The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins
Dedication The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins is Volume 22 in a 33 book series The books are being reissued in honor of my grandfather Andrew Edward Svenson who began The Happy Hollisters series in 1953 using the pseudonym Jerry West The characters in the Hollister family were based in part on his family my grandmother father uncle and aunts and I am grateful to them for inspiring these books and for their support of this labor of love Marian S Svenson Elaine Hollister Andrew E Svenson Jr Pete Laura Svenson Schnell Pam Eric R Svenson Sr Ricky Jane Svenson Kossmann Holly Eileen Svenson de Zayas and Ingrid Svenson Herdman Sue Many thanks also to Callie and Libby Svenson for their editorial and marketing assistance Andrew E Svenson III The Svenson Group Inc on behalf of The Hollister Family Properties Trust Yikes Ricky added Pam solves mysteries in her sleep
Contents 1 A Surprise Penny 2 A Funny Trick 3 A Mysterious Noise 4 A Walking Hat 5 The Tornado Box 6 A Treasure Coin 7 The Wishing Fountain 8 Cannonball Holly 9 Detective Work 70 10 A Fishhook Clue 80 96 11 A Startling Discovery 12 Follow the Leader 13 Bald Eagle Hill 105 115 14 A Telltale Sketch 123 133 142 15 Flying Kittens 16 A Happy Report 17 The Golf Ball Goof 18 The Oak Tree's Secret 151 158
CHAPTER 1 A Surprise Penny Ricky Holly I have a secret cried Sue Hollister Holding one chubby fist behind her back she ran along the sidewalk toward her brother and sister Holly six was two years older than Sue Her hair was braided in pigtails which usually were flying straight out At the moment Holly was walking slowly eating a vanilla ice cream cone Ricky was seven He had freckles red hair and an impish grin The strawberry cone he was eating was halfway gone Hi Sue he said when they came face to face What's your big secret I can't show anybody until I get home The lady said not to What lady Ricky asked impatiently The parakeet lady that's who Holly's tongue flicked out to catch a drip of ice cream Do you mean a lady parakeet she asked Oh no replied Sue shaking her head so that her black bobbed hair swished from side to side This lady wasn't a bird She had a bird Quickly the little girl explained that a pet parakeet had flown out of an open window The woman who
