Listed are works of fiction set in shopping malls written in English for pre-school aged children through adolescents. Inclusion does not imply recommendation or suitability for any age group. For availability, check your local library, book store, or www bookseller. 

This is a continuing project and suggestions are welcome. If you found this page useful, let me know at pocock@easternct.edu.

Author. Title. Facts of publication. [Total pages]

Amend, Bill. Take Us to Your Mall. A Fox Trot Collection.  Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel, 1995. [128] 

Berenstain, Stan. The Berenstain Bears Hold Hands at the Big Mall. New York: GT, 1996.  [24]

Bernstain, Stan. The Berenstain Bears Get the Screamies. New York: Random House, 1998.  [24]

Bernstain, Stan. The Dwarks at the Mall.  New York: Yearling, 1985.  [48]

Bilgrammi, Shaheen. A Magic Color Book: Magical Day at the Mall. New York: Sterling/Pinwheel, 2003. [10]

Buller, Jon and Susan Schade. Space Mall. New York: Random House, 1997. [62]

Bullock, Gloria Spaulding, and Jame Bullock Crocitto. Shopping at the Ani-mall. Mt Desert, Maine: Windswept House, 1991.

Edens, Cooper and Daniel Lane. The Animal Mall. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.  [32]

Flagg, Jenn. The Three Pigs Go to the Mall of America. North Charleston, S.C.: Book Surge, 1999. [28]

Fryar, Jane. Lost at the Mall, Featuring Morris the Mouse. St. Louis: Concordia, 1991.

Gordon, Wendy. I’m Safe! at the Mall. Jacksonville, Fla.: Child Safety Solutions, 1998.  [32]

Herman, Gail. Mummies at the Mall. New York: Scholastic, 2002. [32]

Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Don't Worry, I'll Find You. New York: Dutton, 1986.  [24]

Klingel, Cynthia. Malls: The Sound of "M". Chanhassen, Minn.: Child's World, 2000.  [23]

Landoll. Wendell at the Mall. Landoll, 1999.  [20]

Lindbergh, Reeve. The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School. New York: Viking, 2000.  [32]

Loomis, Christine. At the Mall. New York: Scholastic, 1994.

Mayer, Mercer. Just Lost! New York: Golden Books, 1999.  [24]

McCann, Jesse Leon. Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Mall. New York: Scholastic, 1998.  [16]

McGuire, Leslie. Minnie and Daisy Go to the Mall: A Book of Opposites. New York: Golden Books, 1990.

McKay, Sindy. Ben and Becky Get a Pet. Redwood City, Calif.: Treasure Bay, 1998.

Miller, Marilyn. Behind the Scenes at the Shopping Mall. Austin, Tex.: Steck-Vaughn, 1998.  [32]

Parent, Nancy. A Day at the Mall. [n.p.]: Paradise Press, 1999.

Noonan, Janet and Jacquelyn Carter. Millicent Goes to the Shopping Mall. Elgin, Ill.: Chariot, 1990.  [24]

Richards, Kitty. Angelica's Awesome Adventure with Cynthia! New York: Simon Spotlight, 1999. [16]

Shopping Mall Mania. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Communications, 1988.

Steinberg, David. The Monster Mall and Other Spooky Poems. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2004. [48]

Wigand, Molly. Here Comes Stanta!  new York: Spotlight, 1999.

Adler, David. A. Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery. New York: Viking, 2004.

Adler, David A. Magic Money. New York: Random House, 1997.  [69]

Berenstain, Stan. The Berenstain Bears at the Teen Rock Cafe. New York: Random House, 1996.  [103]

Bloor, Edward. Crusader. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999.  [608]

Cusick, Richie Tankersly. The Mall. New York: Pocket Books, 1992.

