Diary of a Social Detective: Real-Life Tales of Mystery, Intrigue and Interpersonal Adventure

This award-winning book (Teacher’s Choice Award, Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, Mom’s Choice Award) works at putting good social advice into accessible kid language.
The social struggle “mysteries” are based on real examples from the author’s years of working with children and youth in social skills groups.
While some of the explanations can start to sound a little like “how to” therapy-speak, that’s balanced with tween-friendly gems like, “…trying to solve a mystery without getting the facts straight is like trying to pee in the dark. There is a good chance you’re gonna miss and make a mess of things…”