D.J. learns a powerful lesson about responsibility and doing what is right.

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On a camping trip D.J., bitten by a flea that may carry bubonic plague, is caught in a forest fire. His only way to safety is rafting the Mad River. But that trip carries its own dangers ...

D.J. Dillon and his buddy Alfred don't believe in ghosts. So they volunteer to help a local school teacher find out what's going on in an old mansion she has inherited. Peculiar noises and sights shake their confidence. Soon they aren't so sure about ghosts.

Summary: Willie MacMichael, a mechanical genius who masters every trade and skill he sets his hand to, finally learns to use his talents to serve other people.

D.J. Dillon's latest adventure begins one night in the darkened woods when D.J. and his buddy Alfred hear a weird noise. Suddenly, a strange new boy appears and tells them he's just seen a white racoon. Is he telling the truth?

Twenty-two short stories featuring animals in a religious setting.

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Thirteen-year-old D.J. gets a bad case of "gold fever" when he and Alfred accidentally discover an abandoned--and mysteriously dangerous--gold mine.