Nightshade can be deadly.Hannah and Scooter's sprawling, ramshackle house is named for the lethal plant that grows in the dark woods behind it. Hannah knows she's not supposed to explore the forest or
When the Nazis occupy Austria, Ilse and her family escape to Japanese-occupied China where Ilse quenches her thirst for adventure as an occasional spy, but when harsh living conditions force them all
A terminally ill teenager is forced to choose between her religion and her lifeAdam doesn’t think much of it when Miriam faints in class. She’s an oddball, a student who hardly talks, never makes eye
A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group homeFor Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having a
An angry teenager is sucked into a gang of neo-NazisDan shows up on his first day at a new school with long blond hair, John Lennon glasses, and a shy grin that makes every girl in the hallway swoon.
This graveyard hides buried dolls...and buried secrets!The house at Cinder Creek hides many secrets. Shelby and Brian Tate have heard heated voices crying out in the night. They've noticed the unsettl
Lorelei is not happy when her family moves into an old bed-and-breakfast in Gettysburg--and that is before she meets the Civil War ghost, Nathaniel, who needs her help, and discovers that some of the
LilaWhen thirteen-year-old Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff at the claim that the house is haunted. Lila isn’t so ready to dismiss the idea.
From 1939 to 1945, a Jewish family struggles to survive in occupied China; young Ilse by remaining optimistic, her older brother by joining a resistance movement, her mother by maintaining connections
Dana investigates a mystery involving the old Kansas house that her parents have turned into a bed and breakfast business; in a parallel story, a Quaker boy living in the house in 1857 sets out to hel
When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family's old house, she's unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room -- containing a human skeleton! How did suc
