Polynesians struggle to rebuild their land. From the Coral Sea to Gardenia Island they cross the sea in their war canoe racing for freedom.

Second half of the adventure. The Gardenia Islanders are racing across the South Pacific to get home. They face sharks, both... More > human and those of the sea, hunger, thirst and pirates. < Less

Olive, Violet, and Jack first set off for Central Africa before heading to Egypt to find the last stronghold of Cleopatra... More > Selene and Juba II. It is rumored that all the treasure of Egypt is to be found in the mysterious Valley of the Wooden Camel. Follow their hair-raising adventure across North Africa to find the hidden valley.
This is Book 12 in the series of our intrepid young English explorer-detectives.

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This volume describes the setting up of the Pacific Research Institute as a center for regional cooperation in scientific... More > and agricultural pursuits for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It was funded by an award made to Jack, Olive, Violet, and Judith in the first novel, Olive and Violet Bright: Daughters of Rosewood Heath. This new mystery centers around the beautiful but destructive plant known as the “Water Orchid.” This plant grows wild in Tahiti and is threatening the fragile watershed of these paradise islands. The heirs of the Tave and Pomare line (principal chiefly families in old Tahiti) are anxious to resolve this matter together with the young English. Here the reader learns the debt of the British to gentle Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti* who lived in the mid- 19th century. Olive, Violet, and Lieutenant Charlessen hope to discover who is behind the water orchid conspiracy in the lush green arbors of this tiny corner of the old Society Islands. < Less

Olive and Violet Bright have stopped by the beautiful Japanese ryokan (inn), the Fall of Snow. While there, they happen upon... More > the lovely Suiko, a young scholar and proprietress of the ryokan. Olive and Violet quickly discover that Suiko is the ichiban (Number One) oral historian in all of Nippon. Suiko has discovered a troubling phenomenon. The Komatsu, an old and revered industrial family, is being written out of history. The sisters haven’t much time to discover who would falsify the history of the Komatsu and why. Hopefully, Professor Furikawa Akihiko will be able to help them and Suiko. As with all of the Olive and Violet series, the action is non-stop. < Less

Illustrator: Nicole Madelyn Meyer

Olive, Violet, Judith and Jack arrive at Flamingo Cay just as Hurikan descends. They are... More > on their way to Texas, but must first stop in bayou country to deliver medical supplies to Dr. Hispanola Jubilee. When they arrive in Texas, at the Cuatro S Ranch, they head out at once to begin a long cattle drive to Kansas. From hurricanes, to bayous, to an adventuress cattle drive, to the mountains and forests of Colorado, Olive and Violet lead the way in solving a new mystery under the wide panoramas of the Old West < Less

On a tea journey with old friends along the foothills of Colorado.

Jack, Olive, Violet, and Judith are youngsters in their first novel set in the fictional countryside of northwest England.... More > It’s summer and Olive and Violet are now in residence in the family manorhouse, Rosewood Heath. Their best friend, Jack Pems, who lives not far from them at Blackwheat, has just come north to begin his summer. They’re soon joined by Judith Pinckney, Jack’s cousin. Not soon after the quartette of good friends have arrived north they meet a mysterious Burmese. They soon discover that this exotic gentleman is conspiring with the town librarian to steal a plant growing wildly on one of the great old estates of the Holly District. The plant is renowned for its alchemic abilities. If it were to fall into the wrong hands, it could have dire consequences for both the Burmese and the English people. < Less

Introducing: Nicole Madelyn Meyer as illustrator

Jack, Olive, Violet, and Judith are in the beautiful isles of Atla to... More > investigate mysterious underwater ruins. Rumour has spread throughout the Greek Islands that the ruins of a colony of Atlantis has been discovered. If it is true than the treasure which lies below the waters of the Aegean Sea, in the temple of Poseidon, is priceless. The adventure takes place at the very site of the final, great battle between the Empire of Atlantis and the Empire of Athens, both of which died out over 11,000 years ago. The quartette meets the artist, Appollonia, the ill-fated Lextra, and the dashing Greek, Captain Ioannis, in a hair-raising adventure under the waters of the Aegean Sea they face wild storms and water funnels to save the ruins of the Atlantis’ colony. < Less

Jack. Violet, Olive, and Judith are staying at the plantation of Peachy Wu north of Hongkong above Kowloon in the New... More > Territories. The city of Hongkong (Fragrant Harbor) holds a mystery reaching far beyond the quiet of the up-country plantation of the good and wise Peachy Wu. The quartette soon finds themselves in the beautiful Floating City controlled by an evil mandarin, Master Ch’ing. He is engaged in the sale of the treasures of China. This ruthless enterprise, however, is only one side of Master Ch’ing. He rules wickedly over his walled village maintaining a beautiful, exiled life in the inner world of the Floating City. In this book we learn about the loyalty of the Chinese people to the Middle Kingdom (China). At times in their history, the Chinese have left their beloved country but never left the Middle Kingdom of their hearts and souls. < Less