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.
