What is a mystery
book?
Let’s see if you’re right.
Genre:
MYSTERY
Mysteries
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CHARACTERS SEEM REAL
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MAIN CHARACTER COULD
BE A DETECTIVE OR A SPY
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MAIN CHARACTER LOOKS
FOR CLUES TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM OR A CRIME
CLUE
“Clue: Something that serves to
guide or direct in the solution of
a problem or mystery.”
From the story:
I took the p
ackage out of
the pack.
"'Realm of the
Darkmaster,' (Clue)
" I read off the cover, "I've
never even heard of this one."
so he gave it to me
free! (Clue)
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SUSPECTS
“Suspect: one who is suspected of doing something wrong or of a crime.
She is a suspect in the robbery.”
From the story:
and the guy (Suspect) in charge told me that this was the coolest game ever made!http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
WITNESS
“Witness: to watch or be present
at.
He witnessed the accident.”
From the story:
Randy (Witness) is in sixth grade with me and he's probably the number one computer freak in the school.http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
EVIDENCE
“Evidence: something that gives
proof or a reason to believe.
Scientists have not yet found
evidence of life on Mars.”
From the story:
I popped
the
disk (evidence)
into my CD ROM
drive and waited for it to install.
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DEDUCTION
“Deduction: the process of finding an answer by using what is already known to be true.
If you see footprints in the snow, and you know that the snow started falling after dark, deduction will tell you that
somebody was here last night.”
From the story:
"You know what'shappened, don't you?" Randy said, and I didn't even have to answer. I knew. Crazy as it sounded, somehow we'd been pulled into the game itself! (Deduction)
http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
MOTIVE
“Motive: an idea, need, desire, or
impulse that causes a person to act in a
particular way or do a particular thing;
reason.
His motive for robbing the bank was not
clear.”
From the story:
"You won, and therefore I must go back and make my game more challenging. (Motive)http://www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
The Darkmaster
Top Ten Monsters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVvok4S_9E
Dracula Trailer (Play at 2:04)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7leC4YClrI
Scary Characters
Screaming Munny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrhOwaW7 CZw
Some true facts are included in
good mysteries.
We kept running until the passageway split into two. "Which way?" I asked, but our decision was made by the gray, scurrying thing that came out of the passageway on the right. "Eeew, a rat!" Randy screamed.
"I think it's only a mouse," I said, "but I still don't like it. Let's go the other way."
After going on for what seemed like ten miles, the passageway ended in front of two huge wooden doors."This one," Randy decided, though I think he was just guessin It took both of us to push the heavy door open. On the other side was a huge wooden room, like the kind you see in old castles. Standing on platforms against each wall was a huge suit of armor, complete with a battle sword and shield. The weird thing was they were all different colors: one was blue, one red, one yellow and one black. On the other side was another door. And there were mice in this room, too.
"You know what's happened, don't you?" Randy said, and I didn't even have to
answer. I knew. Crazy as it sounded, somehow we'd been pulled into the game itself!
(Deduction)
"Maybe that's the way out," I said, and we headed for the other door, but a clanking metal sound stopped us. Looking over, I saw that the blue suit of armor had stepped down and was now walking towards us! We turned to run back, but the red suit of armor cut us off. Then the black and the yellow ones moved in on us and before long we were surrounded!
And if this wasn't bad enough, a mouse was crawling on my shoe! "Now what?" Randy cried.
"That Darkmaster creep said there was one way out, we just have to find it." The knights were closing in, swords raised!
The mouse was now trying to crawl up my pantleg. "Aw, man!" I shouted,
shaking my foot, but just then an idea hit me. "No," I said, "that can't really be the way out, it's too corny."
"Who cares?" Randy hollered. "If you've got an idea, go for it!"
"Okay." Reaching down, I forced myself to pick up the mouse. It wriggled and squirmed in my hand and I almost dropped it, but I managed to hold on. "Green means go, so red must mean stop." I turned to the red knight and held the mouse up to its shield, then made a clicking sound with my tongue. In an instant, there was another flash of lightning, and when I opened my eyes, we were back in my room! "Man," Randy panted, "what did you do?"
