Junior Chapter Books (ages 8 –12)

Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
A young Sherlock Holmes struggles to solve his first case of a man that he feels is wrongfully accused of murder. But a fatal mistake and its shocking consequence change everything and put him on the path to becoming the world’s greatest
detective!

Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison
Gilda travels to San Francisco to spend the summer with relatives. Upon arriving Gilda gets a funny tickle in her ear which means that there is a ghostly mystery to solve!

Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
Blake, a professor’s son, discovers a wordless book with the title Endymion Spring. Blake soon discovers that the book is the key to all of the world’s knowledge.

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
She is never cold, she always knows exactly what time it is, and her hair grows two inches while she sleeps. Fifteen-year-old Corinna Stonewall--the only Folk Keeper in the city of Rhysbridge--sits hour after hour with the Folk in the dark, chilly cellar, "drawing off their anger as a lightning rod draws off lightning." The Folk are the fierce, wetmouthed, cave-dwelling gremlins who sour milk, rot cabbage, and make farm animals sick.

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace move into the Spiderwick estate, discover their great-great-uncle Spiderwick’s secret library and Field Guide, and realize there is much more to the world around them then they ever would have imagined.