Danger Lies Ahead

Plot

LIGHTS OUT AT CAMP WHAT-A- NUT: We have a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy here. You now have two strikes." Mark Prescott is not having a fun time at summer camp. First of all, he went there so he could talk with his best friend, Patti. But she only wants to discuss her new boyfriend. Then Mark finds he's sharing a cabin with Joe Devlin, Odyssey's biggest bully, who gets Mark into trouble with the camp's leaders. Mark grows irritated by the unfairness of his situation and Joe's obnoxious behavior. Yet Mark feels there must be some hidden reason Joe has become expecially bad. Finally, Mark and Joe find themselves paired in a treasure hunt that puts them in unexpected danger. Through his adventures in camp, Mark learns valuable lessons about friendship and how God uses one person to help another.

THE KING'S QUEST: "Sir Owwen cried out to Mark, 'An ambush! Quickly!' Even as he shouted, he grabbed the guard by the wrist, twisted it so that the sword dropped free, and scooped up the weapon." Mark Prescott is not in Odyssey anymore. The Imagination Station has propelled him back in time to the era of brave knights, great castles, an evil nobleman, and a good king. Now Mark finds himself in the middle of a quest for the kind to retrieve a precious ring. But first he has to survive the wicked Sir Cardoc's plan for him! And then he and the valiant Sir Owwen will have to find and do battle with the most dangerous creature in the realm. As Mark moves from adventure to adventure, he learns iimportant lessons about God's control over his life and how He uses even the most difficult experiences to accomplish His will.

DANGER LIES AHEAD:: "One thing I've learned is that nobody is what they seem to be." That's what the new kid told me, anyway. And he just might be right. Things have beena bit strange around Odyssey lately. My name's Jack Davis. My friend Lucy just told me that an escaped convict could be heading straight for our town! On top of that, I know Joe Devlin, the school bully, is repeating sixth grade. I'm not sure which of the two I should be more afraid of. And if that wasn't enough, that new kid, Colin, has been telling me some really wild stuff. I'm not sure what to think, but I could sure use your help in figuring out who to trust!

A CARNIVAL OF SECRETS: Patti Eldridge has been depressed ever since her best friend, Mark Prescott, moved away. So when the spring carnival comes to Odyssey, Patti's parents are sure they've found just the thing to cheer her up. But when the rides don't appeal to her and the hall of mirrors seems dull, Patti wanders offand in to Madam Clara's fortune-telling tent. She's certain her mother and father wouldn't approve, but what harm could it do? After all, she doesn't have to believe a thing the woman tells her, right? Patti wins a prize at the shooting gallery just as Madam Clara said she would. But then bizarre things start happening - like the fortune-teller showing up at Whit's End and the brakes on her parents' car mysteriously going out. If only she had told her parents the whole story! Then she'd know whose word she can trust - theirs and God's.