Adventure, mystery, and excitement repeatedly thrust 13-year-old D. J. Dillon into the kind of trouble young readers love. A favorite of beginning readers, families, and teachers, this popular series follows D. J.'s adventures with bears and other wild animals in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The chapter books are fun to read and reinforce traditional family values. Each story has a subtle evengelical tone as well. A glossary is included in the back of each book that helps build vocabulary. This set is the first five books in the series.

Thirteen-year-old D.J. would rather have a collie than an ugly hound dog until he and Zero join a Christian preacher on a bear hunt in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Josh Ladd joins officers of the Alaskan Fish and Game Department to fly a tranquilized "nuisance" bear from Anchorage to be released in a primitive area. Bad weather forces the float plane down where it sinks in a remote mountain lake.

These captivating stories are great for young boys (and girls) from ages 8 to 12. Twelve-year-old Josh Ladd longs to see his best friend who moved to Hawaii. On the way home from his California school Josh is approached by a stranger asking suspicious questions. This small incident turns into major danger when Josh and his family fly to Hawaii and the mysterious stranger follows them. The friends are thrust into all kinds of high adventure throughout the 15-book series. Each book is teeming with adventure and enforces Christian ethics and morals. These books are great for reluctant readers.

Erin Hunter, the #1 nationally bestselling author of the Warriors and Seekers series, is back with book three in the action-packed Survivors animal fantasy series. Every dog must stand together to survive—or their new world will destroy them. After a violent enemy attack threatened both the Wild and Leashed Packs, Lucky knows that the dogs' only hope for survival is to unite. The Wild Pack's ruthless Alpha reluctantly agrees to let Bella and the Leashed Dogs join them—but after learning of Lucky's role as a spy, Alpha casts him out of the Pack and orders him to never return. Lucky tries to be happy to have his freedom again, but the forest and ruined city are treacherous for a Lone Dog. For the first time since the Big Growl, Lucky is desperate to have other dogs by his side. But it might be too late. . . .

Setting Glengarrif, Cork and Dublin Ireland, 1798. Modern Radio DJ Tara O'Neill is thrust back in time to 18th Century Ireland. She is captured by British solders and saved from them by Lord Dillon, who takes her into his protection. Tara has lost her memory. Unknown to her, Lord Dillon leads a secret life as Captain Midnight, the local leader of the United Irishmen attempting to free Ireland from British rule. Will she be able to prevent her lover from becoming a casualty in a cause destined to fail?