Books with author Garry Jenkins

This is the eighth book in the adventures of twelve-year-old Dallas O'Neil and his Baker Street Sports Club. Dallas and his friends hope to learn gymnastics from an Olympian who promised to train them and make them champions. They know it may take years to really become good at the difficult sport, but they're willing to work at it. Unfortunately, their coach isn't. Disappointment and sadness overtake her, and she nearly quits the sport. What can Dallas and his friends do? Read this installment of the Baker Street Sports Club to find out!

Dallas O’Neil and his Baker Street friends are at it again, enjoying their lives of sports and mystery-solving. It seems everywhere they go and whatever they do, they find themselves enmeshed in intrigue. Dallas and Jimmy Calabresi, his best friend, go with a bunch of their friends to the Acres of Fun Amusement Park for the day. When it’s time to leave at sundown, two members of their group are nowhere to be found. The search leads Dallas and Jimmy and the others to a side of life and of amusement parks they never knew existed. See how Dallas and his friends solve the mystery and try to live their lives of faith in a modern world.

Welcome to the third book in the adventures of twelve-year-old Dallas O'Neil and his Baker Street Sports Club! You're in for the time of your life, following Dallas and the gang as they solve another big problem. What is it about the football team that Dallas and his Baker Street Sports Club will face for the city championship? When Dallas arranges the big game, he talks with the coach, but the other players who come along say nothing. Not to Dallas. Not even to their own coach. And the coach doesn't talk to them either. What's going on? Read the third installment in the Baker Street Sports Club series to find out.

When Daniel was in the Junior Department at Sunday school, Mrs. Blakely had been his favorite teacher. He has just been told by his mother that Mrs. Blakely is dying. She cannot get well. How Daniel accepts and relates to the situation with the help of his family and Mrs. Blakely's husband is the story of this book. Although very ill, Mrs. Blakely is Daniel's best help. How does she do it? Read the book and find out.

Jimmy Calabresi, Dallas's best friend, is getting into this mystery-solving stuff in a big way. In fact, he dreams up a case that no one can believe. Is it possible that he really overheard plans for a man to be murdered? Dallas knows he has to check it out, and he should tell the authorities. But what if it's just something Jimmy made up? Dallas decides to investigate fully before embarrassing himself. See how Dallas and his friends solve the mystery and try to live their lives of faith in a modern world.

Dallas O’Neil and his Baker Street friends are back! And now, besides playing all their favorite sports, they are also solving exciting and sometimes dangerous mysteries. Ryan is the smallest of the Baker Street kids, and Dallas sometimes has to defend him against bigger boys. When the school bully hassles and threatens Ryan, Dallas gives his younger friend advice on what to say and how to act to avoid trouble. But it doesn’t work, so Dallas must step in. But when Dallas confronts the bully, even though Dallas is bigger, he doesn’t seem to be afraid. And when the bully again bothers Ryan and Dallas decides to take action, he finds himself facing not one young tough guy, but a whole gang of them! And what are those red creatures on their black leather jackets? Come along as Dallas and his friends solve the mystery and answer the threat of the Red Scorpion.

This is the fifth book in the adventures of twelve-year-old Dallas O’Neil and his Baker Street Sports Club! You’re in for a treat, following Dallas and the gang as they solve yet another sticky mystery. The Baker Street Sports Club needs a coach if the team is going to have any luck at all in the state swimming competition. Dallas has found the perfect man for the job, but how can he talk him into helping? And why does the man seem so bitter? He has a limp he won’t talk about, and he never smiles, but Dallas is certain he’s the key to the team’s success. They have to have him, but how?

Jimmy Calabresi, Dallas's best friend, receives the gift he has always wanted, a horse. But not just any horse. His new golden palomino looks just like the horse he always pretended he had. In fact, until his friends see it, they think he's still pretending to have it! When it disappears, are Jimmy's friends playing a trick on him? Or is Jimmy tricking them? Or has the horse been stolen? See how Dallas and his friends solve the mystery and try to live their lives of faith in a modern world.

One of the most popular Baker Street kids is Jack Bastable, a gentle giant who is mentally retarded. He's a friendly, harmless boy with a sweet spirit and unusual athletic talent. Or is he? When his little sister disappears, the suspicion turns toward Jack. He's hurt and confused, but the evidence convinces even some of his friends on Baker Street. He feels he has nowhere to turn, no one to talk to. Even Dallas and Jimmy are surprised and confused by how guilty Jack appears, but they will not turn against him until they are convinced.