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Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen Elizabeth I, eleven-year-old Alice Tuckfield hides in the Yorkshire cathedral by disguising herself as one of the choirboys.

After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English school children.

We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog.

The Book Without Words appears to be a volume of blank parchment pages.

Fourteen-year-old Nick and his bumbling detective brother Tim Diamond investigate a mystery involving international spies and assassins.

Contains a collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer.

While escaping from the strange men that are after him in London, Jimmy discovers he possesses many unusual talents for an eleven-year-old boy.

After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.

Eleven-year-old Australians, Max and Linden, newly minted members of Spy Force, are assigned to go to London and foil Mr.

An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder, and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.

Describes city life during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, examining the government and infrastructure of the Roman cities, the role of the military, public and private spaces, work, social structure, the lives of women and children, leisure activities, and the dangers of urban living.

Describes daily life in the rural areas of the Roman Empire, discussing communities, homes, agriculture, the experiences of women and children, holidays and festivals, and difficulties such as bad harvests and war.

Joel Demetrius is somewhat excited about moving into the home of his new stepfather, but when he and his stepbrother Tim begin having identical nightmares which for Joel run over into the daylight, they decide they must figure out who or what is haunting the house.

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of England.

Examines daily life during the European Renaissance period and includes illustrated photographs and drawings describing children and families,education, sports and entertainment, cities and towns, as well as homes, clothing, and fashion of the era.