Central Kansas Library System

"Seventeen-year-old Stella has no recollection of the day her best friend disappeared while the two, then six, were picking strawberries, until the corpse of a similar girl turns up and Stella not only begins to remember, she learns that something dark has been at work in their little town for generations."--Provided by publisher.

Jack's five-year-old neighbor goes missing shortly after he had seen him riding near the Pine Barrens, and when a man emerges from the woods, claiming to have been chased by something all night, Jack wonders if the fifteen-foot-tall pyramid, the circus outside of town, or other mysteries could be responsible for the strange occurrences.

Ollie learns that the kitten she and Pumpkin, her cat, have been playing with is lost, but after returning it she needs Pumpkin's help to find her own way home.

Kona the labrador, Gwendolyn the hermit crab, and Murray the bat help a lost bobcat kitten find his family after being swept down the mountain from the rain.

Stray dog GoGo stumbles upon the gift of friendship and the promise of home while wandering the delight-filled night market in Taipei.

"Be careful of the dark, dark wood... Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows the truth. She and the Walker women before her have always shared a special connection with the woods. And it's this special connection that leads Nora to Oliver Huntsman -- the same boy who disappeared from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago -- and in the middle...

Stranded alone while vacationing in the Adirondacks, twelve-year-old best friends Kat Wolfe and Harper Lamb leave their snug cabin to search for a missing witness in a criminal case, while a blizzard nears.

"What? Wait! Is that a little girl running onto the highway? Right in front of us? Oh my gosh!" Only a hair-raising rescue can save a small child from certain death, but who is the mystery girl? Where did she come from? What happened to her family? Why is she out in Arizona's rugged canyon country, just outside Prescott, all by herself? What happens to her if there are no answers? And is one mystery about to become two? How is that even possible?...