M. Kate Allen – författare

Crystal Winters has always stood out among the other kids, sporting blue hair, a razor-sharp mind, and a craving for adventure. On her tenth birthday, her parents give her permission to ride her bike beyond their immediate neighborhood. She rides far and finds a spooky mansion abandoned in the woods. Will she dare to cross the threshold and explore what lies within?

Michelle Lobos is thrilled to be at summer camp at last, even though Terry Groulx just won''t leave her alone. In a moment of solitude, however, she discovers something shocking about the labyrinth on the floor of the camp lodge. Later on, the mystery of the labyrinth deepens. Is what her mother told her about labyrinths true? Does she have the courage to find out?

Angela Bridges is preparing to enter Cleveland''s first bi-annual urban development contest. When memories of the past collide with the present, how will she shape her future and the future of her beloved city?

Third grade is over and Jasmine Lin has just finished building a dollhouse all by herself. She''s excited for summer to begin. The day after she finishes her dollhouse, however, she discovers her dollhouse at the end of Arcadia Lane. It''s not just her dollhouse-it''s human-sized. How did it get there? Who built it? And what will she find inside?

When Evi Wald was a young girl, she learned the art of shepherding from her mother by day and listened to her mother''s fairy tales at night. Now she shepherds her own flock with the help of her dogs, Bric and Brac. But strange sights and sounds are coming from the Black Forest near her hut, and she''s beginning to wonder if there is more to her mother''s fairy tales than she once thought...