Bruce Coville

Nina ("Nine") Tanleven and her best buddy Chris Gurley are having a hard time. The play that led to them meeting a ghost and unraveling a mystery has ended. Now the rest of the summer looms ahead, looking dull after their great adventure. Luckily, Nine's dad gets a job designing the restoration of an old - and distressingly run down - hotel in the Catskill Mountains. Nine and Chris are more than happy to tag along . . . and even happier (if also slightly...

On an island of geniuses, a gang of kids must use their smarts to survive When five brilliant but wacky friends get dragged to a deserted island by their scientist parents, they decide to do what any self-respecting young brainiacs would: beat the adults at their own game. The only problem is, before the group can discover whether artificial intelligence is an impossible dream or the solution to mankind's problems, they'll first have to save themselves...

Cara Diana Hunter is a prisoner in the underground world of the delvers! In her struggle to escape she will form a most unexpected friendship. But even if she does manage to elude the delvers, can she reach the Valley of the Centaurs in time to find the story that may hold the key to the survival of the unicorns? Elsewhere in Luster, her friend Prince Lightfoot faces painful choices as he tries to determine his own course of action. As the crisis...

Stuart Glassman has signed up for his second summer at Camp Haunted Hills, the camp where kids learn to make movies. His friend Brenda is back, this time joined by her cousin Winston de Pew. Naturally, Stuart's ghostly friend Robert Campbell is soon up to his old tricks. But this time Robert has finally gone too far! By messing around with a Time Vortex, he ends up putting life as we know it in danger. Soon past, present, and future are in danger...

Bonnie must make the choice to unleash or destroy an ancient power, but can she unlock her own memories in time to make the right choice? Bonnie McBurnie remembers the old trunk in her grandmother's attic, full of weird souvenirs collected by her seafaring ancestors. But she didn't recollect the secret compartment or its deck of tarot cards-cards that feel strangely familiar.   Back home, Bonnie studies the mysterious tarot deck. The cards seem to...

When Mike and Kevver announced their "Monster of the Year" contest it was supposed to be a joke. Of course, not everyone starts a joke with a 12-foot high billboard. The billboard causes a sensation . . . it even gets the boys an invitation to join their favorite DJ, Eddie "Skip" Toomaloo, on his morning radio show! It all seems like great fun, until they get a message from Transylvania. That's when things begin to get seriously weird in this hilariously...

KIDNAPPED TO DIMENSION X! When Rod Allbright's cousin Elspeth arrived for a visit the day after school let out for the summer, Rod thought his vacation was ruined. But after they are kidnapped to Dimension X by a monster named Smorkus Flinders, Rod realizes that Elspeth is the least of his problems. After all, what's a bratty cousin compared to cranky monsters, furious aliens, and the discovery that you are stuck in the middle of an interstellar...

Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about a prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.

Ned Thump is a seven-foot troll who is made fun of for his love of words so he escapes from the Enchanted Realm to the human world and secretly becomes a night watchman at Grand Central Terminal.

This highly successful series of Shakespeare adaptations comes to audio in a remarkable production that combines clear, accessible storytelling with the Bard's gorgeous language. A huge cast of skilled readers brings the beauty, humor, and drama of these ageless classics to life in a recording that can be shared by the whole family. The perfect way to introduce youngsters-and adults-to the wonder of Shakespeare!