Author Profile
Steve Brezenoff
3 Books
Steve Brezenoff is a versatile author who writes books for children, teens, and young adults. He is well known for crafting clever, engaging puzzles in his Museum Mysteries and Field Trip Mysteries chapter book series. He has also written captivating and heartfelt novels for older readers, such as Guy in Real Life and Brooklyn, Burning.
Books in "Field Trip Mysteries"
A class trip to New Orleans should mean music, food, and a city full of stories. For Catalina Cat Duran and her friends, it also means a strange zombie mystery that seems to follow them through the streets.
As the group explores one of America’s most colorful cities, Cat has to sort real clues from spooky rumors. The mystery has a touch of local legend, but the real fun comes from watching the friends notice details, ask questions, and work together before the trip gets completely out of hand.
This fast-paced chapter book is a lively pick for readers who like field trips, clue hunting, city adventures, and mysteries with just enough creepiness to keep the pages turning. The New Orleans setting gives the case extra atmosphere while keeping the story quick, clear, and inviting for young mystery fans.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
88 Pages
San Francisco is full of sights to see, but James Gum Shoo and his friends soon notice something else: a wave of pickpocketing is sweeping through the city. Their field trip has turned into a case, and the clues may be hiding in the busiest places.
With the Golden Gate Bridge and other famous city landmarks around them, the friends must pay attention to what others miss. Every crowded stop could bring them closer to the crook, or make the mystery even harder to solve. Gum and his friends have to think fast in a city where the next clue may vanish into the crowd.
This chapter book offers a fast, approachable mystery for readers who enjoy travel adventures, city settings, and kid detectives. It is a good fit for young readers who like solving clues alongside a team of friends.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
89 Pages
New York City is supposed to be the perfect field trip: famous sights, crowded streets, and the thrill of seeing the Big Apple up close. Then Samantha Sam Archer and her friends notice strange vandalism at the very places their class visits.
The pattern is too odd to ignore. As the trip moves from one landmark to the next, Sam and her friends begin connecting clues that point to more than random damage. Someone is using the city as a crime scene. The busy New York setting gives the mystery plenty of energy, with clues hiding among the sights everyone came to see.
This chapter book gives young readers a brisk mystery set among big-city landmarks. It is a fun pick for kids who enjoy travel stories, school trips, teamwork, and detective plots with clues hidden in plain view.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
89 Pages
