Dorothy Brenner Francis

Vonnie was just beginning to feel at home in Houston. She was doing well in school, had made new friends and was even getting to be known as a leader. Things had settled down after the unfortunate shoplifting episode, and she and Monique seemed to have reached an understanding. But all that happened before Vonnie founded the Graphology Club and their old rivalry flared up again. Now Vonnie was beginning to question not only her own position but also the loyalty of her friends. Could she regain her self-confidence and keep her friends or Would Monique destroy the person she was trying so hard to be?

After one night in the old Graydon mansion, Tracy is convinced the place is haunted. She has a frightening nighttime visitor - Victoria Graydon, a ghost girl from another century. Victoria sobs that she can't rest because . . . she murdered her sister. Tracy's boyfriend, Mac, doesn't believe a word of it - but Tracy is determined to help the ghost girl.

Unhappy since her father's remarriage, Kathy's life changes when a valuable foal becomes lost on the prairie during a storm.

The reader is invited to join Cody and Maria as they try to solve mysteries that happen on various holidays.

An illustrated history of drift bottles from ancient Greece to modern times, including unusual facts and anecdotes about their role in history, love, war, and scientific discovery.