Books published by publisher Mamba Mystery Press

Ages: 8 and up | Grades: 3rd and upA fairy tale retelling perfect for kids 8 and up!Middle school is scary. So are skeleton girls.To win at both, you've got to put some skin in the game.Cindy might appear to be your average twelve year old, but since her mother's death she has a secret. Every night she turns into a boney, white skeleton.As if that wasn't bad enough, Cindy's dad is afraid of her. She has an evil stepmother who makes her do crazy chores, some of them with a toothbrush. And then there's the werewolf with intentions of making Cindy his midnight snack. The Spring Fling dance is fast approaching and Ethan, the cutest boy in sixth grade, doesn't seem to know Cindy exists. She doesn't think letting Ethan know she's a cursed skeleton-girl is the best way to introduce herself. Determined to break the curse, Cindy travels to the Underworld where things aren't quite what they seem, including Mr. Death, the strange and creepy undertaker. With a jar of pickled pig's feet, a wacky fortuneteller, and a cranky skeleton mouse, Cindy is afraid this curse has really gotten under her skin.

Chapter book readers will love this action-packed adventure for kids 7 and up!◆2020 Feathered Quill Young Reader book award gold medal winner◆Mysterious lights. Vanishing classmates. A family prepared for the end of the world. Can Doomy and his friends save their town from an alien invasion?Doomy Prepper knows the rules. Never trade sandwiches with Mikey Fuller. He always has tuna fish. Don't stare at Mrs. Nebula's mole. You'll turn into stone. And never, ever talk about the lights.When 11-year-old Doomy notices the mysterious lights above his town have changed color, he makes the mistake of telling his best friend, Peter. Now four other kids want to tag along and solve the mystery, too. The group is convinced the lights are the reason their classmates have all started disappearing. It's not until their teacher vanishes and a nasty substitute named Ms. Martian steps in, Doomy is sure something extraterrestrial is taking place.A surprise fieldtrip orchestrated by Ms. Martian has Doomy and his friends on an adventure they'll never forget. Or survive. At least not without the help of some Prepper family tricks. And, of course, toilet paper.What readers are saying about Doomy Prepper:“I never thought an alien invasion could be so funny. Amie Borst turned the" alien has landed" genre into a witty action-packed adventure with Doomsday Prepper to the rescue along with his four best buddies."★★★★★“This is a madcap mystery that will be sure to have readers of all ages glued to the page and laughing until they snort!” ★★★★★"This is such a fun mystery for well, everyone who loves a great mystery. ...My kids loved this and want more!" ★★★★★"I got the book just a little while ago and all my friends already want one." ★★★★★Looking for an action-packed, award-winning series for reluctant readers? Doomy Prepper is a fast-paced, exciting story full of humor and mystery, loaded with over 70 illustrations that pop off the page, and is perfect for both emerging and independent readers, enjoyed by kids, parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians!Perfect for fans of:• The Last Kids on Earth• The Notebook of Doom• Erie Elementary• Dogman• Gravity Falls

Being the new kid sucks. When you're a vampire, it bites.Give it your best, then sink your teeth in and swallow your pride.Twelve year old Scarlet Small isn't great about controlling her appetite. Her constant cravings have made it a real pain in the neck to be a vampire for an entire century. Which means Scarlet and her parents, Mort and Drac, are on the move again.Things are amiss at Scarlet's new school. Not only does she have a strange skeleton-girl as a classmate, but a smelly werewolf is intent on revealing her secret. At the school carnival, Scarlet meets Granny, the nice old lady who lives in the forest. But there's something lurking in the woods and it wants Scarlet dead. For good.Scarlet learns things aren't always as they seem and her beloved Granny might be more dangerous than she ever imagined. The stakes are high and Scarlet will need to trust her instincts if she wants to save her friends. And herself.With a rogue bat, a cherry pie massacre, and the looming threat of the Underworld, Scarlet's O-positive she'll never live to see another undead day.

