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Historians Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green paint a portrait of the infamous Trail of Tears. Despite protests from statesmen…
like Davy Crockett, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, a dubious 1838 treaty drives 17,000 mostly Christian Cherokee from their lush Appalachian homeland to barren plains beyond the Mississippi. For 4,000, this brutal forced march leads only to their death. 2007.
When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana and goes from outcast…
to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets. Junior and Senior High. 2008.
London, 1889. Eluding her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola sets up her own detective agency in London under…
an assumed name. Using many disguises and costumes, Enola investigates the disappearance of sixteen-year-old Lady Cecily, who may have eloped. Junior High. 2007.
With his companion Polly in Paris, Qwill keeps himself occupied by writing an absurdist play called "The Cat Who Got…
Elected Dog Catcher." Meanwhile, things are spicing up in Pickax. Huge inheritances from old families are suddenly and mysteriously pouring in to town, but nobody is quite sure why. Except Koko, that is - and she's not telling. Then things get really interesting when one resident drops dead from an apparent bee sting. Can Qwill and his cats get to the bottom of things? Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who dropped a bombshell”. 2007.
England, 1888. When her sixty-four-year-old mother disappears on Enola’s fourteenth birthday, Enola sends telegrams to her much-older brothers Mycroft and…
Sherlock Holmes. After deciphering why her mother left, Enola escapes to London to search for her and becomes involved in a second mystery. Junior High. 2006.
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are…
taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The cannibals". 2007.
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely - with assorted juvenile criminals - escape the ship taking them to serve their…
terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The convicts", followed by "The castaways". 2006.
Pickax is preparing for its sesquicentennial celebration, and in the midst of all the family reunions, the Siamese super-sleuth Koko…
smells trouble. One evening Koko pounces down on the head of the wealthy Ledfields' obnoxious nephew, and when the Ledfields fall ill, Jim Qwilleran begins to think that Koko's behaviour is more forewarning than feline frolicking. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who went bananas“, followed by “The cat who had 60 whiskers“. 2006.
The people of Pickax are in a state of eager anticipation. The Pirate's Chest, the long-awaited new bookstore, is finally…
set to open, and the Theatre Club is preparing to perform Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. However, the play is brought to an abrupt halt as a cast member is killed in a car accident. But was it really an accident? As suspicions rise, Qwill and his sleuthing Siamese cats have their work cut out for them. Bestseller. Sequel to "The cat who talked turkey", followed by "The cat who dropped a bombshell". 2005.
Cheating on every level has risen dramatically in the last two decades. Why all the cheating? Callahan pins the blame…
on the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past two decades. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values, he argues-and ultimately threaten the level playing field so central to American democracy itself. 2004.
What Pickax, the town "400 miles north of everywhere," needs is a new bookstore. But just as Pickax prepares to…
celebrate the ground breaking for a new one, a body is discovered in a nearby wooded area. Turning their attention from books to clues, Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum set off on a hunt that will entertain. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who brought down the house”, followed by “The cat who went bananas”. 2004.
This focuses on critical selling techniques, from handshakes and clothing to networking and presentations. By observing three salespeople during their…
transformation from skeptical to productive, this handbook helps individuals turn fear of rejection into confidence. 2003.
Thelma Thackeray, a native of Moose County, has achieved fame and fortune in Hollywood. Now 82, she has returned to…
Pickax to have some fun before she dies. Purchasing the old opera house, Thelma reopens it as a film club. But when the premier event, the Kit Kat Revue, sets the stage for murder, Jim Qwilleran and his perceptive Siamese cats are ready to spring into action. Sequel to “The cat who went up the creek“, followed by “The cat who talked turkey“. 2003.
Wild things happen at the South Middle School when Milo's science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team's mascot…
and their only chance for a winning season. Grades 4-7. 1999.
Pickax's favorite columnist, James Qwilleran, is enjoying a brief vacation with his two Siamese cats at the Nutcracker Inn, in…
the nearby town of Black Creek. But the tranquillity of the place is interrupted by the discovery of a body floating down the creek -- the body of a man who had been a guest at the inn. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who smelled a rat”, followed by “The cat who brought down the house”. 2002.
After a long drought, the citizens of Pickax are worried about wildfires. Their fears are soon realized. With a case…
of arson, the shooting of a volunteer fire-watcher and the murder of the president of the curling club, James Qwilleran and Co. are called in to sniff out the rat responsible. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who robbed a bank”, followed by “The cat who went up the creek”. 2001.
Qwilleran and his feline colleagues go to Moose Lake for a little R & R. The trio quickly find themselves…
looking into the disappearance of a backpacker and other unusual goings on. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who sang for the birds”, followed by “The cat who robbed a bank”. 1999.
It's up to the philanthropic master sleuth and his clue-finding Siamese cats to unravel a mystery beginning when the art…
centre is broken into and an elderly woman dies in a suspicious fire. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who tailed a thief”, followed by “The cat who saw stars”. 1998.