Middle Reader 8-12 > Mystery and Adventure
A genre of stories that involve a secret or crime that needs to be solved, usually by the end of the story.
Out of Sight (#4 Kensy and Max) by Jacqueline Harvey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: KENSY AND MAX | Reading Level: very good
Kensy and Max are gearing up for their first Pharos review, a rite of passage with no room for failure. But juggling studies and the spy life isn't without its complications. As the dust settles from their last mission, and family members find their place in the new world order, old tensions rise to the ...Show more
Undercover (#3 Kensy and Max) by Jacqueline Harvey
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Kensy and Max | Reading Level: very good
Kensy and Max are back in London for a mere minute before things begin to heat up - quite literally. Is someone still out to get them? Meanwhile, Granny Cordelia has an important assignment that apparently only they can handle, and so the pair are whisked off to Australia. The twins find themselves plan ...Show more
Seven Ghosts by Chris Priestley
$12.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12
The award-winning author of Tales of Terror stirs up old ghosts in this spine-tingling, multi-narrative horrorJake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent g ...Show more
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Lucerne (The Girl, the Dog and the Writer, #3) by Katrina Nannestad
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: The Girl, the Dog and the Writer | Reading Level: near fine
Freja and her mother, Clementine, are reunited at last. Tobias and Vivi are in love. And Lucerne, their new home, is a paradise of snowy alps, sapphire lakes, white swans and delicious Swiss chocolate! Everything seems perfect, until poor Lady P appears, bandaged from head to toe after a fall - or was i ...Show more
The Haunting of Peligan City (#2 Potkin and Stubbs) by Sophie Green
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Potkin and Stubbs
The second book in a spooky detective series, with an unusual investigative duo on the trail of murderous ghosts . . . Peligan City, late November. Three months have passed since Lil and Nedly - Potkin and Stubbs - solved their first case. And now, at last, something new and unusual turns up: strange t ...Show more
The Countdown Conspiracy by Katie Slivensky
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12
Six kids. One mission to Mars. All systems go. "The Martian" meets "TheGoonies" in this high-action, high-stakes, debut adventure..
Wormwood Mire (#2 Stella Montgomery) by Judith Rossell
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Stella Montgomery
When Stella Montgomery returned to the Hotel Majestic cold and wet but exhilarated by adventure, the Aunts were furious. Now they are sending Stella away to the old family home at Wormwood Mire, where she must live with two strange cousins and their governess. But within the overgrown grounds of th ...Show more
Wakestone Hall (#3 Stella Montgomery) by Judith Rossell
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Stella Montgomery
THE MAGICAL CONCLUSION TO STELLA MONTGOMERY'S AWARD-WINNING STORY 'the perfect conclusion to a wonderfully quirky Victorian fantasy series' - Pages & Pages Stella Montgomery is in disgrace. The Aunts have sent her to Wakestone Hall, a grim boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilf ...Show more
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Reading Level: very good
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country. READ BY DAVID WALLIAMS!! A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David's previous bestsellers. Our hero Ben ...Show more
The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for... the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning... When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-loo ...Show more
How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Twelve days. Five kids. Many special effects. One giant mystery. Hayley Whelan has spent her whole life dreaming of making a horror movie - and not just the type of movie that kids make on their dodgy second-hand iPhones. When her grandma passes away, she inherits the money for a proper, grown-up camer ...Show more
The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent
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Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize Today would have been an ordinary Saturday, except that two things happened: 1) The peacocks escaped and 2) I started writing this story. Dad says if you want to write a story you should start by choosing a topic that you know a lot about. That's why this is a story a ...Show more