Richard Peck

Маленький городок в штате Нью-Мексико. Нора работает официанткой и одна воспитывает двух дочерей. Младшая Шейд — милая, скромная девочка, все свободное время проводит в кинотеатре, стараясь перенять манеры голливудских звезд. Старшая Труди — полная противоположность сестры: грубая и резкая, она мечтает вырваться из того места, в котором живет. Однажды Труди знакомится с приезжим парнем по имени Дэнк, и с этого момента жизнь девушки и ее родных резко меняется…

Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.

"Once Upon a Midnight Scary" is a 1979 television program that aired as part of a CBS television anthology series. The program, hosted by noted actor Vincent Price, features scenes from three stories, including "The Ghost Belonged to Me" by Richard Peck, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, and "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" by John Bellairs.

A beautiful high school student becomes the target of a terror campaign that eventually leads to devastating consequences.

Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl and she asks for his help in finding the "child of glass" by reciting a riddle. He has only a day or two to solve the riddle...or be haunted for the rest of his life!