Kid Book Match

Here are some books to read that have bits of history, mystery, or adventure. Hopefully, you will find them to be exciting, interesting reads!

The ghost of Lizard Light / by Elvira Woodruff
Moving from Iowa to a lighthouse cottage in Maine, ten-year-old Jack
struggles to live up to his father's high standards and encounters a
young ghost who presents Jack with a 150-year-old unsolved sea mystery.

Journey to the river sea / Eva Ibbotson
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in

If you like Ida B. by Karen Miller, you may like these titles:

Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

Here are some suggestions for books that are either mysteries or funny or both!

The book you like, Trouble Is My Beeswax, is number 8 in the Chet Gecko Mystery series by Bruce Hale. There are many more titles you might like to read in this humorous detective series, including the first two, which are The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse and The Mystery of Mr. Nice.

Other books you might enjoy include the following:

Little Wolf : forest detective / Ian Whybrow

If you like the Animorphs series, you may like:

Switchers, by Kate Thompson,
When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster
through their ability to switch into animal forms.

Wild Blood, by Kate Thompson,

If you enjoy a good biography, here are some other titles you may like:

Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna by Joseph Lekutan and Herman J. Viola
This autobiography celebrates Lekuton's life in the Maasai culture of
Kenya into which he was born and describes his adjustment as a student
and now teacher in the United States. On the way, he encounters lions
and airplanes, village elders and national leaders.

Spellbinder : The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki

So glad you asked for a Book Match about a great classic!
Here are 3 titles I'd like to recommend.

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
A young boy is sold by his wicked uncle as a slave and is helped by an outlaw.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
When an innkeeper and her son go through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, they find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.

I'm so glad you liked Bud Not Buddy! It's one of my favorite books, too! Here are three titles I'd like to suggest.

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys and treated
cruelly there, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music-
and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.

The Black Canary by Jane Louise Curry

I'm so glad to know you enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo!
Although it's been a long time since I read it, I agree it's very
exciting reading. So, here are three titles I'd like to recommend.

Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson.
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

If you enjoy both humorous and mystery books, here are some recommendations:

Beanpole / by Barbara Park.
Thirteen-year-old Lillian, miserable about being a "beanpole" and a
loser, stops feeling sorry for herself when she learns the difference
between a loser and a winner.

The dark stairs : a Herculeah Jones mystery / by Betsy Byars.
The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.

Hey, new kid! / by Betsy Duffey

 Here are three titles I hope you'll find deliciously spine-chilling.

The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.

Undercurrents by Willo Davis Roberts