A to Z Animal Mysteries #2: Bats in the Castle

Abbi is excited to use the new app she found to listen to the bats near her home. But the elevator in their ancient castle is down again so she has to be content with sending her friends Daniel and Lydia up to the top floor to use the app. What they hear sounds odd, though. Is there a ghost in the c......more

Abbi loves listening to bats with her special app and with the help of her friends Lydia and Daniel. One night, though, the sound and the sound waves the app recorded were all wrong. Abbi's mom jokes that it was a ghost, but Lydia is afraid of that idea, so they set out to find what really made the......more

This addition to an appealing series has many strengths- natural readability, diverse characters with humor and curiosity, solid friendships, technology and science content well-suited to the target age, and a subject that can't be beat- BATS! The analytic and investigative approach of the kids is i......more

Following a new group of friends, these books update Ron Roy's series to a more relatable scene. The group is more diverse with Abbi in a wheelchair thanks to her Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). The animal theme is such a draw for young readers looking to branch into chapter books and the simple myst......more