James Preller

Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you're new in town, it's hard to know who to hang out with - and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular. But something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter books from James Preller have it all. Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. When Bobby Solofsky is accused of stealing the grand prize for a pet talent show, it's up to Jigsaw to clear his...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter book Jigsaw Jones Mysteries from James Preller have it all. It's the biggest - okay the most stressful - night of the year.... Parents' Night! And Geetha Nair's painting has just gone missing. The stakes are high...

James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young listeners, featuring both new titles and classroom classics! The Case of the Mummy Mystery It all started with a dare.... Only Joey Pignattano would agree to eat a...

The McGinns were supposed to be going on a perfectly normal family vacation. Sure, Ash's older sister Willow was a pain, their dog Daisy was a whiny scaredy cat, and their parents were being kind of lame.

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter books from James Preller have it all. Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. Anything that ever goes missing or lost, Jigsaw and his partner, Mila, can find. Then, during a magic show, they watch a...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter book Jigsaw Jones Mysteries from James Preller have it all. Is there a bear loose in the woods by Jigsaw Jones' town? For once this second-grade detective and his partner Mila Yeh might be out of their depth!...

Jigsaw Jones is back! In The Case from Outer Space, an original mystery from James Preller, Jigsaw and his crew - Mila, Joey, and Danika - find a clue that implies an alien may be about to visit their school! Can it be true? And what does the Little Free Library have that aliens from outer...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter book Jigsaw Jones Mysteries from James Preller have it all. When a new kid moves into town, he brings with him a mystery as big as his house! Reggie Armitage the III has found a box with a list of codes and a...

James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young listeners, featuring both new titles and classroom classics! The Case of the Glow-in-the-Dark Ghost Glow-in-the-dark footprints; eyewitness accounts of a ghost...

James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young listeners, featuring both new titles and classroom classics! The Case of the Smelly Sneaker It's girls versus boys in the biggest football game of the year! Jigsaw...

James Preller's wry, witty, Jigsaw Jones chapter book mysteries are once again available to inspire the next generation of young listeners, featuring both new titles and classroom classics! The Case of the Bicycle Bandit Why would anyone steal an old hunk of junk? Ralphie Jordan loves his...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter books from James Preller have it all. Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. Eddie Becker has the idea of a lifetime and creates plans for what he promises is going to be a million-dollar invention...

Girl bullies, internet bullying, and substance use are themes in this James Preller middle-grade stand-alone companion to Bystander. Mary O'Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother Jonny's drug use. Starting seventh grade is tough enough without the upheaval her brother...

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter books from James Preller have it all. Got a mystery to solve? Jigsaw Jones is on the case. When Bigs Maloney finds a cryptic note in room 201 that supposedly leads to buried treasure, only Jigsaw can crack the...

Try as they might, the McGinn family can't seem to escape from the clutches of the EXIT 13 Motel. Other guests come and go, totally unaware of the fact that Ash, Willow, and the rest of their family aren't able to leave, no matter how hard they try.

Featuring friendship, school, family, and a diverse community, these early chapter book Jigsaw Jones Mysteries from James Preller have it all. Jigsaw Jones and Mila Yeh have solved many cases involving stolen or missing items. But when the search for Kim's necklace turns up more than they...

Jigsaw Jones is back! A brand new original mystery, The Case of the Hat Burglar is the newest installment of the Jigsaw Jones chapter book series by James Preller. Someone's been stealing from the lost and found. But the strangest part of this mystery is what they've been stealing. Not mittens...

Kristy Barrett is a soccer star. She's been a star since elementary school, and now is so good that she's been told she may someday make the women's Olympic team. Everything changes in an instant, when a blow to her head during a game results in a severe concussion. It's not her first head...