The Peabody Series

Pull on your boots! It's winter in Peabody, Wisconsin, and there is plenty of excitement afoot at the Derwood household. Wise-cracking siblings Jack and Penny become entangled in an international smuggling operation and the nonstop adventure of cracking a dangerous case. At times, however, it is...

Scruggs Grady is about to have his dream come true: a home of his very own. But disaster strikes when a mysterious aunt pops up and whisks him away from the cold but familiar snowbanks of Wisconsin to the bustling streets of San Francisco. To muddle things even more, a secret note warns him to...

In the third story of the Peabody Adventure Series, Jack and Scruggs accompany Jack's uncle on a search for lost gold. Anonymous threats and mysterious accidents hound the expedition, but the team doggedly continues, with Jack and Scruggs acting as assistants. Who is "Long Tooth," their...

Doc Ericson has just started a llama farm, north of Peabody, Wisconsin, and he asks Penny, Jack, and Scruggs to help out. As soon as they get there, however, strange things begin to happen. Who let the llamas run loose? Is somebody trying to make trouble for Doc Ericson and his llamas? And what...

In the fourth book of the Peabody series, the meek and well behaved Jean asks the Lord to help her be brave and send her on an adventure. Over the next several weeks Jean learns to stand up for herself, say the truth even when it's hard, and say what she wants to do. But on a trip to her aunt...

The whole gang from Peabody: Scruggs, Penny, Annette, Jack, and Jean, board a flight for a vacation in New England with Aunt Betty and Uncle Bill. But they find themselves abandoned in a strange, seemingly endless forest in the mountains. With very little food and no gear, they must keep moving...

The gang of friends: Scruggs, Jack, Penny, Annette, and Jean have got their new clubhouse in place, but they are stormed by Eddy and his gang of pals who specialize in outwitting the Hall of Heroes and making them look ridiculous. Meanwhile, Jean has been assigned by her church's Young Helps...