Books with author Jennifer Tressen

Paige Thorton, a sweet overachieving high school senior only has one month to come up with ten thousand dollars to pay for college, but her family mortuary has no business. Desperate to escape her little town and go to her dream school, she decides to take matters into her own hands and drum up some clients. Soon "accidents" begin happening to local residents. However when her boyfriend, Brock Harrington, the rookie hotshot cop begins to investigate things get hairy. Will Paige be able to pull it off in time or will she be doomed to forever sleep in the morgue?

The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas has been called "America's Most Haunted Hotel" largely because of the events of the 1930s when Dr. Norman Baker ran a "cancer treatment hospital" which he called his "Castle in the Air." Follow the fictionalized story of Clara, the young, unwed pregnant niece of Dr. Baker who comes to help at the cancer center in exchange for room and board and finds things aren't quite what they appear to be. Caring for an ill young boy at the center she feels her maternal instincts kick in - something is definitely not right at her uncle's hospital. But what? Will she be able to piece together the clues in time to save herself and the boy? Or will she be forever doomed to reside in the Castle in the Air, where once you check in...you never leave.

The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas has been called "America's Most Haunted Hotel" largely because of the events of the 1930s when Dr. Norman Baker ran a "cancer treatment hospital" which he called his "Castle in the Air." Follow the fictionalized story of Clara, the young, unwed pregnant niece of Dr. Baker who comes to help at the cancer center in exchange for room and board, and finds things aren't quite what they appear to be. Caring for an ill young boy at the center she feels her maternal instincts kick in - something is definitely not right at her uncle's hospital. But what? Will she be able to piece together the clues in time to save herself and the boy? Or will she be forever doomed to reside in the Castle in the Air, where once you check in...you never leave.

Paige Thorton, a sweet overachieving high school senior only has one month to come up with ten thousand dollars to pay for college, but her family mortuary has no business. Desperate to escape her little town and go to her dream school, she decides to take matters into her own hands and drum up some clients. Soon "accidents" begin happening to local residents. However when her boyfriend, Brock Harrington, the rookie hotshot cop begins to investigate things get hairy. Will Paige be able to pull it off in time or will she be doomed to forever sleep in the morgue?

A little curiosity never hurt anyone, right?When Jim ditches his little sister to search for a haunted cabin, he gets time-traveled nearly 200 years into the past - right into the middle of a swindler's cover-up. The criminals have murder on their minds now, but Jim is trapped in time.Hannah's life of family and farm chores is turned upside down when a boy in strange clothes suddenly appears in the old trapper's cabin. Should she believe his wild tale? And how much will she risk to lay a friend's ghost to rest?Jim and Hannah must unmask a thief and solve a murder while they search for the key to unlock time. It will take courage and wits, plus the rocket motors in Jim’s pocket, just to stay alive.If you love adventure, mystery, and the olden days, download a sample or buy THROUGH THE SHIMMER OF TIME now.“… the Magic Tree House, but for a 'tween' audience and with more adventure, excitement and suspense.” Susan C., Amazon reviewer

What would you risk to save a life?Jim's fall break is supposed to be relaxing, not take him time-traveling again. And then he discovers something awful that will change his friend Hannah's life back in 1838.Hannah Cooper has more than enough trouble. It's bad enough that she has to do the heavy farm chores while her father is helping build a canal. It's worse that she's hiding a secret friendship with a poor Irish girl. When Jim shows up, he can't tell her the truth: that Hannah's father - an ancestor of his - is about to die in a fire. What can he do but stay close to Mr. Cooper and try to prevent the fire?Jim braves bone-chilling cold, giant draft horses, and rising tension between townsfolk and Irish immigrants. But all his efforts might be for nothing when someone else goes missing.What's more important: the past or the future?Join Jim and Hannah on this new adventure and start reading now!

What would you risk to save a life? Jim’s fall break is supposed to be relaxing, not take him time-traveling again. And then he discovers something awful that will change his friend Hannah’s life back in 1838. Hannah Cooper has more than enough trouble. It’s bad enough that she has to do the heavy farm chores while her father is helping build a canal. It’s worse that she’s hiding a secret friendship with a poor Irish girl. When Jim shows up, he can’t tell her the truth: that Hannah’s father - an ancestor of his - is about to die in a fire. What can he do but stay close to Mr. Cooper and try to prevent the fire? Jim braves bone-chilling cold, giant draft horses, and rising tension between townsfolk and Irish immigrants. But all his efforts might be for nothing when someone else goes missing. What’s more important: the past or the future?

A mysterious pottery shard . . . A haunted cabin . . . A shadowy stranger . . . And no way home Present Day: Jim has a talent for getting into trouble. Grounded from his model rockets, he goes exploring where he shouldn’t and gets zapped back in time. Can he find the way back home or is he marooned in the past? 1838: Hannah’s life in her frontier village is filled with a little play and a lot of hard work. A seemingly harmless trick lures a strange, dazed boy from the old haunted cabin. Now Hannah must make a choice – and face the dangers. Together, Jim and Hannah struggle to unmask a thief and solve a murder while they search for the key to unlock time. It will take all their courage and wits, plus the rocket motors in Jim’s pocket, just to stay alive. Through the Shimmer of Time is full of adventure and mystery for any pre-teen history and time-travel lovers, especially those who have outgrown the Magic Tree House series.