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Two boys follow a hobo into town to see where he goes. What they find out leads them on the biggest adventure of their lives.
Matt nudged Wilson aside to look into the window himself. “The hobo’s coming out!” He grabbed Wilson by the arm and pulled him around the corner and out of sight, just as the man stepped out onto the sidewalk.
“I’m going to be in here for another twenty minutes,” the hobo shouted. “Maybe you two should sit in the shade and wait. I’d hate to see you get sunstroke!”
A touch of fear and a twinge of embarrassment raced through their hearts.
“You owe me a lot more than a cold drink. I’m so out of here!” Matt groaned.
Wilson peeked around the corner of the b | |  | | Newshounds
Two high school freshmen students become reporters for the local newspaper and stumble across an old graveyard mystery.
NEWSHOUNDS
By Christy Davis
Jadee has dreamed about becoming a reporter for as long as she can remember. Suddenly at the age of fourteen her dream job lands right in her lap. On one of her assignments for the local hometown newspaper, she and her co-reporter Scott stumble across an old graveyard mystery. In 1942 a fire had completely destroyed a home, taking the entire Bentley family with it. Seven headstones rest in the cemetery, but only six names were ever listed in the paper. Who was Melissa J?
Between collecting pieces of this mystery and the everyday adventures of | |  | | Newshounds 2
This is the second book in the short series called NEWSHOUNDS. The kids are back with a new mystery to solve.
To her horror, Jadee has been elected the Spanish Club President, and Scott has never let her live it down. Every week he makes a point to torment her about it, and now she's determined to get even. Revenge is the only thing on Jadee's mind, until Coach Larsen needs her help to catch a thief. Frustrated with Scott's attitude, she decides to look elsewhere for assistance in solving this new case. But who? And just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, Willy Turner's new found devotion to her, for saving his life, constantly gets Jadee into trouble.
Between being a fres | |  | | Scary Story by Christy Davis
Do you believe in ghosts? Neither did Elyse's friends. And now - they're missing!
‘Why hadn’t they listened? What were they trying to prove?’ She shook the thoughts from her head. A tear escaped the corner of her eye and she wiped it away.
As soon as they realized Elyse had the key to the front door, her friends wanted it. They begged for it! So she took them in the middle of the day. Just like they wanted. She turned the key in the lock and shoved the door open. Just like they wanted. And as they stepped inside, the house seemed to swallow them in darkness.
Elyse watched until the very last one was gone, then she closed the door and left them | |  | | The Mountain of Stone
The kids find a message sealed inside an old bottle which leads them on a fantastic treasure hunt!
"New rules,” David tossed Nate his backpack. “From now on no one wanders off, everyone sticks together and no one takes off their pack. Not unless it's absolutely necessary, understand?”
Nate caught his pack and strapped it on, “Why, what’s wrong?”
John scanned the area with his light, "Someone or something cut our rope. We’re trapped in here unless we can find another way out.”
“Cut our rope?” Nate frowned. “Who would cut our rope?”
John shrugged, “I don’t know. I just know this is way more dangerous than we thought. Make sure your packs are shut tigh |
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