Christina is not looking forward to spending the summer with Uncle Ralph. She dreads the long days in the spooky, isolated Victorian mansion especially because Uncle Ralph dislikes her and there are no childen nearby to play with. Things change, however, when she sees the ghostly figure of a small, sad boy who mysteriously disappears before she can talk to him. Convinced that he's a ghost, Christina sets out to discover why he's there. Could he be linked to the murders that happened in the house thirty years before? And what evil, chilling presence is lurking in the attic? Betty Ren Wright adroitly combines a suspenseful tale fo the supernatural with the touching story of two very different people who learn to like each other....

Roddy Hall is excited when he overhears his mother saying that "Princess" can come to visit--he's always wanted a dog. But much to his chagrin, Princess turns out not to be a dog, but rather the obnoxious daughter of a family friend, and she's staying for the whole week. One night Princess, Roddy, and his friend Jacob notice a mysterious car pull up to the abandoned house at the end of the street. Could it be a burglar? Or worse yet, a ghost? Princess is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of the haunted house, and against his better judgment, Roddy goes along with her. They sneak out of the house to investigate during a thunderstorm--but will they be ready for what they might find?...

When a blizzard blows into town on Billy’s tenth birthday, he is convinced his day is ruined. But as the winds begin picking up and the snow falls heavier, things don’t turn out as he expected. Billy’s house is the nearest one to school, and it looks as though he will be having a few after-school guests for a slumber party bigger than any celebration he could have planned!...

Although a blizzard prevents his cousins from visiting for his birthday, a disappointed Billy ends up having a very special day when his teacher and classmates must stay overnight at his family's house to wait out the snowstorm....

Charli's excited about the Crandall family's newest endeavor-to fix up the town's old mansion and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast-at first. She even volunteers to help. Then strange things begin to happen. Charli hears someone singing-but no one one is there. She sees the shadow of a rocking cradle-but there is no cradle. And then she hears a baby crying, and crying... Something terrible happened in the old house many years ago. And it may happen again, unless Charli can figure out how to stop the past from repeating itself....

Discovering an old-fashioned dollhouse in a dusty attic, Amy is unaware that the dollhouse holds a deadly, forgotten secret about a past murder, and the dolls decide that Amy must learn the truth. Reprint. SLJ. AB. ...

When a confident girl nicknamed Princess arrives to spend a week at Roddy's house, she encourages him to hel[ her investigate the suspicious activities happening at a supposedly haunted house....

Charli is excited when her uncle decides to buy the Crandalls’ old mansion and make it a bed-and-breakfast – at first. But then strange things start to happen and Charli discovers that something terrible happened in the Crandalls’ house many years ago. And it may happen again, unless Charli can figure out how to stop the past from repeating itself.

This page-turner received the Land of Enchantment Award, was named a Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, and was on several state Master Lists, including the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Master List, the Mark Twain Master List, and the Iowa Children’s Choice Award Master List....