Betsy Haynes

When her boyfriend is arrested and charged with murdering the school guidance counselor, seventeen-year-old Ashlyn tries to find the real killer.

Deadly Deception

Attack of the Killer Ants (Haynes, Betsy//Bone Chillers)

Relates the trials of a thirteen-year-old slave girl at the beginning of the Civil War.

Cowslip

The popularity trap

Melanie tries the seven tips for flirting that she read in a teen magazine and finds that they work too well.

The trouble with flirting

Two sixth-grade girls find a baby girl abandoned on the front steps of their school.

Taffy Sinclair, Baby Ashley, and Me

Elizabeth Winfrey

Toilet Terror (Haynes, Betsy//Bone Chillers)

Lorna and Scotti, two best friends, have a problem--their mothers. So, they decide to switch moms for a while with surprising results.

The great Mom swap

Charley's summer at the beach promises to be uneventful until the ghost of a sailor who died in 1712 persuades him to help dig for buried treasure.

The Ghost of the Gravestone Hearth

Jana Morgan and the other members of the "Fabulous Five" encounter new challenges as they move on to Wakeman Junior High School and discover new rivals, "The Fantastic Foursome"

Seventh-grade Rumors

Sherry Shahan

Jason begins to lose control of the story he is writing on his computer, when Blowtorch, the main character, tries to escape from jail against Jason's wishes.

Blowtorch@psycho.com

The Against Taffy Sinclair Club

Joni, Crystal, and Su-Su decide to start their own teen advice hotline, and their first call involves a secretive boyfriend

Sneaking Around

A chilling thriller that forms part of the Bone Chillers series of stories for children.

Beware the Shopping Mall (BC 1)

Larkin Quinn can't wait until her heart transplant surgery is over so she can awaken to the beautiful and fun life she's desired. But from the moment she opens her eyes, her world is dominated by terrifying nightmares where she is trapped underwater and blocked from reaching the surface. She wakes up each time screaming and drenched in sweat. She needs to understand what these dreams mean. Are they messages from her heart donor? She fears he is demanding his life back in exchange for hers and wants revenge. Even more frustrating is that no one believes her about the nightmares. Why won't anyone, not even her boyfriend Paul, help her? Larkin has to figure out what is going on with her new heart before it kills her.

To Die for

Vowing after an unfair detention that she will always listen to both sides of a story, Katie Shannon finds her resolve tested when she is appointed as a judge on Wakeman Junior High's new Teen Court.

Her Honor, Katie Shannon

Little Pet Shop of Horrors (BC 2)

A big party is coming up at school, and a girl calling herself "Too Many Guys" says she accepted invitations from two different boys. From their descriptions, dateless Su-su thinks one of them is the guy she has been worshipping from afar. She can't help wondering--would he be willing to take her to the dance?

Too Many Guys

Gene Hult

The latest installment in a series that is the basis of a Saturday morning cartoon finds Isabella having second thoughts about her attraction to gargoyles after the kids in her building begin to disappear. Original.

Queen of the Gargoyles, The (BC 16)

While manning the homework hotline, Christie becomes caught in a real-life mystery when an unknown caller repeatedly warns Christie about fires being set all over town.

Betsy Haynes

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