catastrophe.
    Book, 2015New York : Delacorte Press, [2015] — jFICTION SACHAR, L.
  • Shrink down with Ruthie and Jack to the famous miniature Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute for an adventure affecting lives both past and present.
    Book, 2010New York : Random House, [2010] — jFICTION MALONE, M.
  • Roy's run-in with the local bully leads to an adventure involving mishaps at a construction site, a teenage runaway, poisonous snakes and burrowing owls in need of help.
    Book, 2002New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2002. — jFICTION HIAASEN, C.
  • If you like puzzle mysteries, then join Emily and James in this San Francisco adventure filled with thugs, codes, treasure hunting and plenty of books.
    Book, 2016New York : Square Fish, Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016. — jMIDDLE SCHOOL BERTMAN, J.