Chapter book readers will love this action-packed fantasy for kids 7 and up!◆2020 Feathered Quill Young Reader book award gold medal winner◆Mysterious lights. Vanishing classmates. A family prepared for the end of the world. Can Doomy and his friends save their town from an alien invasion?Doomy Prepper knows the rules. Never trade sandwiches with Mikey Fuller. He always has tuna fish. Don't stare at Mrs. Nebula's mole. You'll turn into stone. And never, ever talk about the lights.When 11-year-old Doomy notices the mysterious lights above his town have changed color, he makes the mistake of telling his best friend, Peter. Now four other kids want to tag along and solve the mystery, too. The group is convinced the lights are the reason their classmates have all started disappearing. It's not until their teacher vanishes and a nasty substitute named Ms. Martian steps in, Doomy is sure something extraterrestrial is taking place.A surprise fieldtrip orchestrated by Ms. Martian has Doomy and his friends on an adventure they'll never forget. Or survive. At least not without the help of some Prepper family tricks. And, of course, toilet paper.What readers are saying about Doomy Prepper:“I never thought an alien invasion could be so funny. Amie Borst turned the" alien has landed" genre into a witty action-packed adventure with Doomsday Prepper to the rescue along with his four best buddies."★★★★★“This is a madcap mystery that will be sure to have readers of all ages glued to the page and laughing until they snort!” ★★★★★"This is such a fun mystery for well, everyone who loves a great mystery. ...My kids loved this and want more!" ★★★★★"I got the book just a little while ago and all my friends already want one." ★★★★★Looking for an action-packed, award-winning series for reluctant readers? Doomy Prepper is a fast-paced, exciting story full of humor and mystery, loaded with over 70 illustrations that pop off the page, and is perfect for both emerging and independent readers, enjoyed by kids, parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians!Perfect for fans of:• The Last Kids on Earth• The Notebook of Doom• Erie Elementary• Dogman• Gravity Falls

Middle school is scary. So are skeleton girls.To win at both, you've got to put some skin in the game.Cindy might appear to be your average twelve year old, but since her mother's death she has a secret. Every night she turns into a boney, white skeleton. As if that wasn't bad enough, Cindy's dad is afraid of her. She has an evil stepmother who makes her do crazy chores, some of them with a toothbrush. And then there's the werewolf who intends to make Cindy his midnight snack. The Spring Fling dance is fast approaching and Ethan, the cutest boy in sixth grade, doesn't seem to know Cindy exists. She doesn't think letting Ethan know she's a cursed skeleton-girl is the best way to introduce herself. Determined to break the curse, Cindy travels to the Underworld where things aren't quite what they seem, including Mr. Death, the strange and creepy undertaker. With a jar of pickled pig's feet, a wacky fortuneteller, and a cranky skeleton mouse, Cindy is afraid this curse has really gotten under her skin.

Ages: 8 and up | Grades: Third and up"Enchantingly dark and engaging from the first word, Snow Fright is a witty, supernatural feast for the zombie-loving crowd." – Popsugar Zombie Girls are gorgeous. Even if they are a little bit rotten. It takes more than one bite to learn beauty is at the core.Sarah White receives a mirror on her twelfth birthday. She thinks it’s the perfect gift until an innocent game of laser tag gets out of hand and the mirror swallows her whole.When Sarah climbs through on the other side, she finds herself dead center of the Underworld. As if repeated run-ins with Mr. Death weren’t bad enough, Sarah now has to deal with brain freezes, all due to the seven worms living in her head.Of corpse, by the time Sarah escapes the Underworld, it’s too late. Her flesh is decaying, and she has a sudden craving for brains. Zombie life is less than appetizing! Even worse, she learns her friends, Cindy and Scarlet, are missing. Sarah must return to the Underworld to save them. But doing so could make her undead life a permanent feature.With a poisoned apple, a crow named Raven, and a glowing necklace, Sarah’s pretty sure that being a brain-craving zombie requires way too much dead-ication.

Xandra Collins was rich, famous, and missing. After inheriting a fortune, she vanished without a trace, leaving her 100-year-old mansion abandoned. A frightening enemy had been stalking the wealthy heiress. Thirteen-year-old detective Skylar Robbins moves into the deserted estate with her family, and vows to crack the case. Skylar teams up with her BFF Alexa, and Daniel Gannon—the most brilliant boy in middle school—to solve the mystery of Xandra Collins’s disappearance.Secret codes and mystifying clues lead to a hidden key. Skylar and Daniel must outsmart Xandra’s enemies and brave life-threatening waves to locate the lock and solve the mystery. Can the team determine how the heiress went missing…before Skylar suffers the same fate?Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Missing Heiress won the 5-Star Reader's Favorite award and seal. "Cross’s characters are credible and finely drawn, her Santa Monica location is perfect, and her plot is suitably twisty and filled with suspense. Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Missing Heiress is most highly recommended." A favorite of both boys and girls, ages 9 to adult.

A spooky short story for ages 8 and up.Fans of Coraline and Goosebumps will love this fast-paced creepy tale.Ignore the clock, break the spell. Eat the beetles, save your soul.When Clarabelle moves into a spooky old house on Halloween night, she quickly realizes the country is no place for a city girl. There’s creepy woods, strange noises, and wild animals. Plus, the house has a grandfather clock that chimes a tale only Clarabelle can hear. While her parents travel to the village for food, Clarabelle confronts the clock and is instantly transported to a town where things aren’t quite as they seem. Trick or treaters are given beetles instead of candy, werewolves are on the prowl, and it’s all part of the Baba Yaga’s plan to steal the souls of children. When a cleverly disguised boy named Malcom befriends Clarabelle, she learns he could be both friend and foe. Together, the two just might change the future but it comes at a cost. If Clarabelle saves the children, she could be stuck forever. Her escape could mean the demise of this world and her own.

