Books

Blends brains and bravery with heart and humor to pull the reader along for an unforgettable ride. Catastrophe has never been so much fun.

 

James Ponti, author of the Framed! series

A traditional mystery filled with laugh-out-loud funny moments make for a winning combination.

 

School Library Journal

A snarky, sparky Nancy Drew of the undead with more twists than a zombie Zumba class.

Mo O'Hara

New York Times bestselling author

* “The unraveling of the town’s mysterious past is evocative of Louis Sachar’s Holes. Funny, cheering, and narratively fulfilling.”

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STARRED REVIEW

“A sweet, heart-squeezing story with beautifully relatable characters and plenty of action and mystery. Sloane and Amelia are a delight!”

Jaleigh Johnson

New York Times bestselling author of THE MARK OF THE DRAGONFLY

SKIP TO: Tangled Up in Luck | Ernestine, Catastrophe Queen | Tangled Up in Nonsense


TANGLED UP IN LUCK

When seventh grade enemies research a missing set of jewels for a class project, they realize that the answers to the unsolved case might be much closer to home than they thought in this fun-filled mystery for fans of The Book Scavenger and Lemons.

If you told Sloane Osburn and Amelia Miller-Poe that they’d be hiding in their town cemetery from an evil mastermind, they would have been hard-pressed to believe you. If you also told them that person was intent on beating them to a cache of long-lost jewels using nothing more than a slingshot and wicked aim, they’d have been sure you got your facts wrong. Finally, if you told them they’d be doing all of this as friends…well, they would have been sure you needed medical attention. 

Whether through serendipity (really, really good luck) or zemblanity (really, really bad luck), someone tricked their teacher into using their seventh-grade class to investigate the mystery of their town’s long-missing treasure. From there, things have escalated. Quickly. Now, the girls are stuck hiding behind a gravestone, dodging acorns (who knew acorns could be so threatening?), and just a few clues short of those jewels.

It’s up to these enemies-turned-partners to uncover centuries-old clues to find the treasure at the end of this book before the mysterious person on their trail can get to it first…

ERNESTINE, CATASTROPHE QUEEN

In this tantalizing mystery that’s “filled with laugh out loud moments” and “reads like a middle-grade version of the movie Clue”, Ernestine is the smart, spunky, and fearless Nancy Drew for today’s young readers!

We all know and love Ramona, Matilda, and Harriet the Spy. Now meet Ernestine. 

When a series of suspicious accidents befalls the wealthy residents of the retired artists’ home where she works, Ernestine is determined to piece together clues to find the real culprit. She suspects it might be a zombie, but maybe greedy relatives can be just as scary! Catastrophe has never been so much fun!

TANGLED UP IN NONSENSE

COMING SOON!

Tangled Up in Nonsense

When Sloane Osborn and Amelia Miller-Poe arrive at the Tangle Glen mansion, they have one goal: find the two million dollars that went missing on its premises decades ago.

Solving the mystery is the kind of splashy victory their new detective agency needs. Except that everything from the weirdly intense peony competition taking place at Tangle Glen, to the mansion’s cook, who may or may not be hiding murder dolls in the attic, seems to get in the way of their investigation.

And when it becomes clear that Amelia and Sloane aren’t the only ones searching for the missing millions, things start to get downright dangerous.