Books with author Betsy Haynes

Cassie loves puppies—she’ll do anything to play with them. She’ll hang out in a spooky old pet shop. She’ll talk to the shop’s weird owner, Mr. Willard. She’ll even spend the night there . . . all alone! But Cassie doesn’t know that Mr. Willard has a surprise for her. She can play with the puppies for as long as she wants. She can stay in the pet shop . . . forever. What a good puppy, Cassie!

LOOK WHO’S COMING TO THANKSGIVING DINNER . . . IT’S NOT GRANDMA! Kyle and Annie want to celebrate Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims. They want to wear stovepipe hats, bake their own pies—even raise their own turkey. Then they meet Frankenturkey! Frankenturkey is big. Frankenturkey is bad. Frankenturkey is mad. If Kyle and Annie don’t watch out, Frankenturkey will eat them for Thanksgiving dinner.

Cowslip was on the auction block. The year was 1861 and a war had begun, but it meant little to a frightened black girl still at the mercy of whites. An old slave at her former home had taught her magic spells to use against the cruel Master, who in his heartlessness had given Cowslip her name as a practical joke. But all those spells were no good to her now. The spunky and charming heroine of this fast-paced novel faces the adventures, humiliations and sorrows of her new life with a characteristic skeptism that gives her courage.

SHOP TILL YOU DROP . . . DEAD. Robin’s heard weird things about Wonderland Mall. She’s heard it’s built on a swamp. She’s heard some kids disappeared there. She’s heard it’s haunted! But Robin and her friends go to Wonderland Mall anyway. Looking for sales. Looking for bargains. Too bad something’s looking for them . . . something that lives at the mall. Something creepy. Something spooky. Something that’s been dead for a long, long time.

LOOK WHO’S COMING TO THANKSGIVING DINNER . . . IT’S NOT GRANDMA! Kyle and Annie want to celebrate Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims. They want to wear stovepipe hats, bake their own pies—even raise their own turkey. Then they meet Frankenturkey! Frankenturkey is big. Frankenturkey is bad. Frankenturkey is mad. If Kyle and Annie don’t watch out, Frankenturkey will eat them for Thanksgiving dinner.

Lorna Markham and Scotti Wheeler are next-door neighbors and best friends. And they each share the same problem: their mothers. Lorna's mother nags her about her schoolwork, wondering why she can't be more like Scotti. And Scotti's mother nags her about her eating habits, telling her to follow Lorna's healthy example. The girls begin to think that, somewhere along the line, they ended up with the wrong mothers. And that gives them a terrific idea. They'll swap mothers! What could be more perfect? Both mothers agree, and soon Laura and Scotti are on a great new adventure with each other's families. Until a surprising thing happens--they each begin to suspect they've made a big mistake.

Fitzgerald Traflon III hates the food at Maple Grove Middle School—it’s totally gross. The pizza tastes like cardboard, the spaghetti like glue, and the hot dogs like rubber. Fitz has even heard the hamburgers are made from horse meat! Then Miss Buggy takes over the cafeteria, and things start to change. Fitz’s friends love Miss Buggy’s cooking, but Fitz still won’t eat it. Soon his friends are acting really strange. They’re even fighting for seconds. And the more they eat . . . the weirder they get!

SHOP TILL YOU DROP . . . DEAD. Robin’s heard weird things about Wonderland Mall. She’s heard it’s built on a swamp. She’s heard some kids disappeared there. She’s heard it’s haunted! But Robin and her friends go to Wonderland Mall anyway. Looking for sales. Looking for bargains. Too bad something’s looking for them . . . something that lives at the mall. Something creepy. Something spooky. Something that’s been dead for a long, long time.

Fitzgerald Traflon III hates the food at Maple Grove Middle School—it’s totally gross. The pizza tastes like cardboard, the spaghetti like glue, and the hot dogs like rubber. Fitz has even heard the hamburgers are made from horse meat! Then Miss Buggy takes over the cafeteria, and things start to change. Fitz’s friends love Miss Buggy’s cooking, but Fitz still won’t eat it. Soon his friends are acting really strange. They’re even fighting for seconds. And the more they eat . . . the weirder they get!