A film-noir novel featuring a hard-boiled, narcoleptic teenage PI who solves mysteries for his fellow high schoolers.

Dr. Rick and Jack, tired of work and school, dream about going to Hawaii and becoming beach bums. Mysteriously, they are suddenly on the beach collecting some cool coral and a few pieces of lava rock. Free from work and school seemed like a great idea but it doesn't take long for Jack to realize that what he had at home might have been better than he thought. Jack was not sure if the whole thing was real or a dream but what he did learn for sure is there is no place like home! A humorous story with a fun twist at the end that will help children realize the value of a shower, breakfast and a toothbrush.

Old Feller Storyteller, with his raggedy tangle of a beard, can't resist meddling. He sends Jill on an incredible adventure in search of Jack. She enters a story-world of magicians and dragons, floating castles and beautiful princesses, golden apples of immortality and the most gruemon giant of all time. She finds brave Jacks, cowardly Jacks, daft jacks, clever Jacks and good-for-nothing Jacks. And very soon Jill finds herself in a story of her own...

Jack Cannon and his team of detectives have an incredible adventure ahead of them in the wonderous land of Pierrany. When a magical girl named Jade arrives at the Cannon household in the middle of the night, she comes with urgency and whisks Jack, Teddy, Stacey, Veronica and Grandpa Telly away to a whole other world. As they arrive in Pierrany, the young detectives must work through some social issues they are dealing with. Veronica has pulled away from the team to "focus on her schoolwork" and has become isolated. At the same time, Teddy is trying to work toward his own identity, feeling as though he has been lost in Jack's shadow. As the kids work through issues of their own, Grandpa Telly begins to remember Pierrany, a place he somehow once visited as a child with Jade long, long ago. The detectives encounter a wide array of interesting characters as well as dangerous creatures in this fascinating world that threatens their very existence. But the team forges ahead as they realize they have powers of their own in this magical place and must come together to conquer evil and stave off the dark powers of Pierrany that threaten not only this world, but their world, in this, Part I of the two-part adventure!

"Laura and her bulldog, Jack, shared one exciting adventures after another growing up together on the wild frontier!" -- Cover of print edition.

Relates the tale of Jack who, after trading his mother's milk cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk to seek his missing father in the land of giants.

"While disguised as a boy, Jacky Faber experiences adventure and romance on the high seas"--