New Releases by Alane Ferguson

A baby whale is the latest mammal stranded on the beaches of Acadia National Park. When the Landons run to get help, they don’t notice Bindy Callister slip away. When they track her down, she’s acting strange—she knows the strandings are no accident. She even knows those responsible. But she’s too scared to tell. Time is running out; and now the kids too are in real danger—unless Bindy talks!

Grizzly cubs are disappearing from Glacier National Park, and the Landon family must figure out why! But for Jack, the real mystery is his sister Ashley''s strange behavior. What was she doing alone in the woods so early in the morning? And why did she lie to their parents? Jack''s efforts to unravel the truth lead to a pulse-pounding adventure that brings the Landon kids face to face with an enraged grizzly—as Jack and his sister suddenly become the hunted.

Seventeen year old Cameryn Mahoney is the assistant to the county coroner, so she''s no stranger to death. But when it''s possible that the next death under investigation might be your own, things take on a whole new meaning. Cameryn thought she was done with Kyle O''Neil after his first attempt to kill her in Angel of Death. But now he''s back, and he''s after her again. Compelling and gripping, this newest addition to the Forensic Mystery series will have readers on the edge of their seats.

While she studies condors in the Grand Canyon a scientist''s life is threatened, and the strange, hostile, teenage computer whiz in her family''s foster care might be involved.

The Landon family makes a trip to Death Valley National Park accompanied by a mysterious new foster child, fourteen-year-old Leesa Sherman.

Being a coroner’s assistant means that Cameryn has seen more gore than your average seventeen-year-old. But even Cammie is shocked when Kyle O’Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed. As Cammie gets involved in the case, she finds herself drawn to Kyle, and considers trusting him with the secret that she can’t even tell her father. But when their relationship starts to move toward romance, the struggle to solve the case of her teacher’s death intensifies. Will Cameryn be too preoccupied to identify the killer in time?

As the daughter of a Colorado County coroner, seventeen-yearold Cameryn Mahoney is no stranger to death. in fact, she’s always been fascinated by the science of it. so she’s thrilled to finally get some hands-on experience in forensics working as her father’s assistant. but Cammie is in for more than she bargained for when the second case that she attends turns out to be someone she knows—the latest victim of a serial killer known as the Christopher Killer. And if dealing with that isn’t hard enough, Cammie soon realizes that if she’s not careful, she might wind up as the killer’s next victim. . . .

As she uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to investigate the death of a young runaway, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney, an assistant to her coroner father, worries that her secretive mother may be involved.

The Landons are in Alaska''s Denali National Park and are joined by 13-year-old Nicky Milano. Jack, Ashley, and Nicky accept a dogsled ride from a man in a Park Service uniform. Deep in the frozen wilderness, the kids are stranded and are caught in an avalanche. Includes a park map.

While lost in a tunnel at Carlsbad Cavern, thirteen-year-old Jack, eleven-year-old Ashley, and their eight-year-old foster brother, Sam, think bats and darkness are their worst problems, until they stumble across thieves.

Something in the Virgin Islands National Park is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear--and the Landons are trying to figure out what. Jack and Ashley soon become involved with the son of a U.S. diplomat who is anxious to save an island woman. What secret do they share? Includes a park map.

The Landon family travels to Glacier National Park to investigate why grizzly bear cubs are disappearing and become involved with a ten-year-old Mexican runaway boy.

Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park''s history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family''s teenage foster child Lucky.

Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.

The Landons uncover the mystery of dying manatees and learn about the natural environment of Everglades National Park.

Jack, Ashley, and their parents visit Hawaii where they meet a Vietnamese boy who is going to live with his American grandfather whom he has never met and are pursued by the Godess Pele.

Haley has grown up and grown out of her starring role in a hit TV show. When her family leaves Hollywood, Haley has to attend sixth grade in a new school--with regular kids. Although she tries her best to adapt and fit in with the in crowd, the nearly perfect Andy Valdez seems to know she''s only playing another role.

The Dillon children''s practical jokes on each other grow and increase to a breaking point where they are finally drawn together in friendship.

The household animals are puzzled by the tailless, featherless, noisy, messy new pet their owners bring home--it''s a baby.