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Christina’s Ghost
By Betty Ren Wright
Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure.

The Dollhouse Murders
By Betty Ren Wright
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.

The Dollhouse Murders (DVD)
While staying at her Aunt Clare's country home, Amy Treloar discovers a doll-house with a secret only the dolls know.

A Ghost in the Family
By Betty Ren Wright
While visiting his friend Jeannie's eccentric Aunt Rosebud in a boarding house that may be haunted, ten-year-old Chad comes across a mystery involving a missing diamond bracelet.

The Ghost of Popcorn Hill
By Betty Ren Wright
Martin and Peter acquire a mischievous new dog and two lonely ghosts.

Haunted Summer
By Betty Ren Wright
Shy, nine-year-old Abby surprises herself, her equally timid babysitter, and her older brother when they are haunted by a ghost that is trying to reclaim a stolen music box.

The Moonlight Man
By Betty Ren Wright
When their father moves them for the seventh time in the five years since their mother's death, Jenny and her younger sister hope to stay in this latest house and try to find out about the malevolent ghost who seems bent on getting revenge on their elderly neighbors.

The Wish Master
By Betty Ren Wright
Certain that his grandfather doesn't want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to the Wish Master.

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