For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alic, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident when Jenna was only three years old. Refusing to believe that her mother would have abandoned her, Jenna pores over the pages of Alice's old journals, which yield few clues. Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two allies in her quest: Serenity Jones, a psychic, and Virgil Stanhope, the jaded...

School's out, sixth grade's over, and best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are looking forward to the perfect summer job: baby-sitting. When they're each hired to look after a young boy, the girls are thrilled at the opportunity to spend the summer together, baby-sitting in the park. But their enthusiasm turns to apprehension when Kolleen notices a man in a van watching the boys as they play each day, especially Andy, the boy in her care....

In this sweet and vibrant story, a young Muslim girl plays dress-up with her mother's headscarves, feeling her mother's love with every one she tries on.

Life in the small town of Pine Bend, Minnesota, is normally calm, quiet, and carefree. But the tranquility is shattered when a string of bizarre small burglaries begin. As staffers on the school newspaper, best friends Kolleen Kelly and Mary Ann Page are encouraged to use their interviewing and investigative skills to find out more about the crimes. And when Kolleen's bike falls victim to the crime wave, the search becomes personal, as well. Kolleen...

Best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are nervous and excited as their sixth-grade year slowly draws to a close. What will seventh grade at Hubert H. Humphrey Junior High School be like? How will the kids dress? How will they behave? What will the teachers be like? Mary Ann and Kolleen are looking forward to a visit from Mr. Dodge, the junior high principal, during which all their questions will be answered. But Mr. Dodge's visit to Pine Bend...

Mary Ann and her best friend Kolleen love a mystery, so when Mary Ann's dog sniffs out foul play at the bottom of a muddy pit, the hunt for clues is on. Their search for answers brings Mary Ann and Kolleen into contact with three girls whose parents are part of a group of migrant workers who come to Minnesota each summer to help harvest sugar beets. Little is known about the migrant workers, so Mary Ann and Kolleen's parents caution them to be on...

Join Amelia and Sam at the Animal Ark vets. A kitten needs her mum, a bunny that keeps escaping, an injured fox that needs a new home, and a poor puppy that needs an operation. Amelia and Sam love to help any kind of animal in need.

Kolleen's dog Devil May Care insists on ending every walk at the spooky site of a long-abandoned, burned-down house. But Kolleen's resignation turns to fascination when the dog unearths a mysterious metal box wrapped in a tattered rug. Who buried the box, and why? And who will get to keep the valuable treasure the box contains? Kolleen and Mary Ann will need to do some digging of their own to get to the bottom of the mystery behind the garden gate.--Back...

Kolleen Kelly and best friend Mary Ann Page can't wait to begin sixth grade at Pine Bend Elementary. And to their delight, one of the class's first assignments is to start a school newspaper. Kollen and Mary Ann are put in charge of the "Just Ask Me" column, where their job is to interview school authorities to find answers to students' questions. One day the "Just Ask Me" mailbox contains a startling, anonymous note: "I have a terrible secret, and...

Born into a posh family, ten-year old Lizzie Vogel has lived a charmed life thus far, with a big sister who knows everything, a cute baby brother, and a full-time housekeeper who bakes jam tarts. But when, in 1970, Lizzie's father abandons her mother and packs his ex-family off to the tiny village of Flatstone, life for the Vogels veers catastrophically off-course. The new neighbors disapprove of divorcees and fatherless children, and Lizzie's theatrical...