Middle Grade Stories as GamesLike this list

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• Billions to Burn

  Banks, Taylor,

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  Follow the map, find the treasure, save his grandfather. Seems simple enough. But as Zeus and his friends work to solve the riddles of the map, long-buried secrets about the Harlem Renaissance, Black history, and Zeus’s own family are unraveled. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Puzzleheart

  Reese, Jenn,

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  When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.

• The Curse of the Crystal Cavern

  Sedita, Francesco,

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  The five Pathfinders search for the legendary Windrose treasure by solving puzzles in the mysterious caverns beneath the town

• Hide and GEEK

  Jagger, T. P.,

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  Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Game of Noctis

  Fagan, Deva,

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  A thrilling middle grade fantasy about a girl who must participate in a deadly game with a ragtag team of players to save her grandfather from a terrible fate.

• Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

  Grabenstein, Chris

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  Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.

• The Westing Game

  Raskin, Ellen

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  The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

• The Mysterious Benedict Society

  Stewart, Trenton Lee

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  After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

• DnDoggos. 1, Get the Party Started

  Underhill, Scout,

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  Four adorable dogs are tail-waggingly excited to play their favorite role-playing game!

• Chester Keene Cracks the Code

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  Eleven-year-old Chester and his classmate Skye, tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission, discover the key to their spy assignment is to stop a heist, but cracking the code could mean finding out things are not always what they seem.

• Winterhouse

  Guterson, Ben,

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  Elizabeth spend Christmas break at Winterhouse hotel where she discovers that she has magic and her love of puzzles helps to solve a mystery in this atmospheric tale.

• The Alcatraz Escape

  Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss,

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  Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action, this time with "Unlock the Rock." For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Blackthorn Key

  Sands, Kevin,

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  Following a trail of puzzles, clues, and danger, Christopher and Tom try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult in this exciting historical fantasy.

• The Bletchley Riddle

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Goblin's Puzzle

  Being the Adventures of a Boy With No Name and Two Girls Called Alice

  Chilton, Andrew S.,

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  A boy, a goblin, a scholar, and a princess join forces to defeat a dragon, outwit a scheming duke, and solve a logic puzzle.

• William Wenton and the Impossible Puzzle

  Peers, Bobbie,

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  Twelve-year-old William Wenton is a code-breaking, puzzle-solving genius. Then a special exhibit comes to the local museum: the Impossible Puzzle. The experts say it is unsolvable, but William's sure that he can crack it if he gets a chance.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Puzzler's Mansion

  Berlin, Eric

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  Winston attends a weekend of puzzles at a famous musician's mansion, but when he and other young guests pursue a thief, they find themselves in big trouble. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.

• The Shadow Cipher

  Ruby, Laura,

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  In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.

• The Eureka Key

  Thomson, Sarah L.,

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  Sam (a puzzle master) and Martina (a history whiz) become involved in a dangerous quest to find seven keys left behind by Benjamin Franklin, which, when gathered together, unlock a powerful weapon, so the middle schoolers must solve the puzzles…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Final Word

  Sumner Johnson, Janet,

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  After winning the preliminary round, the Smiths are whisked to Winterton Chalet to compete in the official Winterton Bee against their long-lost relatives. Hope wants to get in and out, beat the snobbish family at their own game, and never see them…Read moreRead more of this annotation