While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.
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Gregory Christian
Town legend tells of a robber, treasure, and a secret cave on a deserted island, so Jeff and David, two brothers, and their cousin Claire, try to get to the bottom of the mystery by going to Lost Island to search for clues.
When Jeff spots someone dumping a large bundle into the lake, the cousins suspect foul play, and before they know it, they are all in danger.
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. In a diary format, this novel chronicles the hardships that pioneers endured during a trip west on the Oregon Trail.
Cousins Jeff, David, and Claire investigate the possible haunting of their schoolhouse.
When items around town disappear, then reappear fixed and freshly painted, Jeff, David and Claire are confused. What kind of thief repairs and returns stolen goods?
The diary of Eleanor, first daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, from 1136 until 1137, when at age fifteen she becomes queen of France. Includes historical notes on her later life.
Cousins Jeff, David, and Claire could lose their dream jobs at the Blue Mountain ski chalet when they find themselves the prime suspects in rash of supposed thefts. Can they solve the mystery before they get ski-lifted out of their winter wonderland?
A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.
Nessa prepares to celebrate Christmas with the Lockett family until someone from her past arrives in Prairie River.
Nessa can't remember a home other than the orphange, and now she has no choice but to leave. Her plan is to escape on the next stagecoach west--one headed toward Prairie River, Kansas, a town in the middle of nowhere..."
When spring arrives, Albert, Nessa's old friend from the orphanage, joins her in Kansas, but she discovers that their relationship has changed.
Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British.
From the winter of 1779 until 1781, Abigail Stewart and her family follow the path of her father's Continental Army unit after their Valley Forge home burns down, enduring harsh winters and scarce food, and narrowly escaping danger time and again.
A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.
As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.
"During summer vacation, the cousins are excited to visit their grandparents on Hidden Horse Ranch. They get to sleep in a bunkhouse, swim in a pond with a rope swing, and ride horses any time they want. But they arrive to find that a mysterious fire has destroyed the stables, an...