Rick Duffield

Joe and David publish a sports newsletter using new technology that will be better than the existing paper. The idea of new being better than old reminds Wishbone of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

When Joe Talbot gets a summer job at Oakdale's used-book store, he's happy just to have a job. But Joe quickly learns that something strange is going on when he narrowly escapes from a burglar one night at the store. More break-ins occur, and Wishbone and Joe put themselves on the trail of the burglar. They soon discover that there is more to the case than just break-ins, and the person behind them isn't interested only in stealing books. There's...

Recalling the days of the old West, Wishbone imagines himself as "Long Bill" Longley, a western hero from O. Henry's book "Heart of the West", who is forced into a showdown with a city-slicker bank examiner.

Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, David Barnes, and Wishbone are hot on the trail of an ancient Oakdale secret! They are searching for any sign of Willow Bend--an early town settlement that was destroyed by a flood many years ago. This exiting quest makes Wishbone imagine himself as Allan Quatermain, a great elephant hunter from H. Rider Haggard's thrilling adventure tale, King Solomon's Mines.