Entering Grade Three
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MYSTERY
Buried Bones Mystery 
Sharon Draper
Ziggy and his friends form a club called the Black Dinosaurs after someone vandalizes their basketball court, and they soon uncover a clue that may tell them who did it. (series: Clubhouse Mysteries)​
Dog Den Mystery
Darrel & Sally Odgers
When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn't care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red's ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo? (series: Jack Russell: Dog Detective)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs
Donald J. Sobol
Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he investigates such cases as whether a diary of George Washington's mother is authentic, or if a UFO picture supposedly taken by the army is real. ​(series: Encyclopedia Brown)
The Haunting of Hillside School
Kristiana Gregory
Cousins Jeff, David, and Claire investigate the possible haunting of their schoolhouse.  (series: Cabin Creek Mysteries)
Mystery of the Gold Coin 
Harper Paris
Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve. (series: Greetings From Somewhere)
Nick and Tesla's Solar-Powered Showdown : A Mystery With Sun-Powered Gadgets You Can Build Yourself
Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith
Nick and Tesla use an assortment of homemade gadgets to search for their missing scientist parents and outwit a criminal mastermind who wants to use solar power as a weapon, in a tale that shares instructions for creating four solar-powered items at home, including an alarm, a listening device, a model car and a hot dog cooker. (series: Nick and Tesla)
Year of the Panda
Miriam Sclein
A government agent's attempt to buy Lu Yi's family farm in rural China, the arrival of a giant panda in his village, and his discovery of an orphaned baby panda lead Lu Yi to an understanding of the plight of the endangered panda