Dubois, Brian. A Saturday Night at the Mall. Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2003. [248]

Ellis, Jana. Two for One. Marivale Mall #1. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.  [151]

Ellis, Jana. Best of Everything. Marivale Mall #2. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.  [158]

Ellis, Jana. Playing Games. Marivale Mall #3. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.  [145]

Ellis, Jana. Never Stop Smiling. Marivale Mall #4. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988. [151]

Ellis, Jana. Better than the Truth. Marivale Mall #5. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.  [150]

Ellis, Jana. Junior Weekend. Marivale Mall #6. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.  [152]

Ellis, Jana. Hometown Hero. Marivale Mall #7. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1989.  [155]

Ellis, Jana. Slave for a Day. Marivale Mall #8. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1989.  [151]

Ellis, Jana. Never Say Good-Bye. Marivale Mall #9. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1990.  [151]

Ellis, Jana. Sweet Success. Marivale Mall #10. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1989.  [156]

Ellis, Jana. Perfect Strangers. Marivale Mall #11. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1988.

Ellis, Jana. Lost and Found. Marivale Mall #12. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1990.  [149]

Esckilsen, Erik E. The Last Mall Rat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.  [182]

Gallagher, Diana G. Showdown at the Mall: Sabrina the Teenage Witch. New York: Simon Spotlight, 1997. [160]

Gilson, Jamie. Hobie Hanson, Greatest Hero of the Mall. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1989.

Gilson, Jamie. Sticks and Stones and Skeleton Bones. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1991.  [162]

Haynes, Betsy. Beware the Shopping Mall. New York: Harper Mass Market, 1994.

Haynes, Betsy. Mall Mania. New York: Skylark, 1991.

Hostetler, Marian and Gwen Stamm. Mystery at the Mall. Scottsdale, Penn.: Herald, 1985.  [88]

Johansson, Alice Nicole. Trapped in the Mall. New York: Sweet Valley, 1998.  [134]

Kenyon, Kate. The Night the Eighth Grade Ran the Mall. New York: Scholastic, 1989.

King, Sarah. The Mall. Toronto: PaperJacks, 1987.  [288]

Lenhard, Elizabeth. Spy Adventures: Mall of the Universe. New York: Hyperion, 2003.  [144]

Munsch, Robert N. I'm Am So Embarrassed! New York: Scholastic, 2006.

Norton, Ann. Brooke’s Little Lies. New York: Price Stern Sloan, 1992.  [103]

O'Connor, Charles. All Night Mall Party. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2004.  [112]

Olsen, Mary-Kate. New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashely #28: The Case of the Mall Mystery. New York: Harper Entertainment, 2002.  [96]

Pascal, Francine. Robbery at the Mall. New York: Sweet Valley, 1994.  [144]

Peck, Richard. Bel Air Bambi and the Mall Rats. New York: Delacorte, 1993.  [183]

Peck, Richard. Secrets of the Shopping Mall. New York: Delacorte, 1994.  [192]

Rallison, Janette. It's a Mall World After All. New York: Walker, 2006.

Rice, Bebe Faas. The Dollhouse.  Doomsday Mall #1. New York: Skylark, 1995.

Rice, Bebe Faas. The Hunt.  Doomsday Mall #2. New York: Skylark, 1995.

Rice, Bebe Faas. The Beast.  Doomsday Mall #3. New York: Skylark, 1995.

Rice, Bebe Faas. The Bitch.  Doomsday Mall #4. New York: Skylark, 1996.

Rice, Bebe Faas. The Vampire.  Doomsday Mall #5. New York: Skylark, 1996.

Rice, Bebe Faas.  The Jungle.  Doomsday Mall #6.  New York: Skylark, 1996.

Robinson, Kevin. Mall Rats. Poughkeepsie: Vivisphere, 2001.  [158]

Smith, Susan. Terri and the Shopping Mall Disaster. New York: Minstrel Books, 1991.

Stephens, Michael. The Prince of Kelvin Mall. Paul & Co. Consortium, 1995.

Strasser, Todd. Mall from Outer Space. New York: Scholastic, 1987.  

Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Mystery of the Mall. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman, 1999.  [115]

Wilhelm, Doug. Scene of the Crime. New York: Skylark, 1993.

Wilson, Eric. Code Red at the Supermall. Custer, Wash.: Orca, 2000.  [110]