The Scarecrow Carnival has finally started. It's Tom and Jake's favorite time of year. But this year their fun takes an unexpected turn when a strange man approaches them in the Vintage Rose booth. Before long, the friends realize that he's up to no good. Will they be able to stop him before the carnival leaves town for good, and takes all of Scarecrow with it?
Apple Glen’s first Founder’s Day is coming up, and Luna plans to research the town’s mysterious founder for an essay contest. There’s just one problem. Not everyone agrees on who founded the town. Can Luna shed light on her town’s history, or will she be left in the dark of Apple Glen’s past?
When her best friend invites her to spend a week at the lake, Luna jumps at the chance. But what starts off as the perfect summer getaway quickly turns to an unsettling mystery. Can Luna figure out the forest’s secrets before it’s too late?
Luna thinks it will be boring to stay at the historic Widmark Hotel while her mom is working to restore it. Then she meets a mysterious woman in the room next door. Unraveling the woman’s secrets takes Luna on a dangerous journey into the old hotel’s past.
After listening to a ghost story on a school camping trip, Luna starts to hear strange noises and smell phantom scents. When it happens again at the restaurant where her friend works, Luna can’t help but wonder what’s going on. Will she be able to dig up the truth behind the old ghost story?
The Garza family has just bought a big, old house in a small Ohio town. While helping her mom fix it up, Luna finds a mysterious metal box under the floorboards. This discovery gives her glimpses of the house’s past and may hold the key to her family’s future there.
Luna loves old buildings. But none have ever spoken to her like Apple Glen’s old Main Street Theater does. Will listening closely help Luna uncover the theater's mysterious secrets so it can be restored to its former glory?
When Luna’s team wins a trivia competition, she is the only one excited about the prize: a weekend at Stone Hills. Rumor has it that the old horse ranch is haunted. As she tries to piece together the ranch’s past, Luna discovers a lot more than ghosts.
Abby likes watching old shows with her dad. When she and her best friend Clara get trapped in a broken TV, she suddenly finds herself starring in them! Can the girls survive the episodes and make it back to the real world?
The past is full of mysterious events. How did ancient people build pyramids. What is Stonehenge for? Maybe the explanations for these events are simple … or maybe there's something strange going on. Explore history's mysteries through closely level text, dynamic imagery, and visual infographics.
This fun Spanish-translated e-book takes readers along on the journey of three children, who become crime scene investigators after pieces of their favorite playground equipment begin to disappear. The children collect data and analyze their findings, eventually catching the culprit! This digital book allows readers to connect data analysis and STEM concepts to the real world, keeping them engaged and showing them how useful data analysis can be. With vivid images, easy-to-read informational text, mathematical charts, and text features including a glossary and index, this Spanish-translated title makes data analysis exciting and simple for readers to use in the classroom and on their own!
The new neighbors are instantly suspicious because they come and go at odd hours. Stranger still are the weird noises and bright lights coming from their backyard in the middle of the night. WhatÍs going on? Marlon and his buddies set out to investigate and end up in a heap of trouble when they walk through the unlocked front door.
After a hang glider crashes into the pool of the house where Dinah and Madge are house-sitting, the hapless pilot creates more than a splash of suspicion in Dinah's mind. Why does this itchy intruder make off with Dinah's inflatable turtle? Why is someone trying to drive their cat-mad neighbor away? And what is the connection with the balding stranger seen lurking behind the hedge? And when Madge's boyfriend starts a campaign to save the endangered spotted owl, it seems that a crooked politician may be out to destroy the habitat of the near-extinct animal. While Madge paints, Dinah brushes aside suggestions that she be a quiet, well-behaved guest in this posh North Vancouver neighborhood. There's just too much for Dinah and her friends—tree-fanatic Pantelli and irritatingly conscientious Talbot—to investigate in this hilariously suspenseful adventure. Along with learning about endangered animals and fragile ecosystems, Dinah runs across clueless reporters and greedy developers, all the while continuing to belt out her favorite songs and satisfy her healthy appetite.
Confronting a prowler in the backyard, Dinah is determined to find out why someone has taken an interest in her older sister and herself. Who is the buck-tooth burglar? Why are the Rinaldi's tomatoes always involved? And what is the connection between Madge's boyfriend and GASP, a group of well-intentioned anti-smoking activists? When it becomes apparent that Wellman Talent, the modeling agency Madge works for, is making deals with an unscrupulous tobacco company, and that the spy is out to sabotage GASP’s plans to expose the connection, Dinah has to call on all her talents, both sleuthing and singing, to solve the case. In the spirit of Sammy Keyes, Dinah gets by on pluck, courage and an irrepressible sense of humor as she is catapulted into a mystery that twists and turns from the blackberry patch to the corporate boardroom.
When Colin accepts the job to clean up the graffiti in an upscale neighborhood he worries that he might be targeted by gangs. But he didn't expect to become a suspect in a series of robberies. Every time he is sent to clean up graffiti, the police are nearby investigating a crime. Colin knows he's done nothing wrong, but even he acknowledges his presence at the crime scenes looks suspicious. The only way he can clear his name is to figure out what is really going on.
The seven grandsons from the bestselling Seven (the Series) and the Seven Sequels return in the Seven Prequels, along with their daredevil grandfather, David McLean. In these thrilling origin stories Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock and their signature writing styles take readers from the heat of the jungles of Central America to the mysterious streets of Stockholm to one very dangerous kayaking trip in Florida. These linked YA novels can be read in any order. Discover all 7 books in this set: Barracuda Jungle Land Missing Skull Separated Slide Speed Weerdest Day Ever!
Each Origins: Urban Legends: Creatures eShort is a single chapter from the full Creatures title, packaged as a mini eBook. Creatures eShorts include Sasquatch, Snallygaster, Ogopogo, and Jersey Devil.
A survey of the mystery fiction genre, from its detective-story origins and puzzle-solving influences to the famous authors—such as Agatha Christie—whose works have defined the genre over time.
A popular story tells of President Lincoln predicting his own assassination, but not knowing where or when it would take place. This intriguing new title from Crabtree examines real-life cases where dreams appear to have been predictions of events yet to happen. Scientists and believers in this phenomena explore whether we really can see into the future, or if these happenings are just coincidences.
Scientists have sent messages into space hoping that aliens will find them. But we may have already received messages of our own! Young readers will learn about the fascinating mysteries surrounding the search for extraterrestrial life.
Inspector Hopkins has called Sherlock Holmes to help solve a suspicious murder. Lady Brackenstall's account of a robbery gone wrong seems to add up--until the stolen silverware is found! Can Holmes put the clues together and solve the case? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of Abbey Grange.
Mr. Cubitt has been finding strange drawings of dancing men all around his estate. He would chalk it up to a prankster, if the drawings didn't upset his wife so much. Can Holmes solve the case before tragedy strikes? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the dancing men!
For several years, Watson has believed his friend, Sherlock Holmes, is dead. Watson's done his best to help the police solve cases, but he doesn't have Holmes's talents and one case has him stumped. He's in for a surprise when Sherlock Holmes suddenly appears to solve the case! Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the empty house.
When Mr. McFarlane is accused of murder, he knows only Sherlock Holmes can prove his innocence. He tells Holmes, Watson, and Inspector Lestrade the story of his business with the Norwood builder in the hopes of clearing his name. Can Holmes prove that the Norwood builder isn't dead after all? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the Norwood builder!
To Watson, Mr. Wilson's story seems to contain nothing more than an unusual position for a red-headed man. But to Holmes, there's a crime in action! Can Holmes solve the case and catch the crook before it is too late? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the Red-Headed League!
