As Cecile exits a crowded showboat after enjoying a lavish Floating Circus, she stumbles-and when she gets up, she realizes that the cameo necklace she borrowed from her aunt is no longer on her neck. Knowing that the necklace was the last gift Tante Tay's husband gave her before he died, Cecile is desperate to find it. As she tracks down the people in the crowd who were near her when she fell, her search takes her into many corners of New ...
Marie-Grace can't wait to begin her journey up the Mississippi River with her father. The steamboat they're traveling on is the biggest and fanciest boat Marie-Grace has ever seen. It's crowded with all sorts of interesting passengers, including Wilhelmina Newman, a girl her age. Wilhelmina is traveling alone, and she's carrying a secret in one of her trunks-clues to hidden Gold Rush treasure. Marie-Grace and Wilhelmina have ...
Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform in New Orleans–at the same theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Oceane. Even better, her aunt has gotten a role in the opera! As Marie-Grace and her friend, Cecile, help out during rehearsals, they're thrilled to meet real opera stars and get a peek into theater life. But thrills turn to chills as the girls make disturbing discoveries behind the scenes! ...
Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia’s New York City brownstone is being expanded to make more room for Samantha and the three O’Malley sisters. While the renovation is underway, the family moves to an apartment on the top floor of Ravenscourt, a fashionable new 13-story apartment-hotel. Samantha is excited about their luxurious new home-until she learns there’s a terrible curse on the building’s owner, Horace Raven! Are strange things happening because ...
Samantha can't wait to take Nellie to Piney Point, Grandmary's summer home in the mountains. But the girls arrive to find the lodge plagued with accidents–and Grandmary begins to think about selling. Samantha and Nellie must figure out what's going on before they lose Piney Point forever! Includes a Looking Back essay about the Adirondacks' grand lodges at the turn of the last century. ...
Samantha and Nellie are in England for the first time, vacationing with Grandmary and the Admiral. They are excited to visit an English knight who lives in an ancient manor house, next to a castle that's rumored to be haunted. But the visit turns spooky when the girls see odd and eerie lights in the castle tower at night . . . and learn that valuable books are disappearing from the manor's library. Can the girls find out who-or what-is ...
Julie is excited to take care of Lucy, a talking parrot, while her friend Ivy is on vacation. But soon she realizes that she has taken on more than she can handle. Then Julie discovers that an old friend is hiding secrets from her. Could he be responsible for the strange things happening at Ivy's house? Or is someone, or something, else to blame? A Looking Back section describes the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill, plus the increase in veget ...
When Molly’s aunt flies in for a visit, she unknowingly brings trouble – and a frightening mystery. While searching for clues, Molly discovers that even on the home front, war can change friends and family forever. At the end of the story, the Looking Back section provides historical and interesting facts about Molly’s time period. ...
Molly wishes that she and her English friend, Emily, had exciting volunteer jobs that really helped in the fight to win World War Two. Instead, they're magazine delivery girls at Oak Knoll Hospital. Soon, however, Molly and Emily start to suspect that something very un-patriotic is going on at Oak Knoll and their snooping leads them into deep trouble! You will love solving the mystery right along with Molly and Emily. A Looking Back section ...
