DeFelice, Cynthia

Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, elven-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge.

"According to the creepy stories, an old hunchback lives on the hill with hundreds of black cats; and, if you go up there, she'll turn you into a cat! One dark Halloween night Josh talks Hadley into making one terrifying trip up Hogback Hill to solve the mystery. And what they discover is a very old secret that someone wants to make sure is kept." (Booklist).

In the early 1900's, Tyler encounters vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joins the battle to protect the fragile environment.

When 12-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.

Ben is proud of the fact that noone has beaten his father's record for catching the biggest bass. But Ben hears two men plotting to beat the record and win the prize money by cheating! Ben has to stop them at all costs, but bringing the men to justice turns out to be chase that almost costs him his life.

Allie is being pursued by a ghost.