A spooky short story for ages 8 and up.Fans of Coraline and Goosebumps will love this fast-paced creepy tale.Ignore the clock, break the spell. Eat the beetles, save your soul.When Clarabelle moves into a spooky old house on Halloween night, she quickly realizes the country is no place for a city girl. There’s creepy woods, strange noises, and wild animals. Plus, the house has a grandfather clock that chimes a tale only Clarabelle can hear. While her parents travel to the village for food, Clarabelle confronts the clock and is instantly transported to a town where things aren’t quite as they seem. Trick or treaters are given beetles instead of candy, werewolves are on the prowl, and it’s all part of the Baba Yaga’s plan to steal the souls of children. When a cleverly disguised boy named Malcom befriends Clarabelle, she learns he could be both friend and foe. Together, the two just might change the future but it comes at a cost. If Clarabelle saves the children, she could be stuck forever. Her escape could mean the demise of this world and her own.

The Prepper family is prepared for the end of the world. Or, at the very least, the end of toilet paper.Doomy Prepper knows the rules. Never trade sandwiches with Mikey Fuller. He always has tuna fish. Don't stare at Mrs. Nebula's mole. You'll turn into stone. And never, ever talk about the lights.When 11-year-old Doomy notices the mysterious lights above his town have changed color, he makes the mistake of telling his best friend, Peter. Now four other kids want to tag along and solve the mystery, too. The group is convinced the lights are the reason their classmates have all started disappearing. It's not until their teacher vanishes and a nasty substitute named Ms. Martian steps in, Doomy is sure something extraterrestrial is taking place.A surprise fieldtrip orchestrated by Ms. Martian has Doomy and his friends on an adventure they'll never forget. Or survive. At least not without the help of some Prepper family tricks. And, of course, toilet paper.

"A delicious supernatural mystery that spans centuries." - Kirkus Reviews In the YA thriller, Stone Heart, readers meet a teen that's been struggling since childhood to fill the shoes of her dead mother. Josie is a caregiver to her little brother, a confidante to her grieving dad, and the backbone of her tight-knit group of friends. But always being teh strong, responsible one has taken its toll on Josie, now fifteen. After stumbling upon the grave of a witch, she's been plagued with nightmares, dark visions, and fainting spells that leave her feeling like a freak. And then suddenly her faulty heart gives out and for 5.4 seconds Josie is technically dead. Hoping the life-saving surgery will finally transform her into a regular teen, Josie's about to discover the witches have other plans. As she struggles to accept the foreign object now regulating her heartbeat, Josie begins to dream the life of a headstrong teen in 1820s England who, along with 11 other girls, is devoted to empowering women in their strict society. The second book in the Josie Jameson mystery series takes readers along with Josie who, with the help of her friends and clinging to the final memories of her mother, must face the challenges of her future as the past battles for her soul. Will she be strong enough to face her fate?

"A dark, supernatural adventure with Josie Jameson at the epicenter as she discovers her gift is also her curse."At first glance, Josie Jameson seems like a typical Seattle teen. She attends a preppy high school, has a cute boyfriend, and in a few weeks she'll learn how to drive a car. But she also hides a secret. Josie has a stone embedded in her heart, well technically eleven stones. They connect her to witches that are scattered across the globe. The stones reek of evil. Corrupted by centuries of lies and deceits and misdeeds, Josie is tasked with cleansing the stones. But how?As tempting as it is to hide her head in the sand, Josie has to face the facts. She doesn't know how to use her magic. She hasn't found a way to block the other witches. She can't figure out how to erase the black marks that keep appearing across her skin. She is clueless.If only her mother were still alive, then Josie would have answers. But Sarah Jameson died with her secrets stitched beneath her ribs. No, Josie is on her own. In fact, she's never felt more alone in her life. Her powers have scared off her best friends, they've turned her into a pathological liar, and have made her reckless as she fights to get her life back.Josie must find answers fast. The other witches are getting downright vicious. They are using the magic to scare, torture, and threaten her: proof that the stones are growing more evil by the day. Time is running short. Set in rainy Seattle, the third installment of the Josie Jameson mystery series is a juicy conclusion. Readers will watch through their fingers as Josie struggles to find her way and hold their breath in hopes she will survive.