Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
A rumor that Blackbeard's buried treasure is somewhere near Tupelo Landing causes pirate fever to sweep through the town just as clues about Mo's Upstream Mother surface and the Desperado Detectives--aka sixth grader Mo LoBeau and her best friends Dale and Harm --take on the most important case of Mo's life.
Author
Language
English
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Hunter is awakened in the night by a large insect on his window screen, he's fascinated . . . at first. He's never seen a beetle so big. However, it flies away before he has a chance to get a good look at it. The very next day, Hunter's friend, Lindsay, has also had an experience with one of these large insects. . . and she's caught it in a shoebox! Unfortunately, it's chewed its way through the cardboard and escaped. Hunter, Lindsay, and Lindsay's...