Barbara Grengs: 6 books

Hate mail, mean-spirited pranks, bomb scares, and some very bad poety all threaten to ruin the holiday season for Toby Martin and her foil, Freddy Galvin.Little kid pranks escalate into serious threats when Toby, her pals, and Mrs. Trattles are specifically identified on a “hit list.” After...

When Toby’s mom asks her to clean out the attic to make way for a remodeling project, Toby quickly discards her old Barbie dolls, her Cabbage Patch Kids, and her outgrown clothes, only to find a stash of mysterious artifacts beneath the attic floorboards: an old doll, a locket, a diary and a treasure map.

One by one neighborhood dogs disappear. One by one the ransom notes arrive. When Toby Martin and her best pal, Freddy, discover Toby’s dog is the next intended victim, they become first-rate detectives. Who is the pooch pilferer? Will Toby and Freddy rescue the dogs and capture the criminal?

It’s spring at Merriam Park Junior High when kids’ thoughts turn to summer vacation, romance and ...fires in the school’s rest rooms, racist graffiti on the walls, and fights off the school grounds. All add up to a canceled end of the year field trip to Como Park, Toby’s most favorite place ever.

Six years have passed since Michael Martin left for groceries and never returned home. What happened to him? Toby Martin, 15-year old amateur sleuth, tackles the case head on when she discovers letters from her beloved Pops that her mother had hidden from her and her brother. Following the clues embedded...

Toby Martin Series, Vol. 5The only event interrupting the summer blahs for Toby Martin, girl detective, and Freddy Galvin, boy foil, is the Great Minnesota Get-Together: the one, the only, the Minnesota State Fair!Electrifying rides, delicious food on a stick, raucous music, parades,...