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Ages 5 to 8 years. Chadwick the Crab and Bernie the Sea Gull are worried that they are going to lose a good friend forever. Hester, a Delmarva fox squirrel, has discovered a book telling her she is on the endangered species list. Not only that, a mysterious monster is lurking around Shady Creek. All this happens just when Chadwick and Esmerelda are getting ready to welcome their family home.

The Revolutionary War has sparked legends, ghost stories, and tales of haunted battlefields. Explore the ghostly side of the fight for American independence with stories collected for the first time in one volume, from all thirteen of the original American colonies that rebelled against England. Find out how a group of boy scouts got more than they bargained for after camping at the haunted Spy House in New Jersey. Cross paths with the Headless Horseman of Paoli and pray that you don't gaze into his guilty eyes. Travel to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington had his lowest moment in the war and was visited by an angel that may have changed the course of history. Ride with General " Mad Anthony" Wayne on his annual quest to retrieve his missing bones. These stories and more are why you'll want to get caught up in the Spirits of 76'.

Explore tales of legendary creatures that haunt New England forests, lakes, sea, and sky. Learn of blazing beaches and strange objects raining down from the heavens. Relive the terror of killer storms, tornadoes, and deadly infernos. The region has played host to cryptid creatures (sea and lake monsters, Bigfoot, satyrs, thunderbirds, and more). From frozen human hibernation and spontaneous human combustion, to UFO abductions, witchcraft, and vampires, New England is where it's at!

Pittsburgh's ghosts are as varied as its many neighborhoods. In the shadow of the University of Pittsburgh, curious boys investigate an abandoned house and find that some doors are better left unopened. In Robinson Township, a young woman wakes nightly to find a shadowy menace standing over her bed. On the banks of the Ohio River, a baby has a close call with a cold stove mysteriously running hot. A dying man's last wish is communicated from beyond the grave. Call them what you will: visits from the ethereal plain, the sixth sense, the fourth dimension, spectral visions, or cold spots. The tales you are about to read will chill you, and yet provide reassuring warmth that the living are not alone.

Why did hundreds of people line up, in the winter of 1980, bumper to bumper in rural Illinois, to catch a glimpse of a scantily clad phantom along Kennedy Hill Road? Did you know that a ghost of a homicidal mother still haunts the road near her former home? What is the real history behind Independence Grove and Devil's Gate? When these questions and more are answered, you will never look at the history of Illinois the same way. This painstakingly researched book leaves no ghost unturned.