A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World Warr II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Author's note details the murder. of over one millionchildren by the Nazis during the 1930's and 1940s.
Because Captain Scratch thinks Oliver Finch can see ghosts, he shanghais the boy abroad a pirate ship bound from Nantucket in search of buried treasure. Devious methods enable Oliver to outwit Scratch.
A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost.".
Twelve-year-old Annyrose, left behind when her brother joins the Gold Rush, escapes the unscrupulous woman with whom she is staying and sets out on a grand adventure with the notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws.
Twelve-year-old Jake sets off on an adventure through the Old West, accompanied by Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, in an attempt to find out what really happened to his missing father, Sam.
