An Avon Camelot book

Gives the facts behind a variety of superstitions.

A collection of jokes and riddles, including knock-knocks, tongue twisters, and one-liners.

In 1849 eleven-year-old Luke leaves his family's farm home in Iowa, accepts his uncle's offer of a chance for an education, and travels with his relative to Boston.

After his stepfather becomes an abolitionist, ten-year-old Joseph struggles with his own thoughts about slavery as he sees its divisive power in his small Kentucky town.

Erin and her science project partner Tiffany become lost in the snow-covered Sierra mountains when Erin leads them on a trek to find her missing baby-sitter.

Sylvester Noodle experiences a very strange upside down day, in which he finds furniture on the ceiling and everything at school turned around.

Discusses violence in society and in the home, its various causes, and possible ways to prevent it.

Samuel Westing's will mentions sixteen heirs, one of whom may be a murderer.

Cousins Kip and Larry investigate the rash of mysterious fires in their community.

Describes the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the small group of English colonists who settled on Roanoke Island in 1587.