Gold fever sweeps the country as a twelve-year-old aspiring writer travels to the Yukon with her family and best friend, fighting natural disasters and a clever thief After traveling from San Francisco by steam ship, Hetty McKinley, her best friend, Alma, and their families prepare for the five-hundred-mile trek north to the gold fields of the Yukon. It's only September, but the Arctic Circle is already frigid.   As the two families, along with hundreds...

Some people would die to have the perfect picture Derrick, the new kid at Boulder High, seems a little strange. Maybe he's just shy, or marches to the beat of a different drummer, but he gives Cynthia the creeps. He's got talent with a camera, though, and quickly earns a spot in the school photography club with Megan, who has been having strange dreams ever since he arrived.   When the pretty girls Derrick photographs for the school paper begin getting...

Dreams do come true . . . and so do nightmares Karen normally can't remember her dreams, which is especially frustrating since she's taking a psych class where everyone else seems to be able to discuss theirs. But one night, she wakes up screaming and quickly recalls why-a classmate was murdered. It was so vivid-it felt real. The next morning she is shocked to find out it wasn't just a dream-the boy is dead.   But the dreams continue, and so do...

Oliver just wants to spread the word about wildlife conservation, but his plans go awry when the local prairie dog habitat is threatened Oliver Dibbs is passionate about animals, and he's willing to do anything to help a good cause. The only problem is, Ollie doesn't always think his plans through before acting on them, and this has gotten him into a lot of trouble. No matter what cause Ollie is fighting for-whether it's tigers, wolves, or whales-something...

Nominated for an Edgar Award: When Marc and his friends discover an Indian grave in a long-abandoned cavern, they begin to wonder if it's haunted It's the summer of 1954, and Marc Schaller expects to spend his days playing baseball, swimming in the river, and reading comic books. But when he hears about a fifty-dollar reward for the discovery of any local Indian graves, his summer plans suddenly get a lot more exciting. Marc gathers his best friends,...

Bo is determined to help his dog, Dolby, win the starring role in a dog-food commercial, but will Dolby be up to the challenge?  Bo Dibbs wants to be just like his older brother, Oliver, who is always in the newspaper for his accomplishments, like saving a prairie dog habitat and getting the stegosaurus declared the state fossil of Colorado. When Bo finds out that Woofies Dog Food is hosting a "Woof-Off" contest to find a canine star for their new...

The Flattery siblings put their heads together to figure out who's poaching rhinos in a Kenyan wildlife park Foghorn Flattery may be a twelve-year-old genius, but to his sister C.C., he's just her know-it-all big brother. Foghorn can be annoying, but when they're faced with a mystery, he is definitely someone C.C. wants on her side. Their father takes them to Kenya, where he's doing research for an article about rhinoceros preservation, and the family...

His drive to preserve their beauty for eternity cannot be controlled Derrick, now David, tried to suppress the bad place within himself-the part that wanted to punish the girls who had shunned him. He knew he was good at his work-his actual photography-and he tried to make that more important than the darkness inside. But it was no use. His mission was to immortalize the beauty of young women-and nothing would stop him.   Senior Vicki Valentine is...

There's a legend of a monster that preys on Salem University students-and now there is deadly proof that it's real Abby McDonald works harder than anyone to keep her straight A's, along with her scholarship, even at the cost of not having much of a social life. Her understanding boyfriend, David, wants her to relax a little, but Abby is driven to succeed. She can't let her emotions get in the way.   Plunging into a demanding schedule, she blows off...