For middle-grade readers and up, curl up with a good book about intrepid puzzle-solvers and mysterious occurrences!
MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL by Rajani LaRocca
What do Shakespeare, math puzzles, and baseball have in common? A lot, in this middle-grade novel about teamwork, unusual snacks, and the creative chaos that devolves one spring! (ages 11-13)
THE GREAT TROUBLE by Deborah Hopkinson
The age of epidemics is not new…case in point, the 1854 London cholera outbreak. A boy named Eel and his friend race against the clock in the face of danger for the safety of their community to prove a scientist’s theory about how the disease was spreading. (Ages 11-13)
NEARLY GONE by Elle Cosimano
What if math was the only way to stop a serial killer from roaming undetected? A group of student detectives get to work solving clues. (Ages 14-18)
THE UNKNOWNS by Benedict Cary
What if your beloved math tutor vanished? You and your friends would solve the mystery of her disappearance, right? A trail of math equations leads the way. (Ages 11-13)
