• Lists

    21 Middle Grade Mysteries

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    Some of my favorite books growing up and even now are mysteries. I’m not a huge fan of thrillers in the scary sense, but I do love the idea of solving a puzzle. And whether you’re looking for classic middle grade mysteries like From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Must-Read Mysteries

    Mysteries were one of my absolute favorite genres growing up – and they still are today, so it wasn’t hard to create this list – Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Must-Read Mysteries! I love puzzles, murder mysteries, absolutely everything, but I especially love anything that has to do with art…

  • Lifestyle

    Skype Author Visit

    It’s been an eventful week already!  We have a pretty large grant due on Friday, we had our first middle school program of the school year on Monday night, I spent yesterday and this morning at Penn State for a committee meeting, (quickly) drove back to the library for a…

  • Reviews

    The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

    The Puzzling World of Winston Breen written by Eric Berlin was an exciting, and interactive mystery that reached far above my expectations.  Winston Breen is a twelve-year-old puzzle maniac – he loves all kinds of puzzles!  When his sister finds a puzzle in the birthday gift she receives from Winston,…