Howe, James

As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.

Presents twelve short stories that examine how young people deal with different types of loss.

Fourteen-year-old Nick signs up for a baby-sitting and child care class to be near a beautiful new girl at school, but his first attempts at real baby-sitting prove to be less than successful.

After Eric moves away he sends cryptic notes to Sebastian and David, who attempt to make sense of them by investigating a mysterious death.

When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.

The Monroe family pets are again boarded at Chateau Bow-Wow, where some spooky goings-on serve as a distraction from the kennel's poor food.

While their family is away, Harold and Chester, a dog and a cat, are boarded at Chateau Bow-Wow where Chester becomes increasingly alarmed by the strange behavior of his fellow guests and the sudden disappearance of one of them.

The pets in the Monroe household become concerned when they see a poster of the Amazing Karlovsky pulling a rabbit out of a hat that looks very much like their vampire bunny Bunnicula.

While setting up a homeless shelter at the church, Sebastian and his friends, Corrie and David, solve the mystery of a dead man found in an abandoned inn.

Simon is sure there that he hears monsters breathing under his bed at night.