Gary Paulsen

Dunc and his best friend Amos meet Eddie, a man who claims to be impersonating Blackbeard the pirate's ghost, but if that's true, why did flames shoot from his mouth? And what were the two men, Larry and Bill, hiding in the cellar at the old Rambridge house?

Al Murphy and Midge's plans to homestead go awry when an incident occurs that escalates into a bloody feud.

Dunc and Amos are bound for Uncle Woody's Santa Fe cattle ranch for a week of fun. Who's been making off with all the prize cattle? Can Dunc and Amos stop the rustlers in time to save the ranch?

Chris receives a computer game in the mail and quickly become obsessed with playing it.

A fifteen-year-old runaway discovers that a carnival's razzle-dazzle doesn't shield it from the cruelties of life.

Carley recalls the extraordinary summer when, as a troubled fourteen-year-old, he first came to northern Minnesota to stay with his blacksmith Uncle David and gained not only new skills but also a new sense of himself.

Dunc and Amos are invited to spend a week in Scotland, but when they arrive, strange groaning from the walls and creepy paintings convinve them that the castle is haunted.

Ten short stories in which the lives of young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.

"After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce." --