Entering Grade 9
MYSTERY
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One of Us Is Lying
by Karen McManus When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students, all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case. |
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Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson Stevie Bell begs to go away to Ellingham Academy, an elite boarding school in remote Vermont where 80 years earlier a heinous crime was committed. When a copycat murderer strikes, Stevie tries to solve the mystery. |
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A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes trilogy)
by Katherine Tegen Books The teenage descendants of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet at boarding school in Connecticut, and are quickly tasked with solving a murder. |
 
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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie Ten people are trapped on a private island: one by one they begin to die. Who is the murderer? |
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Three Truths and A Lie
by Brent Hartinger A camping trip goes terribly wrong after a game of three truths and lie between four close friends, and not all of them will live through it. |
 
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We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart Cadence spends every summer on her family’s private island off the coast of Cape Cod. Until one summer when something happens, something no one talks about and Cadence can’t remember. |
 
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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil If you liked Agatha Christie's And then There Were None; Ten has similar plot set with a more modern setting. Ten teens go to an island for a house party and are killed off one by one. |
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Who Killed Christopher Goodman?
by Allan Wolf Based on a true story from the author’s past, this novel is narrated by the classmates of the murder victim as they struggle to understand--and solve-- the mystery surrounding his death. |