Nothing ever happens in Ondine, Louisiana—at least, not since the night that, more than fifteen years ago, Elijah Landry disappeared. But, when Elijah's ghost starts haunting Iris, Iris discovers clues that might implicate her father in Elijah's murder.

A man with an elaborate tattoo on his back is found floating facedown during a rice ceremony. Sixteen-year-old Seikei and his foster father, Judge Ooka, soon discover that the tattoo is a map leading to a treasure that could change the face of eighteenth-century Japan.

Nobody Owens, better known as Bod, is an ordinary boy, except he happens to live in a graveyard and has parents who are ghosts. While other living children go to school, Bod learns how to Fade, how to Haunt, and how to open ghoul-gates—skills that prove useful when Jack, the man who killed Bod's biological family, returns to town to finish what he started. Black-and-white illustrations.

Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there—the color of the sky is regulated by Earth Mother, a corporation that controls New Weather, and it almost never rains. Everyone fits into their rightful and predictable place. . . . Except Honor. She doesn’t fit in, but then she meets Helix, a boy with a big heart and a keen sense for the world around them. Slowly, Honor and Helix begin to uncover a terrible truth about life on the Island: Sooner or later, those who are unpredictable disappear . . . and they don’t ever come back.

In the eight month period since Enola Holmes ran away from home, she has rescued three missing persons and brought three dangerous criminals to justice. Now, in her toughest case yet, Enola must save Lady Cecily Alistair from an arranged marriage. Unfortunately, Enola's only clue is a message written in invisible ink on a pink paper fan: ?Help! I am being locked in my room and starved unless . . . Can Enola fill in the blanks and stay one step ahead of her brothers one of whom is Sherlock?

Zac, sixteen, lives in Gloucester, England, with his grandfather. Pops says that he and Zac are descendents of a Ghanaian king and heirs to a hidden fortune, but Zac doesn?t believe it. As far as Zac can tell, the only proof of his grandfather's claims are a series of diaries Pops wrote, plus the tribal marks on Zac's back - scars Pops put there. Then mysterious attackers kill Pops and steal his diaries, leaving Zac to solve the mysteries of his lineage and his grandfather's murder. Writer's note.

"There, under the rider's right arm, was a head unlike any head Morty had ever seen. It was ashy pale, with skin pulled tight against the skull, huge black eyes, and a mouth that reached from ear to ear." These twenty-two spooky tales, whoseorigins span the globe from Iceland to Hawaii, include a vengeful mermaid, a woman who turns her husband into a werewolf, and a physician whose severed head can talk. Black-and-white illustrations.

Scooter King is very excited when Harry Houdini comes to town, though he wishes Houdini didn't revel in exposing fake mystics-he could ruin Scooter's mother! Still, the boy can't wait to see the magician perform. Houdini's run at the local theater is plagued with trouble: a man is found murdered inside the Burmese Torture Tank and, during a performance, Houdini nearly drowns while attempting to escape from the same tank. Sure that these events are more than just bad luck, Scooter resolves to find out who wants to bring down Houdini. Afterword. Library edition with trade jacket added.

While packing up his late grandmother's house, Jason discovers a hidden postcard and an old pulp-fiction periodical. In the magazine, he reads a story written by a former boyfriend of his grandmother's. Though the story is supposedly fiction, Jason notices that the characters are remarkably like his grandmother and some of her acquaintances. And there's another strange coincidence: one character plans to send another character a postcard . . . "with a clue."

How are fingerprints, hair, and blood alike? Each can be traced to a specific person and can therefore be used as evidence in criminal investigations. Three stories of actual crimes solved using trace evidence are presented here in full-color graphic-novel format: Great Britain's first use of forensic detection helped convict two brothers of murder; stray hairs gave detectives a lead in a revenge killing; and a blood sample resolved a decades-old cold case. Glossary. Additional case summaries. Overviews of how a crime is investigated and how trace evidence is analyzed. Resource guide.

A famed acrobat nearly dies when he falls-right at Sherlock Holmes's feet-during a performance. Certain the fall was no accident, the teenage detective investigates. When he links the notorious Brixton gang to the attempted murder, Sherlock is excited: evidence leading to the gang's arrestis worth £500, enough to finance the education he so desperately wants. But can Sherlock ever convince the police to believe a poor, scruffy boy like him?

Mason, a teenage bard, "hadn't accomplished one thing he was proud of, hadn't written one line that he would bother memorizing." Tired of being ineffectual and poor, Mason seeks a job with Dirk Darlinger, the town's unctuous, self-important duke and only hero. Mason soon discovers, though, that Darlinger's heroics are a sham. Now Mason and his best friend, Cowel, must save the town from bloodthirsty fantastical creatures, even if neither boy can pass the "Is Your Hero a Dud or a Stud?" quiz.

Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes’ right-hand man—so when he goes missing, it’s a shock. Even Sherlock hasn’t, well, the slightest clue as to where he could be. Enola is intrigued, but weary; she’s still hiding from her older brothers—and getting involved could be disastrous. But when a bizarre bouquet shows up at the Watson residence, full of convolvulus, hawthorn, and white poppies, Enola must act. She dons her most discerning disguise yet to find the sender—and quickly, for Enola knows the blossoms symbolize death!

Peter and his father, Tomas, are woodcutters and have settled in the village of Chust, where the townspeople perform strange rites to keep away beings they call nosferatu[ital]. Tomas speaks contemptuously of their superstitions, but his behavior is odd. He insists they build their hut on an island, forbids Peter from discussing the mysterious box he carries with him, and drinks to forget painful memories he won't share. A Gypsy girl named Sofia thinks Tomas knows much more about the nosferatu[ital] than he lets on, and when the dead begin to rise from their graves, Tomas's secret past is finally revealed.

"What is the Smekday holiday? How has it changed in the year since the aliens left? You may use your own personal experiences from the alien invasion to make your points." Gratuity "Tip" Tucci isn't sure where to begin her essay about Smekday. Should she start with her mother's alien abduction? Or maybe with the Boov taking over Earth-er, Smekland. Well, as long as she gets in all the details about driving her hover-car cross-country and her cat saving the human race, it probably doesn't matter how she begins.

1942: Fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone is glad to leave war-torn London behind and return to his father's teak plantation in Burma, where he lived as a small child. There he meets Mya, an aspiring mahout[ital mahout] whose family tends the plantation's elephants, and Hilltop, a mysterious monk. Then the Japanese army arrives. Nick becomes a prisoner in his own room, and his father is sent to a labor camp. With the help of Hilltop and a rogue elephant named Hannibal, Nick and Mya must escape and rescue their families.

David Crandall was destined to attend The Arsenal, a strict private school. His father is the headmaster, and a long, successful line of David's relatives have graduated from the school. With his grades David is unlikely to follow their examples, but that's not his only problem. He's an outcast at school, he loses his spot on the rifle team to a girl, and he has barely spoken to his father since his mother died. Worst of all, David suspects his father of her murder.

A man accused of murder professes his innocence to teenager Sherlock Holmes, who's been intrigued by the case ever since reading about it in the daily police newspaper. Sherlock is happy to skip school to investigate the murder, even though he has promised his parents he'll stop playing truant. Using keen observation and deduction, Sherlock amasses enough evidence to convince the police they may have the wrong man. Then they arrest a new suspect-Sherlock!