Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

With her beagle Henry and her new friend Quin, twelve-year-old Tee is determined to solve the mystery of "the Shadow", the ghostly animal that is believed to haunt the Alaskan wilderness near her new home in Nome.

Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

When a boy finally gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all.

After the death of his brother, eight-year-old Bill Cody and his family set out from Iowa to make a new home for themselves in the volatile Kansas Territory.

Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' pro-slavery beliefs.

With the threat of further violence from pro-slavery border ruffians ever-present, nine-year-old Bill must run the farm, even after his father comes home to recuperate from his knife wound, and go to school.

"They wanted to give every girl a voice. They had no idea they'd make so much noise. 4 Girls is created from the very best thoughts, ideas and dreams of four girls. But when Miko has to take a step back from the magazine again, Paulina, Tally and Ivy decide to run a contest for one lucky student to have his or her work featured on the cover. Miko will help them judge the entries, along with a new faculty advisor who seems to want to steer the girls...

Although 4 Girls magazine now has school funding, it is still in trouble as Tally tries out for the lead in the school play, Miko turns her focus to schoolwork and other friends, and Ivy hides a secret that distances her from the others, leaving Paulina to handle 4 Girls on her own.

A collection of stories about the Pawley Rescue Center, where rescued dogs find their way into hearts and homes.