YA Thriller. Read sometime around 2009-2011 from a middle school library. Story centered around a girl and a boy. Their teacher died of spontaneous combustion and they believed it was a murder and try to solve it.

[Reader]

For more context, I read this book after borrowing it from my school’s library sometime between 2009 and 2011. I remember I was intrigued at the time by spontaneous human combustion and so read it because of that. I don’t remember any names, but I believe the man that died was the girl’s science teacher. There was a scene where the boy and girl and looking through the dead man’s window trying to find clues and find out what had happened. I know the setting was a small town. I don’t remember much else, but would love to find it as I remember enjoying it. Thank you!

[Capn]

Some pot shots for you:

Science Teachers, juvenile horror, 1990-2011 on WorldCat:

Creature in the Teacher

It's a Scream!

The Great Brain Robbery (3)


There's also "YA Murder Mysteries" to scroll through:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

EDIT: and "Middle Grade Murder Mysteries" (shorter list!):
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Capn]

Some more "horror" and "teacher" and "YA" options from WorldCat, 1995-2011 this time:
Final Grade
The Dare
Killing Mr. Griffin
Leslie
Let's Scare the Teacher to Death!
Night Games

If any of these seem right, we can try to confirm them on OpenLibrary by text. ;)

[Rosa]

It's certainly not Killing Mr. Griffin.

[Becca]

Burning Bones by Christopher Golden and Rick Hautula? The main character is in college but I believe these were marketed as YA when published.

[Rosa]

Burning Bones for the link.

[Becca]

Thanks, Rosa!