Books published by publisher Minstrel / Pocket

Dangerous pranks ice over an outdoor treasure hunt -- and Nancy has to melt down the culprit! Nancy and her friend George are visiting Emerson College, courtesy of Nancy's boyfriend, Ned. His fraternity is eager to win the Clues Challenge, an athletic treasure hunt sponsored by a local sporting goods store, so the girls join Ned's team. But accidents, dirty tricks, and computer warnings threaten to shut down the whole event. Nancy suspects that someone has cheated by giving out the answers to the clues. Now she's investigating a pushy reporter, a jealous star athlete, a nervous store owner, and a snooty sorority president. Someone's got a secret agenda to win at any cost -- and Nancy's skiing right into an avalanche of trouble!

SIXTH GRADE IS JUST . . . OUT OF THIS WORLD.... Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn’t know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face—and she realizes that “Mr. Smith” is really an alien! At first no one will believe her—except Peter Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Susan discover Mr. Smith’s horrible plans for their classmates, they know they have to act fast. Only they can get rid of their extraterrestrial visitor—and save the rest of the sixth grade class from a fate worse than math tests!

Wanted Dead or Alive. One hundred dollars for the capture of Sorehead Jones for the Dastardly Murder of Dirty Pete. The sign is the first thing Mary Rose and Jo Beth see when their father's car breaks down in a spooky old ghost town. The girls shiver with fear. Do they really have to spend the night their - in the Inn of Whispering Ghost? Mary Rose and Jo-Beth are sure they'll never make it through the night. But they do. And they're ready to leave the next morning, when their father disappears. So the girls set off on the scariest adventure of their lives- to rescue their father in a haunted ghost town!