Children/Middle Grades

AltDeath.com
Lynne Hansen and Sally BoscoAn online murder mystery club for teens discovers they have a real murder to solve when one of their members is found dead under suspicious, perhaps even paranormal circumstances. The AltDeath Club knows that their friend Rachel didn’t commit... More

Christmas Ice Mystery / San Juan Secret
Marion MacDonaldCHRISTMAS ICE MYSTERYChristmas is an exciting and magical time especially in the Winter Wonderland. Children come to this part of the department store to look at the toys and to tell Santa their wishes. Eleven year old Lora has been... More

Finding Mariah / The Ghost of Little Bay
Eloise Barton and Connie KeenanFINDING MARIAH Mariah Mccoy's family is moving. Again. A new military base to get used to; a new high school for her senior year. Another struggle to make new friends; to fit in. She convinced her parents to let her spend... More

Melissa's Mission Impossible / Mail-Order Monster
Linda Joy SingletonMELISSA'S MISSION IMPOSSIBLESECRET MISSION... Melissa is in deep trouble if she doesn't make the best mission project in her 4th grade class. Popsicle sticks, cardboard, wood, styrofoam, molding clay--all great materials for... More

Return to Treasure Island
Jack TrammellIt’s still there--the bar silver; the swords and weapons; the jewelry--all of the loot that the Hispaniola couldn’t hold some two-hundred years ago is still awaiting someone to claim it from Treasure Island. Jonathan Osbourne, a descendant... More

Skateboard Blues / A Star for Courage
Sydell Voeller and Elizabeth C. MainSKATEBOARD BLUESJessica Williams wishes she were anywhere other than her small town in Oregon. All the kids there are the same except for the few skateboarders who her father can not stand. Life is pretty dull for Jessica until Cam... More

The Change
Lynne HansenAlthough sixteen-year-old Hannah Gray hates nearly everything about her pioneer life on the Kansas prairie, becoming a werewolf is the absolute worst. Each night she changes into a fierce beast. Each morning she awakes to carnage she doesn't... More

The Juggler's Journey
Megan Emily AsadAlex lost his family when he was nine years old and has been searching for them ever since. His search leads him to America, where he is kidnapped and held for ranson. Only his wits and juggling talents help him to survive. When he meets Louisa,... More

The Newfie Ghost / Ghost for Rent
Liz Hill, Anne Wolfe and Penny LockwoodTHE NEWFIE GHOSTLissa meets trouble head-on when she travels from her home in New Jersey to a lighthouse in Newfoundland for a reunion with her estranged father, Wolf, who is the lighthousekeeper on the tiny island of Baccalieu. As she... More

The Obsidian Quest
Laraine Anne BarkerWhen Peter comes to stay with his dead mother's twin sister and her husband while his stepfather is away on business, he is immediately plunged into a chain of frightening and bizarre events that can’t possibly have anything to do with him—an... More

The Return
Lynne HansenAfter their older brother dies in one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War, sixteen-year-old twins Molly and Jacob Gray discover a way to bring him back to life. The initial side effects (including a marauding zombie arm) seem to... More

The Third Age of Obsidian
Laraine Anne BarkerThe inscription was so large that Peter was able to make it out from a fair distance. ... The words seemed to give off their own light. In a whisper, which echoed in strange sibilants around him, he read: Commanders of Light and Darkness waged... More

