ABDO Publishing Company

"We all waited while Henry trooped us back to the fire pit, where the cooler had been kept. He walked over to where it had been set the night before ... and frowned. Then he looked around the fire pit, then back at the same spot, then at us. "You don't know where the food is?" Zoe asked incredulously. Henry shook his head. "It's not that," he said. "It's that I think the food's been ... taken"--Page [4] of cover.

"What happened?" I asked, leaning against a folding chair as I tried to catch my breath. Julia glanced up at me coolly, and then reached for a box I hadn't noticed on the other side of the table. "Well, we received a disturbing package," she said. The box was about a foot square. Carefully angling it away from Carrie, Julia cracked the top of the box open. When I saw what was inside, my stomach roiled and I had to look away. Who would send something...

Joe and Frank investigate some pranks around Bayport, leading them to the Red Arrow, a crime gang.

Joe and Frank's winter break skiing holiday turns to horror when a series of deadly mishaps threaten their resort.

"Makayla and Liam Park have just moved into Deadwood Hill. While the house is new to them, a witch lived on that exact spot centuries ago. Liam discovers a Magic 8 Ball in the attic that knows things it shouldn't. Is it helpful or haunted? Cannot predict now!"--Page [4] od cover.

Master thief Robyn Hood must discover who is taking money from a local orphanage before the kids' fates are put in danger.

When a rival gang comes to town and starts stealing from innocent people, can master thief Robyn Hood find a way to give them a taste of their own medicine?

Makayla and Liam have discovered the missing girl is named Jo Ann. She is trapped in another dimension. The twins want to save her. Through the Magic 8 Ball, she tells them how to get there. It looks dangerous, but can they resist?--Provided by Publisher.

The Oliver family takes time away to explore an ancient cave. Samuel's father is keen on showing Samuel the cave, as his own father had done for him. The icy ascent to the cave's mouth is dangerous. Then the Olivers must endure a frigid swim. What treasures does the ancient cave hold for Samuel?

When several sailors are trapped in a sunken battleship, the Oliver family is called on to rescue them. But Samuel's father and uncle are too big to move in the sunken boat. So Samuel descends into the deep. Can Samuel find the sailors in the dangerous wreck and lead them to safety? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.