Here are the top 30 bestselling mysteries & detectives books for 11 year olds. Please click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check book availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Library to reset it.
1. The Boxcar Children Books 1-4
by: Gertrude Chandler Warner Release date: Sep 01, 1990 Number of Pages: 160 Find in Library Read Review |
2. The Secret Keepers
by: Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka Release date: Sep 27, 2016 Number of Pages: 512 Find in Library Read Review |
A magical watch
3. Holes
by: Louis Sachar, Vladimir Radunsky, Bagram Ibatoulline Release date: May 09, 2000 Number of Pages: 233 Find in Library Read Review |
Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.
It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.
Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar’s new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud.
“A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel.” —The New York Times
WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOK
SELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS
4. Took: A Ghost Story
by: Mary Downing Hahn Release date: Sep 06, 2016 Number of Pages: 272 Find in Library Read Review |
5. Meg Mackintosh Mysteries Set: Books 1-4 (Meg Mackintosh Mystery series)
by: Lucinda Landon Release date: Sep 01, 2007 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
6. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
by: Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal Release date: Jan 01, 1989 Number of Pages: 154 Find in Library Read Review |
7. The Treasure of the Sea: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure (Thea Stilton: Special Edition #5)
by: Thea Stilton Release date: Sep 27, 2016 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
The mouselets and their friend Will Mystery travel to the underwater world to find the magical music. On their mission, they swim through dangerous waters, encounter strange and fantastical creatures, and even reveal an ancient mystery. It’s a mousetastic aquatic adventure!
8. The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
by: Rick Riordan Release date: Apr 08, 2008 Number of Pages: 352 Find in Library Read Review |
Please note: While the cover of the book may vary the content is the same.
9. The Kingdom of Fantasy (Geronimo Stilton)
by: Geronimo Stilton Release date: Dec 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
I knew from the start that it was no ordinary day, but I certainly didn’t expect to find a golden staircase in my attic. Up at the top, there was a door. And beyond the door was a world I never could have imagined — the Kingdom of Fantasy!
Along with my guide, a frog named Scribblehopper, I set off on an incredible adventure to save the Queen of the Fairies. But along the way, I had to face giant scorpions, witches, sea serpents, pixies, and dozens of other creatures that I had only ever heard stories about. Holey cheese, what a journey! Could I save the Queen . . . and my own tail?
10. Hoot
by: Carl Hiaasen Release date: Dec 27, 2005 Number of Pages: 292 Find in Library Read Review |
Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls’ fate cemented in pancake batter?
“A wonderful tour de-force.” —The Boston Globe
“A rollicking, righteous story.” —The Miami Herald
“Yes, it is a hoot.”—The Washington Post
From the Hardcover edition.
11. Artemis Fowl
by: Eoin Colfer Release date: Jun 23, 2009 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review |
Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them but then they stop playing by the rules.
12. Lea and Camila (American Girl Today)
by: Kellen Hertz, Lisa Yee, Sarah Davis Release date: Mar 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review |
13. The Haunted Howl (Key Hunters #3)
by: Eric Luper Release date: Sep 13, 2016 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
THE CURSE OF THE FULL MOON MUST BE BROKEN!
On a dark and stormy night, Cleo and Evan are haunted by a disaster. Evan has been bitten by a werewolf! If they can’t find the cure — and the right key — before the full moon rises, he’ll be stuck prowling the pages of this ghost story for good!
14. Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game
by: Ridley Pearson Release date: Feb 26, 2013 Number of Pages: 560 Find in Library Read Review |
Finn, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, and Philby are to attend the cruise as celebrity guests, and to perform a ribbon cutting for the DHI server to go live. The Fantasy is now the most advanced cruise ship in the world.
But all is not right belowdecks. Strange things are happening. Unexplained phenomena. Only the Kingdom Keepers know the truth behind their invitation: nearly every Disney villain is represented onboard the new ship: whether on its decks or in its theaters. It’s believed the Overtakers have infiltrated the cast and are “stowaways.” Worse: it is believed they have stolen an important journal that once belonged to Walt Disney himself–Finn has been having dreams about this–and that some kind of mission is planned.
The ship sets sail filled with enthusiastic guests and crew, and the battle is on in new and exotic arenas: the beaches of Castaway Cay, the caves of Aruba, the locks of the Panama Canal, Costa Rica’s rain forest zip line . . . But the end game is far more complicated and intense than anything the Kingdom Keepers had planned on. If the Overtakers get their way, a power will be unleashed that no one will have the ability to vanquish: Chernabog, dormant for years, is about to have his full powers restored. . . .
15. Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Secret of the Snow: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
by: Thea Stilton Release date: Sep 30, 2014 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
There’s a mystery in the land of the lotus flowers!
Thea Stilton and Thea Sisters are called to help to an enchanted land! It’s a world linked to the legends of Japan, and it is in danger. The realm’s special lotus flowers are disappearing, and no one knows why!
The mouselets set off on a quest to solve this mystery. They must discover the secret of the lotus flowers — but can they trust the strange magical creatures that they meet on their way? It’s a fabumouse adventure!
