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Clean mystery books for kids

Reviewed mystery and detective books with no more than a low strong-language caution.

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• D&RBook · 1958Puzzle for the Secret SevenEnid BlytonPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1957Secret Seven MysteryEnid BlytonPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1984The Secret of the Loon Lake Monster and Other Mysteries (Can You Solve the Mystery?)M. MastersPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1992The Secret Secret Passage (Clue, #2)Eric WeinerPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2002What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie? (A Stevie Diamond Mystery)Linda BaileyPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 7+DETECTIVE DUCK: THE CASE OF THE STRANGE SPLASHHenry Winkler and Lin OliverDetective Duck investigates a large saucer-shaped object that crash-lands in their pond. (Ages 6 to 9)
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• Book · Ages 10+GREYSTONE SECRETS #2: THE DECEIVERSMargaret Peterson HaddixThe Greystone kids compare their experiences to those in the alternate universe. (Ages 8 to 12)
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• Book · Ages 10+HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETSJ.K. RowlingThe second book in the Harry Potter series. Read by Jim Dale. 9 hours, 2 minutes unabridged.
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• Book · Ages 8+SECRETS OF THE PURPLE PEARLKate McKinnonMillicent and the gang are in a race to find the Purple Pearl before the Krenetics Research Association can get their hands on it. (Ages 8 to 12)
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• Book · Ages 9+SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATIONSB.B. AlstonAmari Peters battles magical beings in the supernatural world. (Ages 8 to 12)
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• Book · 2010 · Ages 12+The name of this book is secretPseudonymous BoschPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · 2007 · Ages 12+The name of this book is secret (Secret series #1)Pseudonymous BoschPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 9+THE SECRET BOOKSTORE SLEUTH SOCIETYLindsay CurrieFour friends investigate a murder inside a book-themed inn during an ice storm. (Ages 9 to 12)
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• Book · Ages 9+THE SECRET LIBRARYKekla MagoonPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · 2011 · Ages 14+The Secret of the NagasAmish TripathiPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• Book · Ages 11+THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMELMichael ScottThe quest of a 14th-century alchemist. (Ages 12 and up)
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• Book · Ages 10+THE WINDEBY PUZZLELois LowryEstrild dreams of becoming the first female warrior in her village during the Iron Age. (Ages 10 and up)
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• D&RBook · 2012$10,000 in small, unmarked puzzlesParnell HallPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2006A Christmas SecretAnne PerryPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1997 · Ages 8+A Little Princess and the Secret GardenFrances Hodgson BurnettPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2012A Rockin' MysteryLeslie McFarlane; Scott BurroughsPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 1998Arthur's Mystery Envelope (Arthur Chapter Books #1)Marc BrownPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2009Aus Secret Seven Classic 1-10Enid BlytonPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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• D&RBook · 2005Be Very Much Afraid (Hi/Lo Passages - Mystery Novel)Anne E. SchraffPublished Dickens & Rumi guide. Open the content guide to see the full caution and positive-quality ratings.
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