Jack's dad is the new caretaker for the Dareville Community Theater. Jack is not looking forward to living in the rundown theater. To make matters worse, a ghost visits him on the very first day. The ghost promises to haunt Jack until he helps solve the mystery of his disappearance. What will Jack discover is the answer to the ghost's disappearance? The ending is Up2U. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Max is not keen about staying at his Aunt Ida's house, and when the ghost of her long-dead son, Woe, begins to torment him he decides to take his chances on the nearby mountain, even though it is night--but the ghost pursues him, and how the adventure ends is up to the reader to choose.
Ava's father is so proud to reopen Ursula's Funland. But when creepy incidents threaten to shut down the park, Ava is determined to save the park for her dad. Ava enters the Hall of Mirrors with her friend, but she doesn't leave with him. Is he a ghost? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
The EMU Club is called into action again when they realize that the school janitor is an evil ghost trying to disrupt the flow of time! "There's no mystery--the EMU Club is a hit! This is a fun, funny adventure that kids will love to read." --Lincoln Peirce, author of Big Nate "The EMU Club inhabits exactly the world I always hoped to live in when I was 12, when the answer to questions like 'Where did I put my toy' led to inevitably to alien conspiracies and secret underground tunnels. A book for the curious and the adventurous!" --Cory Doctorow, author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Little Brother. "An adventure so funny you'll think it couldn't be true--but if it isn't true, then where did all those realistic-looking photographs come from? You'd better read this so you'll know what to do when the world ends." --Adam Rex, author of The True Meaning of Smekday My name is Stuart Tennemeier, and I'm the President of the EMU Club (Exploration-Mystery-Unbelievable Club). This is my report of our second mission. Once you've solved one great mystery involving alien cats and a robotic dog, how do you find a second one that is just as awesome to solve? Not huge crimes or weird stuff, but everyday mysteries that happen to everyone, like why does time seem to pass more slowly right before school ends? And at other times, like when you're watching your favorite TV show it seems to pass really quickly? There are tons of little mysteries all around us. Sometimes if you look really, really, closely at them, you find out some amazing, incredible things. And you just might save the world.
Divya’s day started out rough. She almost missed the bus and had a rough ride to school. Divya knew that her rough day was nothing compared to what Bus Driver McCool was going through. He never forgot Divya or drove like a race car driver. Something was up. Determined to find out answers and help, Divya follows Bus Driver McCool. What she finds out is not at all what she thought. These mysteries are perfect for your early fluent reader. With longer sentences and fewer illustrations, these are suited to keep readers guessing as they solve for clues. • Underlying issues related to friends, family, and growing up • Keeps kids guessing with false clues • Extensive back matter
Local Key West, Florida, lore claims Robert the Doll is haunted, but Alejandro Padillo doesn’t believe it. Yet strange things start to happen after Al visits Robert. Is the doll tormenting Al? And if so, what will Al have to do to get Robert to stop?
Medusa's Scream is a thrill ride that hurtles a train through an out-of-service gold mine in the Fraser Valley. Chase can't believe his luck when he lands a summer job in the food truck outside the ride's entrance. But then he notices strange things happening at the old mine. Chase starts to piece things together, and soon his life is threatened by a villain even scarier than the snake-headed Medusa of myth.
