Young Cam Jansen Mystery Books series is by David A. Adler. Cam Jansen is a young girl detective with a photographic memory. Jennifer is her real name. Her friends say she is like a camera. That is the reason she is known as Cam: short for a camera. Cam’s memory clicks then she remembers an important detail. Young Cam Jansen uses the recalled detail to solve mysteries.

Young Cam Jansen books have 32 pages. They are part of the Puffin Easy-to-Read Program. The books are good for children making the transition from picture books to chapter books. The chapters are short. There are illustrations by Susanna Natti. Her illustrations are detailed and colorful. They supply visual clues to the text.

Cam Jansen, a girl, is the protagonist of the early reader chapter books. Yet, they are appropriate for boys as well as girls. The young detective has many friends, boys and girls. Young Cam Jansen mystery books series’ settings are places familiar to children: home, school, zoo, library. Read the list of titles for the different locales in the Young Cam Jansen mystery books series.


Young Cam Jansen Series

1. Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game

2. Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie

3. Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth

4. Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery

5. Young Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery

6. Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery

7. Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery

8. Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach Mystery

9. Young Cam Jansen and the Zoo Note Mystery

10.Young Cam Jansen and the New Girl Mystery

11.Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery

12.Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery

13.Young Cam Jansen and the Lions' Lunch Mystery

14.Young Cam Jansen and the Molly Shoe Mystery release May 15, 2008





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