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When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past.

High school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife Maureen are both employed at Columbine High School but it is she that is caught up in the shootings while he is away on a trip. Maureen survives but later, due to stress-related drug addiction, accidentally kills a young boy while driving. While Maureen is in jail, Caelum uncovers his ancestor's diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings revealing a past of secrets, guilt, and grief.

As Katie's father and Drew's mother vie for the Presidency, the sixteen-year-olds start--and end--a romance, but the press finds out, both candidates' poll numbers rise, and the two are asked to flaunt their former relationship.

Following his parents' divorce, Jake Olver chooses to move with his father to a remote part of Connecticut and into the house of his late Uncle Horace, a crackpot who believed that Big Foot lived in the woods, but soon odd things begin to happen and Jake, along with his pretty co-worker from the local market, Nell Davis, try to make a name for themselves by proving that the mythical Sasquatch is alive and well and living in the woods behind his house.

As Katie's father and Drew's mother vie for the Presidency, the sixteen-year-olds start--and end--a romance, but the press finds out, both candidates' poll numbers rise, and the two are asked to flaunt their former relationship.

Illustrations, excerpts from historical documents, and easy-to-follow text teach children about the colony of Connecticut and its role in the formation of the United States.

"17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"--Provided by publisher.

After eleven-year-old Abby discovers that she has a completely useless magical power, she finds herself at a magic camp where her hope of finding others like herself is realized, but when a select group is taken to a different camp, a sinister plot comes to light.

Describes Connecticut's history, geography, government, people, and economy and presents a travel guide, a time line, fact lists, and several project ideas.