"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...

At Halloween, facing a series of disasters while pet sitting, thirteen-year-old twins Ashley and Bryce gain insights into their principal and classmate Boo, and investigate a string of robberies at fast food restaurants in and around Red Rock.

Frank and Joe investigate a series of robberies in Philadelphia.

In three separate stories, boy detective Saxby Smart exposes a comic book counterfeiter, restores a slandered dead man's good name, and uncovers a massive case of identity theft. As Saxby notes, "I don't have a sidekick, so that part I'm leaving up to you."

As head of security at the ranch, Hank the cowdog tries to find out who is stealing feed out of the feed shed, but ends up in a sticky situation.

When an old basketball trophy disappears from the home of a new boy in town, Joe and Wishbone suspect something unusual going on and set out to solve the case.

In Rome in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog -- and why.

While working as an indentured servant on a plantation in Virginia in 1749, thirteen-year-old Summer must prove her innocence when her master's daughter accuses her of stealing.

"Jeff, David, and Claire love their winter break jobs at the ski chalet on Blue Mountain where they get to snowboard and go sledding between shifts of cleaning and tending to the grounds. But when things start going missing from the chalet, the cousins find themselves prime suspects..."--P. [4] of cover.

Beth tries to help an impoverished Irish immigrant boy and his family by stealing a silver bowl from her great aunt and giving it to the O'Neills to sell.