Great Reads, Great Thoughts: Mystery Book Recommendations-Sable/Lauer Team!

Welcome Moreland Hills 5th Graders!

This blog is dedicated to sharing our thoughts about the books we read and love. All of the fifth grade students and teachers will be able to see the content and information posted. Keep in mind that there are some ground rules that we all need to follow.

This website will be a lot of fun. This is a great way to communicate with each other at all times. We will share thoughts on books, recommendations, and show are strong thinking as readers.

We look forward to having an engaging and fun time!

The 5th grade teachers

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1) This blog is for discussions about literacy and books.
2) All comments have to be approved by the teachers-make sure that what you are writing is appropriate for school.
3) Book recommendations, topics, discussion threads, and comments will be both teacher and student driven.
4) We all have our opinions on books-it is fine to disagree with an opinion or comment.
5) Disagreeing is different than disrespectful. Treat everyone and every comment with courtesy and respect.
6) Grading-students that write recommendations and give substantive comments will be able to use their blog entries as a replacement for a journal entry from that week.
7) Names-students will have the option to use their own name or post anonymously.
8) All discussion threads/topics/themes will be teacher monitored.
9) Students will post and comment on book recommendations for each other that they think highly enough of to share with the class.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mystery Book Recommendations-Sable/Lauer Team!

Here is a list of mystery book recommendations from the Sable/Lauer Team:

The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs
Varjak Paw by S.F. Said
The Mystery Of Dead Man's Curve By Laura E. Williams
Cam Jasen and The Televison Dog
The Mystery of Monster Mountain by M.V. Carey
The Bodies in the Besseldorf Hotel by Phillis Naylor
The Gooses Gold by Ron Roy
The Boxcar Children the Mystery of the Hidden Painting by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew- Mall Madness By Carolyn Keene
39 clues- The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Tower Treasure By Franklin .W. Dixon
The secret of shadow ranch by Carolyn Keene
The Seer Of Shadows By Avi
Hunting For Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon
The Three Investigators And The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure By Robert Arther
Dead Letter by Betsy Byars
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
Dive the Discovery by Gordon Korman
Hardy Boys Hunting for Hidden Gold by Franklin W. Dixon
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn by John Bellairs
The Million Dollar Strike By Dan Gutman
SCAT by Carl Hiaasen
The View from the Cherry Tree by Willow Davis Roberts
Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by Wendelin Van Draanen
Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Face in the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
The Search For The Snow Leopard:a Hardy Boys Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Seer of Shadows by:Avi
Stormbreaker by A. Horowitz

If you have any suggestions for mystery books, please write about them in the comments section below.

Thanks,

Sable and Lauer Team

15 comments:

bloomable1 said...: "From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"
is a great mystery book!; January 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Sushirox17 said...: Thanks I needed some book recommendations! I can finish a 300 page book in 1 day so I'm always running out of books!; January 27, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Jarett said...: I recomend "And Then There Were None" By Agatha Christie; January 27, 2010 at 11:19 AM
browns36 said...: Looks like those are some good books. I'll have to try some of them.

-Browns36 :); January 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM
WashingtonDCerny said...: Yeah, browns36, some of those books sound good...; January 27, 2010 at 5:03 PM
WashingtonDCerny said...: By the way, has anyone tried Crodile Tears, by Anthony Horowitz?; January 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM
WashingtonDCerny said...: Does the Mystery of Dead Man's Curve have anything to do with the one in Ohio?; January 27, 2010 at 5:12 PM
WashingtonDCerny said...: You are forgetting the greatest mysteries of all time (drumroll please)... Sherlock Holmes!!!!!!!!1; January 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Miss D'Amore said...: Suggestion: Compile and post your own list of your favorites from a genre like mysteries or historical fiction. You are authorities on what kids your age like!

Miss D'Amore : ); January 27, 2010 at 11:34 PM
legodude!! said...: The 39 clues are pretty good and I'm only like halfway done with the first book which is written by Rick Riorden
who wrote the Percy Jackson series; January 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM
chahos23 said...: Maybe you should add Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief!!!!!Best movie ever!!!; February 24, 2010 at 10:42 AM
chahos23 said...: Foer my mystery project I read FOUND by Margret Peterson Haddix. If you like time traveling you will love this book!!!; February 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM
Infernape9010 said...: if you like any action yet kinda a mystery warriors 3 forest of secrets is the book; February 24, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Jarett said...: Well, I changed my mind i don't like that book lol.; February 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM
soccerlover11 said...: All of those books sound realy good! I hope I can try them all!!=); February 24, 2010 at 6:28 PM