Best Selling Books by Shelley Sykes

MISSING: MIKE THAYER, 17 When Jeff''s best friend Mike disappears in the fall of their senior year, Jeff starts to doubt everything he''s ever known about their small town, and the familiar people in it. What happened to Mike? Jeff has got to find him. Then Jeff starts to have vivid dreams where he hears Mike say "Come get me." Their friend Kirby is in the dreams, too, but Jeff''s afraid to tell him. For with every dream, Jeff feels the power of his bond to Mike, and he also sees that Mike may have had another life, one that Jeff knew nothing about.

Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations Jamaicans love to ‘tek bad tings mek laugh’ and Chat ’Bout! lets you get in on the conversation. Written in Patwa or Patois, Chat ’Bout! celebrates all things mundanely Jamaican. Unfiltered, honest and funny, it examines the idiosyncrasies of everyday Jamaican life - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Guided by Jamaican GPS, Chat ’Bout! takes you on a journey through Jamaica, past and present. Get lost while reminiscing down memory lane; stop and eavesdrop on conversations, and vicariously experience a minibus ride. Next thing you know, you are experiencing an unfortunate episode of ‘runnin’ belly’ and having a good belly laugh while you are at it. Be thoroughly entertained by Chat ’Bout! and pick up some Patwa as brawta.

When the gang''s ghost friend, Corporal Jared Scott, tells them about Althea, a woman who fought in the Civil War, Chucky''s sister Casey sets out to help this sad ghost find peace.

While looking for a new trail at their Gettysburg campground, Chucky and his friends discover, then try to help, the ghost of a horse that had been in the Battle of Gettysburg.

Three young boys rely on the help of their ghost-friend, Corporal Jared Scott, to solve the mystery of a new ghost that appears at Cavalry Ridge Campground.

Philip, Zach, Chucky, Casey, and their ghost-friend, Corporal Jared Scott, attempt to frighten away a ghost hunter who has come to their campground at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

At Cavalry Ridge Campground, three young friends encounter the ghost of a Union soldier who tells them about the Battle of Gettysburg.

Shelley Sykes supplies you with a net and instructions on how to catch the happiness bug. Includes extracts from De Bono''s Happiness Purpose book.