A Look At The Edgars...Part 1

Since 1961, the "Best Juvenile Novel" category
has been included in the Edgar Awards,
presented for Best Mystery....

Here are some winners to read.....

Balliett Chasing Vermeer

J Mys Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events

start to happen and a precious Vermeer

painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra

and Calder combine their talents to solve an

international art scandal.

Clements Room One

J Fic Clements
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader

in his small Nebraska town's one-room

schoolhouse, searches for clues to the

disappearance of a homeless family.

Dowell Dovey Coe

J Fic Dowell
When accused of murder in her North Carolina

mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe,

a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to

a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

Ericson Harriet Spies Again

J Fic Ericson
Harriet is determined to find out

what happened to her nanny, Ole Golly.

Naylor Bernie Magruder & The Bats
In The Belfry

J Fic Naylor
Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already

going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now,

after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family,

they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has

finally arrived.