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Mystery & Adventure-2013 Summer Reading for Entering G 3-4

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Mystery & Adventure-2013 Summer Reading for Entering G 3-4 includes Secret Identity, Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man, Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth, The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm, The Case of the Library Monster.

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Secret Identity

by: Wendelin Van Draanen
Secret Identity
Alvin Bixby: Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call him: Bubba.

Nolan Byrd: Puny, power walker, math genius, can't keep shoes tied. Kids call him: Nerd.

Bubba has been the bane of Nolan's existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become reporters, Nolan decides he'll write an exposé—on Bubba. He doesn't want to sign his name to it (that'd be suicidal), so Nolan creates a secret identity for himself—on the Internet. He launches Shredderman.com as a place where truth and justice prevail—and bullies get what's coming to them.

This hilariously triumphant story is for any kid who's ever dreamed of unleashing their own inner superhero!

Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man

by: Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
Encyclopedia Brown has found a home at Puffin, and we?re celebrating his arrival with a boxed set! Just in time for the holidays, this set contains the first four books in the classic Encyclopedia Brown series. Whether Encyclopedia Brown is solving cases for his neighborhood friends or his chief-of-police dad, he always has an intriguing mystery to crack.

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

by: Jane O'Connor
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

Kids who grew up with Jane O'Connor's Fancy Nancy picture books can spend some quality time with their BFF because Nancy Clancy is now starring in her own chapter books!

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth is the first in a series of delightful middle-grade mysteries. Sassy Fancy Nancy is now a detective. Told in the third-person narrative, when one of Nancy's classmate's most special possessions disappears from school, it's up to her to save the day. With the help of her friend Bree, she follows the clues to an unexpected source.

Fans of Nancy Drew's Clue Crew will be happy to see a new Nancy join the ranks of super sleuths.

Robin Preiss Glasser illustrates Nancy's story with liveliness, wit, and fanciness.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm

by: Dori Hillestad Butler
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm
Buddy is starting his work as therapy dog at Four Lakes Elementary School, where Connor attends and Mom is the principal. On his very first day, he accidentally knocks down a little kid on the playground, convincing the first grade teacher that school is no place for a dog. Then the fire alarm goes off. The school is evacuated, but there's no fire... it's a false alarm.

Who could have set it?



Buddy fans will cheer as their favorite dog detective solves another case with his own great doggy style.

The Case of the Library Monster

by: Dori Butler
The Case of the Library Monster
Buddy is in the school library and kids are taking turns reading with him. While Buddy listens to a ghost story, he hears rustling in the shelves behind him. He turns to look, but doesn't see anyone back there. He hears a book fall. Something smells strange. Not human...not canine, not like anything Buddy has ever smelled before. Could it maybe be the school ghost Buddy has heard so much about? When the child he's sitting with leaves, Buddy goes over to the shelves to investigate...and comes face to face with a mysterious creature that has a long, blue tongue.

The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy

by: Dori Hillestad Butler
release date: Sep 01, 2010
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
"My name is King. I am a dog. I am also a detective."



King has a very big mystery to solve. His family is missing, and he's been put in the P-O-U-N-D. Why doesn't his beloved human (Kayla) come to get him? When King is adopted by Connor and his mom, things get more confusing. The new family calls him Buddy!



And just as Connor and Buddy start to get acquainted, Connor disappears! Buddy (aka King) has big problems to solve, but with some help from his friend Mouse (a very large dog) and the mysterious cat with no name, he shows what a smart, brave dog can do.



Mystery fans and dog lovers will be swept up in Dori Hillestad Butler's funny, satisfying story... and left eager for Buddy's next adventure.

The Case Of The Elevator Duck

by: Polly Berrien Berends
The Case Of The Elevator Duck
Eleven-year-old Gilbert, self-styled private eye, takes on his toughest case when he finds a duck in the elevator of his housing project. In this easy-to-read mystery, "the solution is credible, the plot is fresh, the style casual and natural."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.  

The Search for Delicious

by: Natalie Babbitt
The Search for Delicious

Gaylen, the King's messenger, a skinny boy of twelve, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for Delicious in the new dictionary. But soon it seems that the search for Delicious had better succeed if civil war is to be avoided.

Gaylen's quest leads him to the woldweller, a wise, 900-year-old creature who lives alone at the precise center of the forest; to Canto, the minstrel who sings him an old song about a mermaid child and who gives him a peculiar good-luck charm; to the underground domain of the dwarfs; and finally to Ardis who might save the kingdom from havoc.

The Search for Delicious is a 1969 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year.

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