Books with author Nancy Butcher

Jamal goes ballistic when an evil hacker puts his private diary on the Web. Even worse, when Ghostwriter goes online to help Jamal, he gets swept into the Internet and can't get out. Meanwhile, Lenni's dad gets engaged to a woman whose son is a real loser. Fortunately, she finds a friend on the Net who's in the same bad situation. Will the team find the hacker who's got it in for Jamal and rescue their ghostly friend? And will Lenni learn that E-mail friends aren't always what they appear to be?

Hector and his mom are moving from their apartment into a house--their first one ever. They can't wait to make it a home. Then Hector gets a scary note, warning him that the house is haunted. Pretty soon he starts seeing and hearing things that make him want to move out forever. The Ghostwriter Team must find out who's haunting the house before Hector and his mother are driven away.

Dear Diary,Did you know that if you upset the fire goddess of Hawaii, you'll have bad luck forever? I didn't -- until I upset her big-time! Now I have the worst luck ever. There's only one thing left to do -- figure out how to make an angry goddess happy!Ashley promised to help me out, but she can't. She threw a big party at our hotel -- and now she's in big trouble!-- Mary-Kate

The true story of a courageous woman’s love of adventure and her famous journey that took her around the globe in record time.Nellie Bly was a newspaper reporter for The New York World, but instead of writing about “ladylike” subjects like tea parties and charity balls, Nellie wrote about the social problems of her day, like poor job conditions, dilapidated housing, and dishonest politicians. If someone told her “It can’t be done, Nellie Bly,” she went right ahead and did it anyway. But when Nellie read Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, she was inspired to circle the globe even faster herself. Did the plucky young reporter go too far?Young readers will cheer for Nellie as she embarks on her 22,000-mile trip equipped only with one sturdy travel dress, a small satchel, and a pet monkey she picks up in Singapore as her traveling companion. Traveling by ship, train, and foot, she has all kinds of incredible experiences―from surviving a monsoon at sea to visiting a leper colony in China.This delightful true story of a woman with an indomitable spirit will inspire a new generation of young readers―and adventurers. Back matter includes additional information about Nellie Bly’s life.