FOR KID-MYSTERY BOOK LOVERS

I have over 5,000 books in my (mostly girl mystery) series collection.

I love to find current books, aside from vintage titles like Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden and Judy Bolton. Of course, Judy just came back in print in affordable paperback editions for a new generation of readers (and book collectors).

So here are some you may want to check out.

1. The JUDY BOLTON mysteries (38+ extras) are back in print from Applewood.
These are the mysteries that inspired my childhood love of books and my ambition to write.
Begin with THE VANISHING SHADOW and HAUNTED ATTIC: http://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Shadow-Judy-Bolton-Mysteries/dp/1429090219/ref=sr_1_12_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322238698&sr=1-12

I probably should add that I co-wrote another Judy, TALKING SNOWMAN, with Margaret Sutton before she died a decade ago, which I self-published for fans. (No Kindle on this one -- paper books only).

2. Not a series but a gem of a middle grade which I loved:
FROZEN IN TIME by Ali Sparkes. Time travel & mystery

3. TOMORROW GIRLS by Eva Gray
Paperback series for those who liked Hunger Games but hunger for younger with a cast of girl characters.
In this series, US is at war with Canada and girls are shipped off to a secret boarding school.

4. BUDDY FILES by Dori H. Butler
Very young chapter book series for starting kids/grandkids off with mystery.
For a short book, these are surprisingly well-crafted with building mystery & animal fun.

5. SAMMY KEYES -- This (Trixie Belden-like) series has gone from midgrade to young YA
with about a dozen titles. I consider it a must-have for any girl series collection, and I
buy them new. Love the "clue-styled" dust jacket.

6. EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens. Sort of Harry Potter-Narnia mix. One of my
favorite books of 2011, and I'm very eager for the next one.

7. RUBY RED by Kierstin Gier-- this one is my favorite of 2011. Time travel with a clever, interesting heroine.

8. WHITE CAT/RED GLOVE by Holly Black - mysterious, magical, intriguing. Feels like a detective novel in style.

9. POISON STUDY/MAGIC STUDY...everything by Maria V. Snyder

10. THE AGENCY, historical girl spy mystery by Y.S. Lee





Linda Joy Singleton www.LindaJoySingleton.com & www.facebook.com/lindajoysingleton
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I poster my first ever video on YouTube

With my iPod I've been playing around taking a few mini videos of mostly family.
This weekend I went to a retreat and had a wonderful sharing, encouraging time with 16 other authors. We did a few fun activities aside from writerly conversTions. We enjoyed a word game and also a few of us got crafty with collages.

So I filmed the collage fun and experimented with YouTube and it actually worked. Not great filmi,ing, I'm still figuring this stuff out. But it's fun and only 2 minutes. If youre in SCBWI you may recognize a few of us.

Check it out here: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?feature=mhee&v=Lfr-LjVHgcs

Or just under my full name on you tube...still figuring this stuff out.