Finding a dead body impaled on a tree thirty feet in the air would be enough to rattle anyone…But Matt Brennan isn't rattled. He has other worries — like getting Lonely Lake Lodge opened and sold, so he can return to his career as an RCMP officer. This body isn't his problem. Or is it?When his brother Brian is charged with the murder, Matt's priorities change. Mired in the day-to-day challenges of operating a remote wilderness lodge, he must somehow find th...

You can tell readers how much an elephant eats. You can reveal key moments in Babe Ruth’s life. You can list facts about Mars, airplanes, or Halloween. You can write excellent reports!

Runaway orphan Elizabeth learns about life as a misfit pirate, being brave, and finding a true home in this adventurous and heartwarming series. Tighten your sword belt and get ready for a wild ride as Elizabeth journeys the high seas, investigates a mystery with her friends, and sneaks aboard a ship to find treasure. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.Full contents:Book 1: The Jinx...

With her best friends off enjoying Paris and her mom expressing disapproval at every turn, Tamika Warren knows her summer can’t get any worse. Then her family gets the news that her great-aunt has fallen into a coma. Tamika is stuck joining her mom in Virginia to prepare Aunt Lati’s old farmhouse for when she wakes up. As if that weren’t bad enough, a friendly neighbor describes the farmhouse as “haunted.” Tamika is stunned from the moment she steps into the farmhouse–but from the beautifu...

You can wish your cousin a happy birthday. You can share the latest news from school. You can ask your favorite basketball star for playing tips. You can write great letters and e-mails!

Anyone who visits Pinterest can quickly see that it is different from other social media apps. Instead of focusing on other people’s likes, this app allows users to celebrate their own interests. Created in 2010 by a man with a fondness for collecting, the app is now available to anyone over the age of thirteen. In 2022, Pinterest became the third most popular social media app in the United States, with 40 percent of teens using it to organize and display photos, artwork, and more. Part of...

The Monster Hunters are back for more! Gabe, his brother Ben, and his best friends Sean and Tyler are off on a cross-country adventure. They track down cryptids—mythical legendary creatures that may actually exist—and help Ben film his Internet show, Discover Cryptids. What monstrous encounter will they face next? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.Full contents:Confront the Goat ManDis...

You can tell readers how much an elephant eats. You can reveal key moments in Babe Ruth’s life. You can list facts about Mars, airplanes, or Halloween. You can write excellent reports!

Up2U Adventures—where the ending is Up2U! Ana thinks that her new school is very strange. Middlehurst Elementary School has a lot of rules. And everyone follows them. Or else. When Ana and her new friend Bryce discover a secret passage, they know that something suspicious is going on. Will they discover the school is a secret training ground, an illegal experiment, or something else? The ending is Up2U, so which ending will you choose? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a d...

Gabe Brown's brother Ben has his own show on the Internet called Discover Cryptids. Gabe and his friends Tyler and Sean help Ben hunt down these monsters and make sure the show goes on! For this episode the Monster Hunters travel to West Virginia in search of the Mothman. Some of the locals think the creature might be an owl. But if so, what exactly had they seen in the woods? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a divisio...

Thirteen-year-old Tom Goodwin is not happy about moving hundreds of miles away from his best friend, thanks to his dad’s new job. His new classmates think his Boston accent is weird, his new school is seriously old, and his new friends—just kidding. He has no new friends here. But at least he’s not as weird as Lata Seth, a fellow eighth grader who skips class to stare at an empty wall of the school hallway in the belief that a door will randomly appear there. Sure, she’s sad because her si...

The first in a new mystery series—for quilters and mystery lovers alike!Former antiquities bounty hunter, Julie Ellis, is on the run, trying to stay one stiletto step ahead of her past. She accepts a position as manager of the Quilt Haus Inn in Missouri wine country, thinking it the perfect place to keep a low profile and start a new, less-dangerous career. It is—until Daniel Franklin walks through the door and asks for a room.Daniel claims he's come to Str...