san francisco (calif.)

"When Julie visits Gold Moon Ranch, a farming commune in California's gold rush country, the back-to-the-land lifestyle seems idyllic at first. But peculiar problems keep cropping up, almost as if someone was trying to shut down the commune! Then, on a secret trip to an abandoned gold mine, Julie stumbles on a mysterious message that hints at long-lost treasure. Julie is desperate to find it, before danger closes in on Gold Moon Ranch."--Back cover.

Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, travels to San Francisco to help people during the Great Earthquake.

Emily and James must uncover the clues in the Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger about the string of recent arson fires plaguing the city before the arsonist comes after them.

Caring for Ivy's talking parrot while she is on vacation, Julie rapidly discovers that an old friend has been hiding secrets that might be causing strange occurrences at Ivy's house, in a tale inspired by the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill and the vegetarianism movement of the 1970s.

Julie would like to be friends with Carla Warner, the new girl in her class, but Carla's increasingly outlandish stories and behavior lead her to believe the girl is either a liar or in real danger.

This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents, a new family who will care for her.

"In San Francisco, eleven-year-old Marin desperately searchesfor her birthmother knowing time is running out before she is adopted, and discovers for the first time in her life what it feels like to be truly wanted by someone."--OCLC.

High school sophomore Kat struggles with her twelve-year-old brother's recurring leukemia and likely death while coping with mean girls at school and possible romance.

Julie and Ivy try to come up with a unique way to educate the public on the region's endangered eagles and raise enough money to help the wildlife rescue center release two injured eagles back into the wild.

While on vacation in San Francisco, Flat Stanley meets a girl who asks for his help performing a trick, to escape from Alcatraz.