Written for about 3rd grade: Jane and her brother, Chris, spend each summer at their family's cottage on Kings Lake in Michigan in the 1950's. They spend their time swimming and boating, but wonder about a strange man who lives across the road. He is seen coming down to the lake sometimes, but he rarely talks to people. That's why they call him Strange-O. This summer, Chris finds a metal figure of a dolphin in his own family's...

A young boy describes his experiences with various desert phenomena. He traces the paths of lightning across a monsoon sky with his eyes and watches the world turn reddish brown as a dust storm approaches. He sees the sunset as the product of a giant squeezing tubes of paint from below the horizon and canyon walls as layers from the mud, sun, and parched-land years. The desert provides wonderful sensations for him to explore....

A recent bank robbery. A saddened man. A coded message. Can they all be connected? Young Sleuth Holly Ward is determined to help the man. It’s not long before she too comes under assault from a group of dangerous individuals. In the face of intimidation, abduction and even murder can Holly solve the clues and catch the criminals before she becomes the next Stolen Treasure?...