TY - SER KW - German Americans KW - ministers KW - animal shelters KW - adoption KW - private investigators KW - Protestants AU - Susan Kimmel Wright AB - Nellie, 13, is upset that her hippie parents travel to Colombia to adopt a baby. Meanwhile, there are odd goings-on at the old cemetery on the family's land. School Library Journal says, “Support from her loving family and strong, close-knit, Christian community enable Nellie to solve the mystery and accept the adoption of her new brother.” C1 - 1990s C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Moon Twp.; Pittsburgh International Airport; Somerset County C4 - Children’s; Mystery; Christian; Young Adult CY - Scottdale, PA LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - Nellie, 13, is upset that her hippie parents travel to Colombia to adopt a baby. Meanwhile, there are odd goings-on at the old cemetery on the family's land. School Library Journal says, “Support from her loving family and strong, close-knit, Christian community enable Nellie to solve the mystery and accept the adoption of her new brother.” PB - Herald Press PP - Scottdale, PA PY - 1993 RN - Susan Kimmel Wright (1950— ), born in Somerset, attended Shanksville-Stonycreek School. She studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh (1971) and law at Duquesne University (1976). An attorney and writer of children's books, Wright lives in Bridgeville, Allegheny County. All three of her children's novels are published by Herald Press, a Mennonite publishing house in Scottdale, Westmoreland County. EP - 183 p. TI - The Secret of the Graveyard ER -