“Look out!” yelled Eddy. He fell right into a pile of leaves. His sister, Anna, laughed. She pointed a stick at his head. “You almost missed it, Captain Clumsy!” she said. Anna held up an old, wrinkly paper. It was not a drawing of their yard. This was special. Blue lines on the paper seemed to move. They glowed and wiggled. “It’s a treasure map, Eddy!” she whispered. Her eyes were big. “I found...
In the quirky little town of Georgetown, where the moon always seemed to wink at the cobblestone streets, lived a ten-year-old girl named Zoe. She had a mop of curly red hair that bounced like springs, freckles that danced across her nose, and a giggle that could make even the grumpiest gargoyle smile. Zoe loved baking more than anything—her kitchen was her kingdom, where she whipped up cookies...
Mrs. Lee's eyes squinted in the early morning sun as she stepped out onto the porch of her small townhouse. The chilly spring air brushed against her cheeks, a gentle wake-up call that she hadn't felt in months. She tightened the knot of her blue and white striped apron around her waist and picked up her basket of freshly baked cookies, the sweet scent wafting around her. Her neighbor, Mr. Kim...