"The secret was a sick joke. To start the game we mouse-clicked on a green shield, right? So to get out ” "You clicked a mouse on a red shield," Randy groaned. "Sorry, but this disk is going in the trash," I said, opening my CD ROM drive. But the disk wasn't there! The next day we decided to visit the little store where Randy had gotten it. But when we got there, he nearly had a cow, because there was no store, only a vacant lot. "But it was here!" he cried. "Hey, what's that?" I said, pointing to an envelope on the ground an envelope with our names on it! With shaking hands, I picked it up, opened it and read: "You won, and therefore I must go back and make my game more challenging. (Motive) Perhaps we shall play again someday."
It was signed: "The Darkmaster."
Kids Mysteries
http://kids.mysterynet.com/ Screaming Munny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrhOwaW7CZw P17 Cam Jensen, Mystery of Flight 54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lldF0NZDRRw&feature=related
Brat Mystery Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sJ8UV4tsI&feature=related Brat Mystery Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVyLnXVX8Lg&feature=related Barbie Mystery Solving Dolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1FYrRynlE&feature=related Reading
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Mystery Books for Kids (difficult)
DAVID ADLER writes
mysteries.
DON’T
THINK,
JUST
WRITE!
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54 Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery Cam Jansen and the Barking Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Chocolate Fudge Sale Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival Prize
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Monster Movie Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach Mystery Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery
Cam Jansen #8 Mystery of the Monster Movie Cam Jansen & the Tennis Trophy Mystery Cam Jansen & Mystery of Stolen Diamonds
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. Cam Jansen Double Mystery #1
Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey House Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House Cam Jansen Triceratops Pops Mystery
Young Cam Jansen & the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen #12 Mystery of Flight 54
Cam Jansen #11 Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper Young Cam Jansen & the Spotted Cat Mystery Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery
Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen 14 Chocolate Fudge Mystery Cam Jansen & the Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen & the Birthday Mystery Cam Jansen & the Catnapping Mystery Cam Jansen & the School Play Mystery Cam Jansen & First Day of School Mystery Cam Jansen & the Barking Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen & the Scary Snake Mystery Cam Jansen & the Mystery of the UFO Cam Jansen & Mystery of the Dinosaur Bon
After just writing, he would edit his work several times. Over time, he wrote many, many books.
CAM JANSEN AND THE BARKING
TREASURE MYSTERY by David Adler
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Little Treasure is
stolen! (Little
Treasure is a poodle.)
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Cam will act like a
detective. She will use
her memory to find
HOUSE OF DIES DREAR
by Virginia Hamilton
A family is excited to move into this big old house because the house used to be part of the
HOUSE OF DIES DREAR
by Virginia Hamilton
THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAY
by Michele Torrey
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There are 4
mysteries in this
book.
THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAY
by Michele Torrey
http://micheletorrey.com/books/th
e-case-of-the-barfy-birthday/
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In one story, so many
people at the birthday
party seem to be
getting sick!
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Drake and Nell make
DEAD LETTER
by Betsy Byars
Audio Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uilA9-Ta6A0
About the Author and Characters http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gysfZ6s30SM&feature=related
Herculeah Jones buys a coat at a 2nd hand store. Inside the lining, she finds a letter written by a woman who is
dead. In the letter, the woman says that she thinks someone is trying to kill her! She even says she’s being held
DEAD LETTER
by Betsy Byars
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What kind of
evidence
will
Herculeah find to
prove that the woman
really was murdered?
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Worse yet, will
RUDE ROWDY RUMORS
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Brian feels awful!
Someone on his
soccer team is
spreading awful
rumors about him!
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He needs a
witness
to
help him solve the
mystery.
Let’s check your memory!
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Clue
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Motive
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Suspects
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Deduction
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Evidence
