Beware Fried Fish

Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Storm West is so done after a hideously boring sixth-grade school year. Kicking off the summer by working at her family's Crimson Creek Resort in the mountains of Wyoming feels like a welcome change . . . until freaky things start happening. The animals are acting weird, a thief's on the loose, and the ghost from a legend communicates with Storm through her dreams. Storm's mysterious grandmother, K?ú??i, even warns her to be on the lookout for a ?i?íye, the Lakota word for bogeyman.As Storm and her new friend IQ begin to uncover the dark secrets of Miner's Mountain, they find that abandoned mine shafts, shadowy woods, and tall reeds make perfect hiding spots for frightful creatures. Suddenly, boredom doesn't seem so bad.