Detective Fiction for Young Readers is an examination of contemporary mystery stories for children and young adults.
Detective Fiction for Young Readers is an examination of contemporary mystery stories for children and young adults. This volume explores how the conventions, rules, and expectations of adult mystery fiction have filtered down so to speak, especially in the past several decades, to writing for younger readers. The book is organized into three sections that explore the whodunit, the hard-boiled, and the metaphysical. Furthermore, this text analyses how each style has been adapted for a younger audience, acknowledging and exploring representatives novel that is most in keeping with that style. This volume is ideal for both students, academics and readers interested in children’s mystery fiction that adheres to formulas made popular after the golden age of classic detective fiction.
Introduction
1: A Game You Want to Win: The Westing Game and the Art of the Classic
Mystery
2: A Game You Are Allowed to Play: The Puzzling World of Winston Breene,
Puzzles, and Apprenticing Young Sleuths
3: Down These Mean Hallways: The Big Splash and the Enduring Appeal of the
Hardboiled Story
4: Detecting Power: The Parker Inheritance, Maizy Chens Last Chance,
Tangerine, Enola Holmes, and Other Updates on the Kid Sleuth
5: Ersatz Solutions: The Metaphysical Tradition from Lemony Snickets A
Series of Unfortunate Events to When You Reach Me, Turtles All the Way Down,
The Deathly Hallows, and Other Recent Attempts at Anti-Detection
Conclusion: Counterfeit Mysteries: The London Eye Mystery, Disability,
Neurodiversity, Thinking Deeply, and Why It Is So Hard to Write a Good Mystery
Chris McGee teaches children's literature and film courses at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
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