Calamity Jan Pierson's Books

Goodbye God, I'm Going to Bodie kicks off this ghost town History Mystery Series for middle-grade readers with a story based on a well-known legend of Bodie, California. When 12-year-old Meggie and her best friend, Paige, uncover the missing diary in the ghost town of Bodie, California, they have no idea what secrets had been buried for over a hundred years. Bodie - once known as "The wildest mining camp in the West" - comes to life through the words of Anna Louise Lockmoor. Who is this girl whose words, "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie" have become a legend? Why was she afraid? What was she hiding? > > > to Bodie page

Ghostowners #2: Ghost of Nighthawk. Nighthawk, Washington. Nighthawk, Washington. Meggie, Paige and a pain-in-the-neck kid named Jay Paul Leeberg, search for the legendary Haggerty gold buried somewhere near the ghost town of Nighthawk. But someone is following them. Is it the ghost of Nighthawk? While Meggie tries to save her best friend from certain death, a letter falls out of a curtain rod in the freaky old Nighthawk Hotel. The letter leads them to the final shocking discovery near the Nighthawk Mine. But they are trapped. Is it too late? > > > to Nighthawk page

Ghostowners #3: Shadow of Shaniko. Shaniko, Oregon. The story unravels in the Shaniko School where someone is leaving death messages on the chalk board, warning Meggie and Paige to get out. Why? A Native American runaway named Gabe Stackpole complicates everything when he involves them in his own dangerous journey. Now they must all try to escape from the Whipman who pursues them. And who is the Bushtn? This multicultural ghost town mystery blends with history, humor and drama until the surprising climax when they follow the shadow of Shaniko into the wool warehouse and find the answer. > > > to Shaniko page

Ghostowners #4: The Haunted Horse of Gold Hill revolves around an orphaned wild mustang colt and the plight of the endangered wild horses of the Virginia Range near Virginia City/Gold Hill, Nevada. Why is the mysterious colt circling the tombstone on the outskirts of Gold Hill? What haunts this small, wild horse that has been sighted in the hills for over a hundred years? Twelve-year-old Paige, and her best friend, Meggie, are determined to find out, but a teenage drifter named Brooks involves them in an even more perilous web of high-stakes danger and intrigue. > > > to The Haunted Horse of Gold Hill page

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