Bookmarks

We have been celebrating 90 Years of Nancy Drew in the library with special ‘Mystery In the Library’ activities and displays. I have chosen three mystery titles to highlight here, but there are plenty more to choose from in our collection!

Junior Years Readers

‘The Peski Kids – The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach’ by R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt, author of the Friday Barnes mystery series, returns with a new series about the Peski Kids. Joe, Fin and April Peski have to move to a small country town called Currawong to live with a father they’ve never met after their palaeontologist mother is kidnapped. The town of Currawong is obsessed with cockroaches and when they start dying, everyone points to the Peski kids. They set out to prove their innocence and find out what is really happening to the cockroaches of Currawong. If you like page-flipping action and lots of laughs along with your mystery, then the Peski Kids series is for you.

Middle Years Readers

‘Scoop McLauren Detective Editor’ by Helen Castles

What would you do if a reporter was publishing awful predictions each night and the next day all of them came true? Scoop McLauren is a detective editor. She checks the news stories for facts and errors before publication and decides to do something about the evil predictions. She and her best friend Evie Andrews set out on a thrilling adventure to uncover who is behind it all. Scoop shares her best tips for writing and editing along the way. This book ties in perfectly with the Year 7 Fake News library unit, as they themselves are working at being detective editors and determining which news is real and which is fake.

Senior Years Readers

‘A Trio of Sophies’ by Eileen Merriman

Three Sophies. Best friends. They’ve all got different interests, but they’ve remained friends throughout high school. But when one Sophie disappears and the police can’t find her, the two other Sophies decide to do some investigating. A Trio of Sophies is written in journal form by one of the non-missing Sophies and starts 64 days after Sophie has been missing and counts backwards to the day she disappeared. Deceit, secrets, lies; what really happened and why?

Ms Madison Dearnaley, Teacher Librarian