Famous 5: Detective books
When it comes to a page turning whodunnit, kids enjoy a good detective mystery just as much as anyone...
By Resli Buchel
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz [from the Alex Rider series]
Trained by MI6 and
armed with secret
gadgets, 14 year old
Alex Rider finds
himself investigating
the suspicious circumstances of his
uncle’s death and the state-of-the-art
Stormbreaker computers being mysteriously
delivered to every school in
the country.
The Greek Symbol
Mystery by Carolyn Keene [from the Nancy Drew series]
Famous children’s
mystery heroine,
Nancy Drew flies to
Greece to solve her
60th mystery in this
novel. Her friend Bess and George
are there (as they always are) to help
Nancy on this dangerous mission.
The Hardy Boys
Mystery Stories by Franklin W.
Dixon.
Detectives
and brothers, Frank
and Joe Hardy aspire
to follow in the
footsteps of their
famous police detective
father, Fenton Hardy. Interestingly
enough, they often stumble upon
villains and incidents that are connected
to his cases and, with the help
of their motorboat named Sleuth,
solve a multitude of mysteries.
Net Bandits by
Michael Coleman [from the Internet
Detectives series]
Computer nerd Josh
and his bookworm
best friend Tamsyn
receive a strange
email message
sent by a mysterious internet user
ZMASTER and are suddenly forced
to take action before time runs out.
Truly a mystery story for our time,
Net Bandits was made into a film
in 2004.
Five On A Treasure
Island by Enid Blyton [from the Famous Five series]
Go
back to where it began,
when Julian, Dick,
Anne, George and
Timmy (the dog) found
themselves together
for the first time, on a deserted island
(in 1942) searching for shipwrecked
treasure. Throw in ham rolls, ginger
beer and plenty of fun and adventure
and you’ll see why the Famous Five
have stood the test of time.