16. Fuzzy Mud
by: Louis Sachar Release date: Aug 04, 2015 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes Fuzzy Mud, a New York Times bestseller.
“Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale.”–Publishers Weekly
Be careful. Your next step may be your last.
Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get lost. And then they find trouble. Bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined.
In the days and weeks that follow, the authorities and the U.S. Senate become involved, and what they uncover might affect the future of the world.
17. Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage
by: Ridley Pearson Release date: Apr 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 464 Find in Library Read Review |
Aboard the Disney Cruise Line’s inaugural passage through the new Panama Canal, the Keepers and their holograms uncover a puzzle hidden within the pages of a stolen journal. The point of that puzzle will reveal itself in the caves of Aruba, the zip lines of Costa Rica, and the jungles of Mexico. A destructive force, dormant for decades, is about to be unleashed. The five Kingdom Keepers are to be its first victims.
18. Meg Mackintosh Mysteries Set: Books 5-8 (Meg Mackintosh Mystery series)
by: Lucinda Landon Release date: Sep 01, 2007 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
19. Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book Two Legacy of Secrets
by: Ridley Pearson Release date: Mar 29, 2016 Number of Pages: 400 Find in Library Read Review |
20. Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Secret of the Fairies: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
by: Thea Stilton Release date: Sep 24, 2013 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters are on an expedition to the fantastical Land of Erin. While they are searching for a missing friend, they learn that the land itself is in peril! The mouselets are ready to help.
On their journey, they encounter fairies, pixies, and other magical creatures — some helpful, but some out to trick them! Can the Thea Sisters save the Land of Erin before it’s too late? It’s an adventure full of mystery and friendship!
21. The Cloud Castle: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure (Thea Stilton: Special Edition #4)
by: Thea Stilton Release date: Sep 29, 2015 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
The Thea Sisters have received an urgent message from their friend Will Mystery. The magical Land of Clouds is in danger. The mouselets must find out why the clouds are disappearing!
Once they enter the kingdom through Mount Everest, the mice meet fairies, elves, and unicorns on their way to the majestic Cloud Castle. But who can the Thea Sisters count on to help solve the mystery? It’s an incredible journey to restore harmony to this enchanted land!
22. The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
by: John R. Erickson, Gerald L. Holmes Release date: Oct 15, 2011 Number of Pages: 127 Find in Library Read Review |
23. Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #2)
by: Gertrude Chandler Warner, Mary Gehr Release date: Jan 01, 1989 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
24. Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Journey to Atlantis: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
by: Thea Stilton Release date: Oct 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review |
At the beach by Mouseford Academy, one of the Thea Sisters discovers a mysterious boy with blue skin washed up on the shore. He speaks an unfamiliar language, so the Thea Sisters call Thea Stilton to help figure out how to communicate with him. She sets the mouselings on an exciting journey across the world to hunt for clues about the boy’s origins. Could he be prince of the underwater world of Atlantis? It’s up to the Thea Sisters to get him home!
25. Magical Mission (Geronimo Stilton #64)
by: Geronimo Stilton Release date: Oct 11, 2016 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
26. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
by: Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka Release date: Oct 05, 2010 Number of Pages: 400 Find in Library Read Review |
Filled with page-turning action and mind-bending brain teasers, this wildly inventive journey is sure to delight.
27. Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow
by: Ridley Pearson, Tristan Elwell Release date: Mar 01, 2011 Number of Pages: 576 Find in Library Read Review |
The very few clues from Jess’s dream lead the kids into Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot–through imaginary worlds that become real, by imaginary kids who are real. Each clue seems tied to the last, and with the stakes growing ever higher, what starts out as a puzzle ends up as a fight for their lives. Through a transparent paper box, a quest for a sword, rides on Soarin’ and Maelstrom, life-and-death encounters with giant snakes, and a devious Maleficent, the Kingdom Keepers not only begin to decipher deeper meanings to the clues, but discover new truths about themselves and their ever-growing friendships.
28. Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
by: Ridley Pearson, Tristan Elwell Release date: Sep 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 336 Find in Library Read Review |
29. The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
by: Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka Release date: Apr 09, 2013 Number of Pages: 496 Find in Library Read Review |
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate nose, but also he has narcolepsy, a condition that gives him terrible nightmares and makes him fall asleep at the worst possible moments. Now he’s sent to a new orphanage, where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances — and a mystery that could change his life forever. Luckily, he has one important thing in his favor: He’s a genius.
On his quest to solve the mystery, Nicholas finds enemies around every corner, but also friends in unexpected places — and discovers along the way that the greatest puzzle of all is himself.
30. Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn
by: Ridley Pearson, Tristan Elwell Release date: Aug 25, 2009 Number of Pages: 384 Find in Library Read Review |
Filled with action and brimming with the same meticulous detail as The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark, this second book in the series-The Rise of Chernabog-is the result of hands-on research behind the scenes at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park. Young and older readers alike will get a glimpse into a second Disney kingdom. The wild rides have only just begun; and the clock is ticking. How long can the teens keep themselves awake in their quest to find their friend-and what happens if they fail?
Best Selling Books for 11 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 11 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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