8 must-read middle grade books like The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) by Carolyn Keene

Cover of The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) by Carolyn Keene

The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

By: Carolyn Keene

3.93

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

After Rhoda Benton, the director of an arts colony on Pennington estate, is threatened, Nancy and B…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) by Carolyn Keene , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Melted Coins (Hardy Boys, #23) by Franklin W. Dixon

1. The Melted Coins (Hardy Boys, #23)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.79

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Frank and Joe Hardy suspect that their best friend Chet Morton is the victim of a summer school swi… read more

Similar categories in Franklin W. Dixon's The Melted Coins (Hardy Boys, #23) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
Cover of What Happened at Midnight (The Hardy Boys, #10) by Franklin W. Dixon

2. What Happened at Midnight (The Hardy Boys, #10)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Frank and Joe Hardy receive an unusual assignment from their detective father. They are to break in… read more

Similar categories in Franklin W. Dixon's What Happened at Midnight (The Hardy Boys, #10) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
Cover of The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3) by Franklin W. Dixon

3. The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.90

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

The Hardy boys are determined to learn the secret of an old mill and employ a clever ruse to gain e… read more

Similar categories in Franklin W. Dixon's The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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4. The Stolen Relic (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective, #7)

By: Carolyn Keene , Keene Carolyn

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

My friends and I knew before we got to Arches National Park that it's full of red cliffs arches, an… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Keene's The Stolen Relic (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective, #7) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
Cover of Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1) by Nora Roberts

5. Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1)

By: Nora Roberts

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found … read more

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6. The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys, #2)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Frank and Joe Hardy are investigating a mysterious old house high on the cliffs above Barmet Bay wh… read more

Similar categories in Franklin W. Dixon's The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys, #2) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
Cover of The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) by Brandon Dorman, Chris Colfer

7. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)

By: Brandon Dorman , Chris Colfer

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Timesbestselling series The Land of Stories about two … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Dorman's The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • adventure

8. The Sting of the Scorpion (Hardy Boys, #58)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

During their father's investigation of a ruthless gang of terrorists, two young detectives face sev… read more

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9. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

By: Avi

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences... Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murd… read more

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10. The Short-Wave Mystery (Hardy Boys, #24)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.49

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When thieves hijack a collection of stuffed animals from a country auction, Frank and Joe Hardy pur… read more

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11. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

By: Kate DiCamillo , Bagram Ibatoulline

4.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bag… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
"I have been loved said Edward to the stars."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart..."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

"But answer me this: how can a story end happily if there is no love?"

-Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

12. Crooked House

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides li… read more

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13. The Crisscross Shadow (Hardy Boys, #32)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The Hardy boys find the missing deed to an Indians' land, prevent a phony salesman from carrying th… read more

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Cover of The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) by Carolyn Keene

14. The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

By: Carolyn Keene

3.93

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

After Rhoda Benton, the director of an arts colony on Pennington estate, is threatened, Nancy and B… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) book and Carolyn Keene's The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • juvenile

8 best-selling childrens books like The Case of the Creative Crime (Nancy Drew, #166) by Carolyn Keene

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3.96

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