Mark J. Gordon

On a small island off the California coast it's the Fourth of July and tourists are washing up dead. Mysterious sea creatures called Aquanoids are responsible.

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth's excitement about the Queen of England visiting her New Zealand town grows when she might meet her. As the town prepares, Elizabeth is drawn to the outcast elderly woman Hira.

Several students fighting with ghosts using pancake's shoulder blades.