Lost in the Ohio River Valley in May 1793, twelve-year-old Clare and her two brothers struggle to survive in the wilderness and to avoid capture by the Shawnee Indians.
In the bleak, forbidding house of her great-aunts, neglected twelve-year-old orphan Maggie hears ghostly voices and finds magic that awakens in her the capacity to love and be loved.
Miss Cannon is a very special librarian who fights pirates, witches, ghosts, giants, and a dancing octopus so that the children can read even the scariest stories in peace and quiet.
Convinced that something spooky is going to happen at the old Frome mansion, Edward "ESP" McGee and his best friend, Matt Terrell, decide to test McGee's ESP and explore the supposedly empty house.
Michael and Norman call on the sock-eating plants for help when their fledgling detective club investigates the case of a missing book, disappearing shrub, mysterious footprint, and the suspicious behavior of a neighbor.
A friendless girl, teased mercilessly at school because her uncle manages the town dump, finds a friend in Mrs. Fish, the school custodian, and gradually life becomes more bearable.
Space travelers from Planetoid Roma have returned to Earth in 1775 to recover one of their diplomats that was lost in an earlier mission, but first, they must convince the diplomat, Thomas Jefferson, to leave his new home.
Provides instructions for a variety of scientific tricks or challenges, such as slicing an apple in midair with a hammer or tying a knot in a chicken bone.
