Best Selling Books by Mary Stolz

Can feline detective Eileen O''Kelly crack the case that has left the Boston police baffled and wringing their paws? Will she be able to track down the murderer who did away with celebrated chef Madame Jewel?

Describes the night-time activities of the hermit crab, horse conch, heron, loggerhead turtle, and other animals that inhabit the seashore.

Reformed bully Martin Hastings fantasizes about heroic adventures as an explorer and a sports star, until his new circle of friends and growing self-confidence at home make real life as exciting as his daydreams.

Mrs. Weed, a former teacher, and her dog and cat enjoy their daily routine--with occasional disruptions--throughout each season of the year.

Deputy Jack Shep, the laziest police dog to ever wear a badge, is called upon to investigate a wave of burglaries in the sleepy village of Canoville.

Grandfather made everything that worked well once into a rule and thought change would be very bad until Tom Kitten showed up one night.

A reformed bully fantasizes about heroic adventures as an explorer and sports star.

A seventeen-year-old boy, treated like a child, is unable to communicate or sympathize with his widowed father, but a summer''s friendship with a girl and an unfortunate accident help him to understand, request, and accept his parent''s difficult expression of love.

Polly spends the summer trying to fill the void created when her best friend moves to California.

Fifteen-year-old Anny, who tells the story, has done all her living vicariously in the pages of Dickens, Keats, and Rupert Brooke. Falling into intense puppy-love with one of her mother''s boarders tumbles her into reality.

Two mice, on friendly terms with the storeroom cat, share his anxiety about dogs, particularly when they hear the store-owners plan to get a dog named Maximilian.

A young girl''s persistent overtures to a new neighbor result in friendship.

An unhappy teenage girl, unable to cope with problems at home and at school, suffers an accidental blow on the head and is transported 3000 years back in time to another existence in ancient Egypt.

Fifteen-year-old Cormac, longing to fulfill his artistic inclinations, leaves his family farm in ninth-century Ireland and joins a monastery, where he creates an illuminated manuscript to be treasured by generations to come.

In New York City during the Depression, fourteen-year-old Ivy tries to cope with feelings of not belonging in her elegant private school and with her father''s losing his job.

An overprotected unpopular sixteen-year-old girl travels alone for the first time to spend the summer at her aunt and uncle''s Maine hotel. Here she joins a group of college student help and, as a member of the group, takes a big step toward confidence and maturity.

An American couple touring Mexico finds lodging at the home of a mysterious old lady the villagers refer to as the queen.

Orphaned Erich''s life as an unloved drudge begins to change when old Ula, the town''s most skillful clockmaker, takes him on as his helper.