Entering Grade 6
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Mystery

Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz    
Book 1: Stormbreaker
Alex Rider, age 14, is recruited to work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas
When Rafa and his friends take a role-playing game into the real world and steal the school's slushie making machine, his strict father sends him to work on a remote ranch as a punishment. When there, Rafa discovers some new friends, but also a mysterious man (or ghost) who is sabotaging his work on the ranch. 
The In-Between by Rebecca K.S. Ansari
Cooper and his little sister, Jess, discover that the odd new girl in the house across the alley wears the same crest on her jacket as was found on the clothing of victims of several disasters, including a British train accident, a South Korean shopping mall collapse, and the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Soon they become involved in solving the mystery of two missing children from those disasters.
Linked by Gordon Korman
When someone vandalizes their school with a swastika, three friends try to figure out who did it and why and how it relates to crimes of the past.
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, and they must find him.
Loot by Jude Watson
(sequel: Sting)
March and his long-lost twin sister rush to try to piece together clues from their notorious jewel thief father and pull off a heist before the competition does.
Olivetti by Allie Millington
Being a typewriter is harder than it looks, especially when technology replaces you with a computer and your devoted family pays less and less attention to you. Olivetti remembers every word his family has typed on him, but he is resigned to his neglected fate. That is until Beatrice, the mother of the family, drops him off at a pawn shop and then disappers. Now Olivetti must break "The Typewriterly Code" and write back to Beatrice's 12 year old son Ernest to help him find her. The search takes them across San Francisco and deep into memories forgotten by everyone but Olivetti.
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Trying to survive a terrible summer, Candice discovers a letter hidden in her grandmother's house that speaks of an old injustice and a hidden fortune. In order to decipher the clues she calls on the boy across the street and together they dive into the ugly deeds and forgotten heroes of this small town's past.
River Runs Deep by Jennifer Bradbury
Elias is sent to Mammoth Caves as a cure for his illness but he discovers a secret on which many lives depend. ​
Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
(also by this author: Spirit Week)
When a  movie crew come to Martha's Vineyard to film a movie about a shark and sponsor a youth film contest, Gayle and her friends decide to make their own movie about an island legend. They soon discover that investigating some mysteries unearth real troubles lurking beneath the surface. (graphic novel)
Small Spaces series by Katherine Arden
Book 1: Small Spaces
Ollie loves the scary book she rescued from a mysterious old woman. But when her school bus breaks down in a deserted area, Ollie sees the names of the characters from the book on the nearby tombstones. Then the bus driver says, "Best get moving. At nightfall, they'll come for the rest of you."
The Swifts series by Beth Lincoln
​Book 1: The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
The somewhat odd Swift family names every new member by finding an appropriate word from the family dictionary. Once named, members are expected to act like the definition of their name. Shenanigan Swift is a little tired of being expected to always be a mischief maker. When her Arch Aunt Schadenfreude is pushed down the stairs at the family reunion, Shenanigan is determined to solve the mystery of whodunit, despite the expectations of her name.
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