Barbara Steiner

Gold fever sweeps the country as a twelve-year-old aspiring writer travels to the Yukon with her family and best friend, fighting natural disasters and a clever thief After traveling from San Francisco by steam ship, Hetty McKinley, her best friend, Alma, and their families prepare for the five-hundred-mile trek north to the gold fields of the Yukon. It's only September, but the Arctic Circle is already frigid.   As the two families, along with hundreds...

Dreams do come true . . . and so do nightmares Karen normally can't remember her dreams, which is especially frustrating since she's taking a psych class where everyone else seems to be able to discuss theirs. But one night, she wakes up screaming and quickly recalls why-a classmate was murdered. It was so vivid-it felt real. The next morning she is shocked to find out it wasn't just a dream-the boy is dead.   But the dreams continue, and so do...

Is there something sinister about Madame Leona's dance troupe? When Melanie Clark's best friend, Pauline, dies in a car crash, the police write it off as an accident, but Melanie isn't so sure. Pauline was acting strange in the weeks before she died, and Melanie believes Pauline's dance teacher, Madame Leona, may have had something to do with that.   In order to learn more about the mysterious hold Madame Leona has on her students, Melanie joins...

Oliver wants the stegosaurus to be named the state fossil of Colorado, but getting a new law passed is going to take a lot of work and a little bit of luck Oliver Dibbs already had his moment in the spotlight when he saved the local prairie dog habitat from destruction. When he convinces his class to try to get the stegosaurus declared the state fossil of Colorado, Ollie is ready to be famous again. He can just imagine his name splashed across the...

His drive to preserve their beauty for eternity cannot be controlled Derrick, now David, tried to suppress the bad place within himself-the part that wanted to punish the girls who had shunned him. He knew he was good at his work-his actual photography-and he tried to make that more important than the darkness inside. But it was no use. His mission was to immortalize the beauty of young women-and nothing would stop him.   Senior Vicki Valentine is...

Oliver just wants to spread the word about wildlife conservation, but his plans go awry when the local prairie dog habitat is threatened Oliver Dibbs is passionate about animals, and he's willing to do anything to help a good cause. The only problem is, Ollie doesn't always think his plans through before acting on them, and this has gotten him into a lot of trouble. No matter what cause Ollie is fighting for-whether it's tigers, wolves, or whales-something...

The Flattery siblings put their heads together to figure out who's poaching rhinos in a Kenyan wildlife park Foghorn Flattery may be a twelve-year-old genius, but to his sister C.C., he's just her know-it-all big brother. Foghorn can be annoying, but when they're faced with a mystery, he is definitely someone C.C. wants on her side. Their father takes them to Kenya, where he's doing research for an article about rhinoceros preservation, and the family...

Miki O'Ryan jumps at the chance to be part of a mysterious dance troupe-until she realizes its members may be more dangerous than they appear For several nights, Miki O'Ryan has snuck into the condemned Sullivan Theater to watch an enigmatic, shadowy group perform haunting routines that are part gymnastics, part dance, and part magic. When the director catches Miki spying one night, he invites her to join them.   The Theater of the Dead is a gothic...

There's a legend of a monster that preys on Salem University students-and now there is deadly proof that it's real Abby McDonald works harder than anyone to keep her straight A's, along with her scholarship, even at the cost of not having much of a social life. Her understanding boyfriend, David, wants her to relax a little, but Abby is driven to succeed. She can't let her emotions get in the way.   Plunging into a demanding schedule, she blows off...