Joan Davenport Carris Books
Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls
The peaceful life of a boy with dyslexia is interrupted when his great-aunt, who has a morbid fascination with ghosts and death omens, moves in.
Read MoreBeware the Ravens, Aunt Morbelia
Todd Fearing, his aunt Morbelia, and his friend Jeff are shadowed by mysterious characters when they visit London and their ancestral home.
Read MoreJust a Little Ham
A family's pet pig delights them with her intelligence and enthusiastic personality, until her independence leads her to such bad habits they are afraid they've created a monster.
Read MoreA Ghost of a Chance: A Novel
Punch and his friends spend a summer in North Carolina looking at dolphins, hunting for Blackbeard's buried treasure, and watching out for the famed pirate's ghost.
Read MoreHowling for Home
Dissatisfied at having to eat dry food, sleep in the laundry room, and wear a collar, Beau, a newly adopted puppy, decides to run away.
Read MoreThe revolt of 10-X
A teenage girl uses a home computer she and her father built before his death to vent her grief and frustration.
Read MoreWhen the boys ran the house
When their mother is taken ill while their father is out of town, four brothers ranging in age from two to twelve decide to take over the responsibilities of running the household.
Read MoreWhen the boys ran the house
When their mother is taken ill while their father is out of town, four brothers ranging in age from two to twelve decide to take over the responsibilities of running the household.
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