Byars, Betsy Cromer

Abandoned by a mother who is hiding from the FBI, Warren escapes into horror movie fantasies while he waits for her return.

Best friends Jackson and Goat make up a series of treasure hunts, but the results are disastrous due to the interference of Goat's older sister, otherwise known as the ogre.

A boy discovers that he doesn't have to feel personally responsible for his uncle's drowning.

Thirteen-year-old Birch encourages her grandfather to fulfill his dream of flying his old Piper Cub plane from South Carolina to California and then informs him that she is coming along.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.

Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon.

Herculeah meets a murder mystery writer, and has the uneasy feeling that he knows more about murder than he should.

The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.

A sixth-grade boy deals with the prospect of a new baby brother and a long-distance love relationship.

As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up.