Despite the help of the Pest, some amazing inventions, and his best friend, Shoie, Alvin still wonders whether even he can solve the Huntley mystery.

Despite the help of the Pest, some amazing inventions, and his best friend, Shoie, Alvin still wonders whether even he can solve the Huntley mystery.

While running a swap shop, a group of youngsters become involved in the mystery of a sunken ship.

"A vote for Alvin is a vote for action!" That was Alvin Fernald's campaign slogan. And action is exactly what Riverton gets when Alvin takes over as Mayor for a day. This funny, fast paced two act play gives each actor at least one starring scence. Most important, it offers pointed insights into human behavior - juvenile and adult"--P. [4] of cover.

Alvin, Shoie, and Daphne help a professor figure out a coded message in hopes of finding a copy of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln himself, and hidden by Caleb, a former slave who later lived in the White House.

Alvin Fernald’s “Magnificent Brain” has a life of its own. In fact, somehow or other it has come up with the winning grand prize recipe in a candy-making contest—and no one, including Alvin, can figure out quite how it happened. Now, as guests of the Kitchenmate Appliance Company, Alvin, his friend Shoie, and his sister Daphne (“The Pest”) take off for a whirlwind tour of Europe. Having just come to the edge of flunking a class in economics (Magnificent Brain, where were you?), Alvin is about to be given a practical—and perilous—lesson in international trade. Mystery, ingenuity—and, well bicycles—hilariously collide in this next book about Alvin by the former editor of Popular Mechanics Magazine, Clifford B. Hicks.

The six members of the Mad Scientists' Club experiment with new projects which include investigating a strange sea monster and the theft of a valuable dinosaur egg.

Age Range: 10 and up. Author Henry Garnett brings to life the drama of a nation where unjust laws forced good men and women to choose between their country and their Faith.

The story of Tal, a little orphan boy, and the adventures that befell him on the amazing journey to the land of Troom. His companions were the wise old man Noom-Zor-Noom and the talking donkey Millitinkle.

Alvin's pollution project is geared to expose the biggest polluter in town--the owner of the chemical plant.