Gazing at the river outside her window, a child imagines all the places the river could take her from the city all the way to the ocean, and dreams of all that she would see.

An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

"A spunky young girl decides to sell lemonade on a hot summer day, venturing out all the way to the river's end where she finds some unexpected and fantastical clientèle"--

"Everyone has heard the story of the Narrow. The river that runs behind the Atwood School is only a few feet across and seemingly placid, but beneath the surface, the waters are deep and vicious. It's said that no one who has fallen in has ever survived. Eden White knows that isn't true. Six years ago, she saw Delphine Fournier fall into the Narrow--and live. Delphine now lives in careful isolation, sealed off from the world. Even a single drop of...

In The ghost of the chattering bones, while vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a ghostly stream. In The creature in Ogopogo Lake, the Aldens visit Grandfather's friend at the Ogopogo Retreat and aided by puzzling clues, embark on a treasure hunt to prevent the retreat from being sold. In The vampire mystery, when the Aldens agree to watch the...