As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.
When items at the ski chalet on Blue Mountain are missing, friends Jeff, David, and Claire are suspected of stealing, and they must find the culprit to clear their names.
In 1818, Carlito, an eleven-year-old boy in the Spanish-owned town of Monterey, California, sees his quiet life threatened when the Argentinian privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard attacks with his pirate ships.
The cousins discover a stranger sneaking into the local dump. Broken things start disappearing all over town, and then, reappearing, repaired and refurbished.
Lost Island was off limits -- until now. Jeff and David are going to the deserted island to search for clues -- and hidden treasure. Town legend tells of a robber and a secret cave, but the brothers have to piece the truth together.
When camper disappears from the dangerous lookout at Skull Cliff, cousins, Jeff, David, and Claire wonder if it is the old town curse at work. Then a ransom note is discovered and everyone is in search of a kidnapper.
It's the middle of the night when Jeff spots someone dumping a large bundle into the lake. It's too dark to identify anyone or anything. But the cousins immediately suspect foul play, and plunge right into the mystery.
."Jeff, David, and Claire love their winter break jobs at the ski chalet on Blue Mountain where they get to snowboard and go sledding between shifts of cleaning and tending to the grounds. But when things start going missing from the chalet, the cousins find themselves prime suspects..."--P. [4] of cover.
