The Secret of the Hidden Road — Jean C. Joachim

When two teenage sisters move to the country for the summer, they don't expect to be saving animals or solving mysteries. As soon as Amanda & Emily Carson arrive at The Birches, their summer community, they are pulled into a rescue for a pug swept away by a raging stream.

Sixteen-year-old Amanda reconnects with her old friends while her younger sister, Emily makes a new friend, Ashley. Their friendship heads south when Ashley accuses Amanda of theft!

Tension runs high, splitting the sisters. But when Gus, Ashley's dog, disappears, Amanda and Emily join forces to find him, risking their own safety. A desperate escape finds the girls locked in a closet in a haunted house. A frantic search by the community turns up nothing until David, the girls' friend, takes their alert dog, Muffin, out to find them.

Take this fun adventurous journey through friendship, mystery and sisterly devotion. Best for young readers ages seven and up.