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Peoria Reads The Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hamett 

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Peoria Reads Companion Books - Grades K-2

Allard, Harry – Miss Nelson Is Missing
Base, Graeme – The Eleventh Hour, a Curious Mystery
Falconer, Ian – Olivia and the Missing Toy
Handford, Martin – Where’s Waldo
Kellogg, Steven – The Missing Mitten Mystery
Marzollo, Jean – “I Spy” Series
National Geographic (Based on characters by Holly Hobbie)
     Toot & Puddle: The Mystery of the Disappearing Swing
Quackenbush, Robert – Detective Mole Series Miss Mallard Series
Sharmat, Marjorie & Mitchell – Nate the Great Series
Steiner, Joan – Look Alikes Series
Stoeke, Janet Morgan – Minerva Louise Series
Teague, Mark – Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation
Van Allsburg, Chris – The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Wick, Walter – Can You See What I See Series  

Peoria Reads Companion Books - Grades 3-8

Avi – Something Upstairs
Balliett, Blue – Chasing Vermeer
Bellairs, John – The House With the Clock in Its Walls - 
Bunting, Eve – Coffin on a Case!
Coleman, Evelyn – Shadows on Society Hill
Fitzhugh, Louise – Harriet the Spy
George, Jean Craighead – Who Really Killed Cock Robin?
Hahn, Mary Downing – Wait Till Helen Comes
Hale, Bruce – The Malted Falcon
Hamilton, Virginia – The House of Dies Drear
Howe, James – Dew Drop Dead
Horowitz, Anthony – The Falcon’s Malteser
Kehret, Peg – Horror at the Haunted House
Klise, Kate – Regarding the Fountain
Konigburg, E.L. – From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – The Bodies in the Basseldorf Hotel
Newman, Robert – The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
Pullman, Philip – The Ruby In the Smoke
Raskin, Ellen – The Westing Game
Selznick, Brian – The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Snyder, Zilpha Keithley – Egypt Game
Wells, Rosemary – Through the Hidden Door
Wright, Betty Ren – The Dollhouse Murder

Mystery Series - Primary and Middle School

Adler, David – Cam Jansen – Ages 4-8
American Girls Mysteries – various authors - Ages 8 & up
Balliett, Blue – The Wright 3 – Ages 9-14
Buckley, Michael – Sisters Grimm – Ages 9-12
Byars, Betsy – Herculeah Jones – Ages 9-12
Colfer, Eoin – Half Moon Investigations–Ages 11-13
Dixon, Franklin – The Hardy Boys – Ages 8-12
Draper, Sharon – Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs – Ages 8-10
Hale, Bruce – Chet Gecko – Ages 8-11
Horowitz, Anthony – Diamond Brothers
Howe, James – Bunnicula – Ages 8-12 & Sebastian Barth – Ages 8-12
Keene, Carolyn – Nancy Drew – Ages 8-12
Klise, Kate – Regarding the… - Ages 8-12
Rylant, Cynthia – High Rise Private Eyes – Ages 4-8
Sobol, Donald – Encyclopedia Brown – Ages 8-12
Warner, Gertrude Warner – The Boxcar Children – Ages 7-12