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Winter Mysteries for Kids

Looking for a mystery to solve during those free days of winter break? We've got some fun mystery stories set during winter. Enjoy these suggestions? Looking for a new book to read? Book Match is a book recommendation program offered through AC Library. Check out the website at the top of the list to go to the Book Match page.

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  • Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our Matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific Matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…
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  • "Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive…
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018 — J GUTERSON,B
  • "It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers’ adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of…
    BookBoston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] — J MILFORD,K
  • Following the death of her aunt, who saved her from her 12-year stay at the orphanage, she receives word that her godfather, Capt. Arthur Jones, will take her in. An encounter with a mysterious man and his more mysterious wrapped parcel…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2020 — J FISHER,C
  • At the Winterborne Home, nothing is what it seems, no one is who they say they are and nowhere is safe. And now a ragtag group of orphans must unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a supposed phantom and a secret key, all without alerting…
    BookBoston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — J CARTER,A
  • "The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to…
    BookBoston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] — J GLASER,K
  • "The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014] — J FREDERICK,H
  • "Mika is not your average twelve-year-old—and she’s about to prove it. It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. Twelve-year-old Mika knows that everyone in her orphanage will struggle to survive this…
    BookNew York : Amazon Crossing Kids, 2023 — J RUNDBERG,J
  • "When Dr. Alistair Fairfleet, the institute’s eccentric chairman, disappears on the first day of Alex and Asha’s summer vacation, they receive a letter written by the missing millionaire himself inviting them to a game involving…
    BookNew York, NY : Union Square Kids, 2023 — J SAXTON, K
  • "When a young boy is discovered in Washington DC’s National Gallery without any recollection of who he is, so begins a high-stakes race to unravel the greatest mystery of all: his identity. As the stakes continue to rise, the boy must…
    BookBoston ; NewYork : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] — J HICKS,D