Peggy S. Gilbert

Living in a nursing home is all eleven-year-old Bird knows. Her grandmother turned their large Victorian house into a small, offbeat home for the elderly where the eccentric residents become Bird’s lovable and unique family. But after two of the residents pass away, Bird’s feelings of loss for her mother are reawakened. She seeks solace with Mr. Briggs, the last remaining resident, and with Pearl, an elephant Bird meets at a traveling carnival.

Ella loves fairies. She reads books about fairies, makes fairy villages, and has a fairy door in her room. And she is sick and tired of everyone telling her that fairies aren’t real. She is determined to convince her parents, her friends, everyone at her school, and the whole world that fairies are real. When her little brother, Leo, finds a mysterious key hidden in an old barn, strange things begin to happen. The key might just unlock the secret of fairy magic and Ella might have her chance to prove to everyone that fairies are real. But someone else wants the key, too.

Ella is 10, and loves inventing new things. Leo is three, and loves playing with his big sister. But sometimes being Leo’s big sister isn’t easy, especially when he keeps getting in the way of Ella’s inventions. One day, Ella invents a time machine, and Leo is accidentally transported back to the age of the dinosaurs.

Just when Thelma Bee thinks she might finish sixth grade like a semi-normal kid, supernatural activity begins to spike once again in Riverfish, MA. From reports of wandering tree monsters to a local river shifting its course, something is weaving magical chaos—and this time, it's all by deadly design. When her school's a cappella group starts acting suspicious and a classmate goes missing, Thelma learns that sometimes dark magic comes in the most unexpected packages. Now, with her hometown on the line, Thelma must harness the ancient power inside her to save the people she loves.