26 Top middle grade books like High-rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson

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High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an…

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1. Boy in the Tower

By: Polly Ho-Yen

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when w… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. Lily Alone

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The fabulous new story from our bestselling author -- a surefire hit with all her fans. Lily isn't… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Street Child

By: Berlie Doherty

4.07

Format: 242 pages,

A fictional account of the experiences of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in 1… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4) by Robin Stevens

4. Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

By: Robin Stevens

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong hav… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The London Eye Mystery

By: Siobhan Dowd

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Monday, 24 May, 11.32 a.m. Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. He tur… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery

6. Mistletoe and Murder (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #5)

By: Robin Stevens

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes… read more

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7. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

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8. The Guggenheim Mystery (London Eye Mystery #2)

By: Siobhan Dowd , Robin Stevens

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

My name is Ted Spark. I am 12 years and 281 days old. I have seven friends. Three months ago, I sol… read more

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9. Cream Buns and Crime

By: Robin Stevens

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

A collection of short stories, tips and tricks on being a detective, from the author of Murder Most… read more

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10. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

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11. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

Similar categories in Joseph Coelho's The Boy Lost in the Maze book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

By: Robin Stevens

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

'The whole theatre seemed on edge. There was a feverish atmosphere seeping into every corner of the… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"My good sir,' he said, 'do you know to whom you are speaking? I am the Prince of Bengal and these are my friends, the Princess of Kowloon and the Duke of Massachusettes. We are waiting for my father,…"

-Robin Stevens, Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

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14. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Death Sets Sail (Murder Most Unladylike #9)

By: Robin Stevens

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The final novel in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. Dais… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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16. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. A Spoonful of Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #6)

By: Robin Stevens

4.40

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth mystery from the bestselling, award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike. When Haz… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's A Spoonful of Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #6) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1) by M.G. Leonard

18. The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG Leonar… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's hard to have an adventure with a smart phone in your pocket. It stops you from reading real maps and talking to people."

-M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

Cover of Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains, #2) by M.G. Leonard

19. Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains, #2)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travel… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains, #2) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. When the Sky Falls

By: Phil Earle

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a true story. It's 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff wom… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's When the Sky Falls book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. The 1,000 Year Old Boy

By: Ross Welford

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-… read more

Similar categories in Ross Welford's The 1,000 Year Old Boy book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Would you like to live forever? I’m afraid I cannot recommend it. I am used to it now, and I do understand how special it is. Only I want to stop now. I want to grow up like you."

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

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23. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

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24. The Very Merry Murder Club

By: Serena Patel

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and div… read more

Similar categories in Serena Patel's The Very Merry Murder Club book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • crime
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25. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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26. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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27. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of High-rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson

28. High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an… read more

Similar categories in Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

By: Lena Jones

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new det… read more

Similar categories in Lena Jones's The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
"Ah, Mademoiselle Oddlow - trouble is all around. But heroes are rare."

-Lena Jones, The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

Cover of Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

30. Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

By: Robin Stevens

4.17

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unl… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

31. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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Polly Ho-Yen

4.19

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Jacqueline Wilson

3.95

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Berlie Doherty

4.07

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4.01

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Katherine Woodfine

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