I loved the adventures of the twelve kids who are working their way through the library, after being a part of a "lock-in" and challenged to get out by the next morning.The library in Mr. Lemoncello's, master board game maker, has been defunct for many years. Now there is a new state of the art t...
Officer Danny Boyle is excited. After his efforts in solving the tilt a whirl murder, it's an open secret that he will be offered a full time position on the Sea Haven, NJ police force. During the week before Labor Day, Danny is celebrating with a few close friends on the beach late at night wh...
I love this series. It keeps getting better with every book & they also can be read out of order or as stand alones they are that great. The way Danny narrates is so much better than the traditional way of third person confusion. The reality TV references like it was Jersey Shore was so great and...
The Hanging Hill is Grabenstein’s sequel to The Crossroads, and in some respects it is an even better read. The protagonist Zack is funnier and more well-rounded, and there were flights of imagination that had me laughing out loud. There is an exciting mystery, and of course, more ghosts for Zack...
I really liked all these books in this series. At first they seem hard to follow because so many characters are introduced so fast, and they don't seem related at all. But after a while you start to see how everything is woven together, and you might just learn something along the way. These book...
ZACK, HIS DAD, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father’s hometown, not knowing that their new house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a fiery crash, and his...
The black heart crypt is the fourth book in the series and I read books 1 and 2. They were pretty good although they were kind of comfusing in the beginning.This book is about a boy named Zack and he comes from a family who can see and hear ghosts. It's almost Halloween, the time of the year when...
said Jake, as he held the radar disc over the sand trap. Riley glanced over at Larry and Curly. The two men were keeping mum. Pouting out their lower lips. Sniffing. Twitching. Yep. Another confirmation. They knew exactly where they had buried a big stack of whatever toxic chemicals Mr. Paxton an...
I yelled at the towering statue silently standing atop his granite pedestal. “These are the same people who told those hoodlums to pull you down last night. Remember how that felt? That rope around your neck? Hello? Is anybody awake in there?” Maybe there was only so much excess life force to go ...
Libris “Hide behind that building!” Billy shouted at Jack. “Hurry.” Jack ran behind the cinder-block structure. “N-n-now what?” said Walter as the whole forest trembled every time the giant stepped closer. “We need to make up our own fairy tale,” said Billy. The giant shoved aside two leafy treet...
Heck, he strode into every place that way. This was his town. He was the law. When he said jump, people said, “How high?” and “Off what bridge, sir?” Riley Mack’s mother was working teller window three. No wonder the boy was such a troublemaker. It was a Saturday, school was out, and here she was...
Our brand new cop car is where Murray parked it: haphazardly angled against the curb. “Guess we should give Dylan a ticket,” I crack, trying to break some of the father-son tension, which has to be higher than the humidity. It’s at 98 percent. I know because my shirt just attached itself to my ba...
Used to be home to Rex the Wonder Dog and the diving horses. I kid you not. Real, live horses would clip-clop up this forty-foot ramp, and do a four-legged half-gainer into the Atlantic Ocean. Kids lapped it up. These days, the Steel Pier’s home to a bunch of rides: bumper cars, crazy mouse, flip...
“The reason Dr. Rosen was so tired this morning was because, last night, Monae drove him to The Trattoria, a restaurant on Ocean Avenue.” The Trattoria is one of Sea Haven’s swankiest dining spots. They charge so much, they only have like ten tables and a back room for “private affairs.” “Michael...
She wanted to thank the two brownies for finding the absolutely perfect gift for Kaio Tanaka. She yanked open the door and knelt on the floor so she could talk to her backpack. “You guys?” “Yes?” said the professor from inside the bag. “That ham and sausage box you made for Kaio was awesome! Appa...