fiction

In 1860, eleven-year-old Annie, who lives at the Red Buttes Pony Express station in the Nebraska Territoryasks Pony Express rider Billy Cody to help her find the person responsible for sabotaging her favorite pony Magpie.

In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons whileher father is away fightingin World War I, twelve- year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a Germanspy.

Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during theWar of 1812, eleven-year-old Elisabet determines to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom her imprisoned father.

Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphaned boy who is suddenly whisked off to London to be educated as a gentleman. It takes him many years to discover who his benefactor is, and when he does he gets a shock.

When Eddie Ball finds out about the Finkies poetry contest-a chance to a million dollars just by sinking a foul ball at the NBA finals-he realizes it could be the end of his and his mother's problems. But someone really wants Eddie to shoot an air ball, and will do anything to sabotage the million dollar shot.

Their search for a kidnapped boy leads Frank & Joe right to a crazed scientist's deserted laboratory deep in the isolated Canadian wilderness.

Frank & Joe take on the case of a friend who suspectsthat his father was murdered in a chemical plant fire five years ago.

While trying to help Annie, the new girl in town, Joeaccidently runs down her old boyfriend, Phil. Joe's in a tight spot, but Annie seems afraid to help. Then the Hardys learn that Phil is the prime suspect in a milliondollar diamond robbery and Annie may be invloved.

Frank and Joe investigate the disappearance of Cyril Baynard, a shady investment counselor who's been dating the boys' aunt Gertrude and to whom she entrusted her life savings. His clerk has just been found murdered, and it looks like the bullet was meant for Baynard. When Aunt Gertrude is the chief suspect, the Hardys have to act fast.

Callie Shaw disappears while shooting a video for her summer class at UCLA. Frank & Joe drop everything and fly out to look for her. The moment they start to investigate, the situation explodes. During their search of Callie's room, someone greets them with a firebomb.