The Secret of the Halloween Fires — Veda Boyd Jones

Sam Morgan thinks the sixth grade social studies assignment sounds like fun -- find out something that happened on the day he was born and interview three people about the event. On Sam's birthday, almost twelve years ago on Halloween, the Big Spring Inn burned to the ground. It's an exciting subject, but it becomes more fascinating when he interviews an eyewitness who says it was arson. By reading back issues of the local paper, Sam discovers a major fire occurred each year on his birthday. Halloween is only a few days away. Will the arsonist strike again? Sam and his neighbors Matt and Jill investigate. Phantom horses, a missing police report, and a stakeout help the young detectives discover the secret of the Halloween fires.