Ambrose deception by Ecton, Emily 

Paperback(Disney/Hyperion, 2019)

BTSB #: 302757 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 610

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Contests - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Inheritance and succession - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - Fiction

Summary: Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.

Ambrose deception by Ecton, Emily 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2018)

BTSB #: 302825 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 610

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Contests - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Inheritance and succession - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - Fiction

Summary: Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.

Box of bones by Cohen, Marina 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 225918 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 730

Genres: Scary/Horror Stories

Subjects: Puzzles - Fiction Fantasy fiction Grandparent-grandchild relationship - Fiction Time and space - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Kallie believes there's a rational explanation for everything, despite the good-natured prodding of her Grandpa Jess, who takes her to frivolous wastes of time like their town's local Festival of Fools. There, Kallie meets a faceless man who gives her a wooden puzzle box. Kallie sets to work on unlocking its secrets and ... lets something out. Kallie's life begins to entangle with another world in a destructive way and she must find the solution to stop it before it's too late.

Eureka key [Secrets of the seven]by Thomson, Sarah L. 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2016)

BTSB #: 881406 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 680 F&P: U

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790 - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Antiquities - Fiction Secret societies - Fiction

Summary: Sam (a puzzle master) and Martina (a history whiz) become involved in a dangerous quest to find seven keys left behind by Benjamin Franklin and a secret society of descendants, which, when gathered together, unlock a powerful weapon, so the middle schoolers must solve the puzzles, find the artifacts before the bad guy does, and save the nation.

Field of wacky inventions by Carman, Patrick 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02264 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Mystery Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Adventure fiction

Summary: Leo and Remi have gotten used to the strangeness of the Whippet Hotel, but when the entire top floor is hoisted into the sky and transported to the field of wacky inventions, they find that they must compete against a number of foes to solve a puzzle or lose their beloved hotel forever.

Floors by Carman, Patrick 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01633 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Puzzles - Fiction Eccentrics and eccentricities - Fiction Hotels and motels - Fiction

Summary: Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.

Gollywhopper Games : friend or foe [Gollywhopper games]by Feldman, Jody 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2015)

BTSB #: 328201 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 610

Genres: Sports Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Contests - Fiction Games - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Coaching (Athletics) - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction

Summary: Zane thinks about little but football until after his second concussion, when his parents say he must take a year off, so when he gets a chance to compete in the Gollywhopper Games he is excited about applying many of the skills that help him excel on the football field to a different kind of competition.

Gollywhopper Games : the new champion [Gollywhopper games]by Feldman, Jody 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2014)

BTSB #: 328200 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.2 3-5

Genres: General Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Contests - Fiction Games - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction Toy making - Fiction

Summary: Tired of living in his brother Spencer's shadow, twelve-year-old Cameron Schein considers taking an unfair advantage to win the second Golly Toy and Game Company's Gollywhopper Games, in which the brothers and other children compete by solving puzzles, answering riddles, and doing stunts.

Inheritance games by Barnes, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 091580 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.7 UG Lexile: 640

Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Inheritance and succession - Fiction Wealth - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction

Summary: When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

Secrets of Winterhouse by Guterson, Ben 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2019)

BTSB #: P06225 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Magic - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Orphans - Fiction

Summary: Back at the Winterhouse hotel for another holiday season, Elizabeth and Freddy, who love puzzles, dig deeper into the mystery surrounding a hotel guest who left behind odd artifacts, including a magical book that evil Gracella Winters once attempted to use to gain destructive power over the entire Falls lineage.

William Wenton and the impossible puzzle by Peers, Bobbie 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2017)

BTSB #: 708058 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 590

Genres: Adventure Fiction Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Ciphers - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Family secrets - Fiction

Summary: William Wenton is a code-breaking genius, but when his secret talent is suddenly revealed, he has to face the danger that has been lurking around him for years.

Winterhouse [Winterhouse Volume: Book 1]by Guterson, Ben 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2018)

BTSB #: 408465 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 880

Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Magic - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Orphans - Fiction

Summary: Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.

Winterhouse by Guterson, Ben 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P06033 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Supernatural - Fiction Magic - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Orphans - Fiction

Summary: Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery.

Winterhouse mysteries by Guterson, Ben 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P08011 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Supernatural Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Magic - Fiction Puzzles - Fiction Orphans - Fiction

Summary: It's springtime at Winterhouse and Elizabeth is settling into the joyful chaos of her new home. But it isn't long before she and Freddy are drawn into an ominous new mystery. Guests at the hotel start behaving oddly, and Elizabeth's powers manifest in thrilling--sometimes frightening--new ways. As unnatural tremors shake the foundations of Winterhouse, Elizabeth hears cries for help from Gracella Winters, a villain she'd thought dead and gone for good.