While visiting New York City in 1901, thirteen-year-old Mandie uncovers a mystery in the mansion where she is staying.

Lois Gladys Leppard, author of the ever-popular "Mandie" books, is back with a new adventure. Her fans asked for another story that brings Mandie and her friend, Jonathan Guyer, back together. In this new episode, Mandie and Celia travel to New York. But they hardly arrive at the Guyer's mansion when a robbery takes place--with Mandie and Jonathan in hot pursuit of the thief.

Mandie and her friends search for Mandie's aunt's missing turkey. In doing so, they uncover other mysteries including a missing doctor.

Mandie, Snowball, and Celia become trapped in a dark and creepy secret room in the schoolhouse basement. Can Mandie discover the meaning to the mysterious writing on the wall and find a way out?

Mandie and her friends search for a hidden mystery in the tunnel behind a crack in the wall.

On a cold night, a mysterious gift is left on the doorstep with an anonymous note attached that reads, "For Mandie". The box has fancy gift wrapping on the outside, but inside is what appears to be a childish jumble of holly--until Joe suggests it's a treasure map. Let the adventure begin!

"A radically funny, irreverent, satirical novel about a loan shark who is able to steal people's luck--perfect for fans of bestselling authors Christopher Moore and Chuck Palahniuk. Nick Monday is a private detective with a penchant for coffeehouse baristas and the ability to steal other people's luck. Politicians and celebrities. Lottery winners and game show contestants. Accident survivors and successful athletes. All it takes is a handshake and Nick walks away with their good fortune, which he sells on the black market to the highest bidder. But lately, business has been slow. So when the sexy daughter of San Francisco's mayor offers Nick $100,000 to find her father's stolen luck, Nick thinks this is his big break. But he soon ends up blackmailed by the feds, kidnapped by the Chinese mafia, and accosted by vegans and angry naked women with knives ... all while trying to save a ten-year-old kid with the purest luck he's ever seen. Hailed as "pitch-perfect" by The Washington Post and deemed "one of America's best satiric novelists" by Kirkus Reviews, Browne's masterful combination of humor and biting social commentary make for an irresistible read"--

Mandie enthusiasts and new Mandie fans will love volumes seven and eight of the MANDIE COLLECTION, following Mandie and her friends through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and beyond, from her home in North Carolina to New York City to Florida. Volume seven includes Mandie and the Courtroom Battle (#27), Mandie and Jonathan's Predicament (#28), and Mandie and the Unwanted Gift (#29).

Be careful what you wish for. Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hot-shot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates Nathaniel in front of his elders, Nathaniel decides to kick up his education a few notches and show Lovelace who's boss. With revenge on his mind, he summons the powerful djinni, Bartimaeus. But summoning Bartimaeus and controlling him are two different things entirely, and when Nathaniel sends the djinni out to steal Lovelace's greatest treasure, the Amulet of Samarkand, he finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion.

Late in getting back to school one evening, Mandie and Celia cut through a dark alley to save time. Mandie's locket slips off somewhere along the way, and the scary alley must be searched by lantern light. What they discover behind the old dilapidated warehouses will be a shock to Mandie and her readers. For children age 8 and older.