Best Selling Books by Kristiana Gregory

When 12-year-old Danny and six-year-old Judd lose their parents to pneumonia in 1878, they are sent to an orphanage in San Francisco. The headmaster wants to separate the brothers and send them to different families, but because they have only each other they escape. They make their way to the dangerous mining camp of Bodie, California in the High Sierra to be with their Uncle Hank. A tenderhearted croupier named Madame Mustache (true person ) takes them under her wing, along with other orphans roaming the raucous town. When the boys find their Uncle Hank and learn he''s involved with a Chinese woman, they realize life with him won''t be what they had expected. ** Glossary and photo. Short chapters and high adventure for reluctant readers. Highly recommended by fourth-grade teachers; California history at its finest.

Nessa can''t remember a home other than the orphanage, and now she has no choice but to leave. Her plan is to escape on the next stagecoach west -- one headed toward Prairie River, Kansas, a town in the middle of nowhere. When Nessa arrives at the small settlement, she has no money and nowhere to go. Worst of all, she is alone. The townspeople are suspicious of her. They see her as a newcomer with no family and no past. Nessa is about to learn that life on the prairie is hard -- it''s a trial of her strength and her faith as a Christian.

Lost Island was off limits -- until now. Jeff and David are going to the desert island to search for clues. And hidden treasure! Town legend tells of a robber and a secret cave, but the brothers have to piece the truth together. With the help of their cousin, Claire, they''ll get to the bottom of the mystery, no matter what they have to dig up.

When a rich city kid disappears from nearby Camp Whispering Pines, the three cousins find themselves in the middle of a serious mystery. A ransom note raises the stakes, and the police start tracking down a kidnapper. But Jeff, David, and Claire learn that the boy was last seen headed toward fabled Skull Cliff, possibly in search of its sparkly treasure. The clues just don''t add up. As they put all of the evidence together, the cousins start to believe that there never was a kidnapping. But that doesn''t mean the boy is out of trouble. He''s in more danger than ever.

In 1868, 16-year-old Clementine Kidd is living with her family in a rough mining town in Idaho Territory. One terrible night her mother disappears, and Clementine must make a decision that will change her life forever.

In her diary, eleven-year-old Hope writes about her life in 1778 Philadelphia as British Redcoats take over her family''s house, her father fights with the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and she gains a new friend and new baby sister. Includes a historical note.

Kristiana Gregory is the bestselling author of many Dear America titles, including Across the Lonesome Prairie and Seeds of Hope. Her novel Jenny of the Tetons won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award. The Cabin Creek Mysteries are based on bedtime stories she told her sons when they were young and restless. Kristiana lives in Boise, Idaho.

A new adventure for the Cabin Creek cousins! Jeff (13), David (11), and Claire (10) fly to Gray''s Beach, California to spend the summer with their cousin Bronte Bella (13). Home of the GPO, Giant Pacific Octopus, they hope to see one up close. Their curiosity is sparked further when they learn about ancient cave drawings in one of the shoreline cliffs: a sea monster with eight arms sinking a canoe. Did this really happen or is it just a legend? When a shadowy creature bumps their little boat then swims into a forest of kelp, they have another mystery to solve! ** Bronte''s Book Club introduces Bronte when she moved from New Mexico to this small town by the sea.

Nessa had hoped to leave her past behind her when she came to Prairie River, only to find that Reverend McDuff has followed her, and that the whole town could find out her secret.

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Clifford and Mac both run for president of the Birdwell Island Dog Park.

While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.

"4 janvier 1744. Mère s''est penchée pour prendre mon menton dans sa main. "Ne répétez à personne ce que je vais vous dire, ni à votre frère ni même à Mademoiselle. Compris ? " J''ai acquiescé. "Si vous obenez la faveur du roi, vous et moi devrons quitter la Prusse pour gagner Saint-Pétersbourg où nous rencontrerons l''impératrice Elisabeth. Elle vous a choisie, vous, ma pauvre fille ingrate, pour être la fiancée de Pierre. A moins que vous ne gâchiez vos chances, vous l''épouserez et, un jour, vous régnerez tous deux sur la Russie".

3 janvier, 57 avant J.-C. "J''ai senti mes entrailles se tordre. Ma soeur essaierait-elle de m''empoisonner ? Oui, je crois... J''ai pris la coupe et l''ai levée vers Tryphaéna comme pour l''honorer, mais en réalité, je scrutais le liquide à la recherche de traces d''huile à la surface ou de traînées de poudre sur les parois. Si je jetais le contenu de mon verre dans le bassin, elle me ferait décapiter sur-le-champ par ses gardes. S''il s''agissait bien de poison, une seule gorgée, et c''était la mort".

Brothers Jeff and David, along with their cousin Claire, plunge into a dangerous mystery after spotting someone dumping a large bundle into the lake at Cabin Creek in the middle of the night.

Cousins Jeff, David, and Claire, working at a Blue Mountain ski resort over winter break, investigate when items are stolen from the chalet.

During spring break, college student Ariel (from #3, "The Legend of Skull Cliff"), takes the cousins and family friend Mr. Wellback, camping as her assistants. She has grant money to study wildlife with a drone. But when someone breaks into their tents and steals Claire''s diary and David''s sketchbook, the cousins feel they''re being watched. And when a different drone hovers while they''re fishing, the kids set out to investigate who is spying on them, and why?