Harold «Hap» Miller, whose parents owned the Hanging Rock Ranch, is best friends with Jim Hawn, a boy of the Yakima Indian tribe. When a calf goes missing on the ranch, the two boys ride out to find it – and set off a chain of events that reveals a modern-day mystery! <P> "Another fast moving Mary Adrian mystery. Like the others, into its plot is woven a lot of interesting information about life on a western ranch and an Indian rese ...
THE SKIN DIVING MYSTERY is the story of four boys and a girl who belong to a skin-diving club. They have a wonderful time studying shells and marine animals together. But one day, a rare shell discovered by one of the members disappears. Then they all must concentrate on Operation Rare Shell to get it back. Jerry's «Sea Animal Log» which is included at the back of the book. <P> "Mary Adrian's new book, The Skin Diving Myste ...
Moody's Island, set like a jewel in Nine-Mile Marsh, is a valuable piece of property. When the widow who owns it dies and leaves the island to an absolute stranger, everybody wonders why. There is still one living relative, Clyde Moody, who was not even mentioned in the widow's will. Public opinion runs high in Clyde's favor, especially when incriminating rumors and evidence begins to mount against the new owner of the island who, ...
Only young Phil Holt suspects that the distinguished-looking Mr. Tate is looking for more than poetry in old Miss Goddard’s library. Miss Goddard thinks the self-styled poetry expert is charming. But Boz, the dog, takes an instant dislike to the elderly «scholar.» And Phil is sure he has seen Mr. Tate outside Miss Goddard’s house in the middle of the night, talking with a sinister stranger.<p> The unusual setting – Portland, Maine’s famou ...
By Sunday evening Prue Tenney was despondent. She and the others in her class were supposed to write about something exciting that had happened over the weekend. All of her friends had either found an adventure or caused one to happen, but Prue had thought of nothing. Suddenly she remembered the one exciting event in her town – an unknown young man had been mysteriously shot eight years earlier. Although he was never identified, every year, on t ...
When Neale and Margie Lawson hear that their father will have to sell his shore land and their beloved horse, Firefly, they are miserable. They can find no way to help until a strange red car, a lost cat, and the odd behavior of an eccentric old man draw them into a mystery involving the lost letters of a famous New England artist.<P> The Lawsons and their friend Rupert Reed, son of the Ranger at the camp across the lake, are plunged into ...
Eleven-year-old Chris and ten-year olds Skeet and Gail are enthusiastic collectors. With equal avidity they collect animals and rare stamps. When their eccentric neighbor, Mr. Doolittle, appears to be the victim of a stamp theft at the same time their white opossum is stolen, the kids turn to sleuthing. <P>"A lively mystery which imparts much incidental information on the hobby and science of stamp collecting. No gore, just good fun and ex ...
Here are 4 classic mysteries for younger readers:<P> Sea View Secret, by Elizabeth Kinsey<BR> When the Bowmans moved to the suburbs, Peter and Jane discovered there weren't any kids their own age in the neighborhood…except at Sea View, a crumbling old mansion with a secret all its own!<P> The Mystery of Morgan Castle, by John and Nancy Rambeau<BR> Gabby thought a dog-walking job would fix his money problems, but ...
The «Dan Carter, Cub Scout» series, written by Mildred A. Wirt (writing as Ann Wirt) follows the adventures of 10-year-old Dan Carter and the boys in Den 2 of the Cub Scouts. Dan Carter is the pack leader, and he and his friends have fun and adventures in this exciting 6-book series, originally published between 1949 and 1953. <P> Also included is a bonus book: «The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories,» with classic tales by Jack London ...
