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The Light at Tern Rock by Julia L. Sauer ... $1.00 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "Ronnie and his aunt take care of the lighthouse while the keeper is on vacation, and when he does not return as expected, they discover that Tern Rock is a perfect place to spend Christmas.")

Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good.)

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt ... $3.00 (1964, 209 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)

The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois ... $2.00 (1947+, 180 page. Not ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.")

Sounder by William H. Armstrong ... $2.00 (1969, 116 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Set in the South, this is a poignant story of a dog, his master and master's family, whose lives are forever changed by one incident.")


Good Charlotte by Carol Beach York ... $1.00 (Softcover, some overall wear, pages are browning - still just fine for a reading copy. "Tatty is an orphan girl, who is the odd, scruffy little girl of the orphanage - and always in trouble! Though loved dearly by the teachers/caretakers, she is never up to their expectations. When a trip takes them out of town, a "substitute" teacher helps her see that she is actually quite lovely.")

I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch ... $1.00 (2001, 86 pages. Not ex-library, light wear. "When Brian's dog Arful suddenly begins talking, Brian and his two friends send the dog to find out what their classmates are planning for the school talent show.")


A Daring Adventure #9: Kidnapped in Rome by Peter Reese Doyle ... $1.50 (Softcover, not ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "While sightseeing in Rome, siblings Penny and Mark and their friend David find themselves mixed up with a group of political terrorists and kidnappers who are using counterfeit money to try to frame prominent bankers and government officials.")



The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois ... $2.00 (1947+, 180 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book is overall good. "Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.")



The Sugar Creek Gang #1 - The Swamp Robber by Paul Hutchens ... $1.50 (Ex-library, softcover, overall good.)
The Sugar Creek Gang #9 - One Stormy Day by Paul Hutchens ... $1.50 (Ex-library, softcover, overall good.)



The Bobbsey Twins # 3 - At the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope ... $2.00 (Green tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.) -- 2 copies
The Bobbsey Twins #4 - At School by Laura Lee Hope ... $2.00 (Green tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
The Bobbsey Twins #10 - On Blueberry Island by Laura Lee Hope ... $2.00 (Green boards, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
The Bobbsey Twins #12 - In Washington by Laura Lee Hope ... $2.00 (Green tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.)


The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (Large print. 1965, 140 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "All Ralph had wanted to do was ride the little motorcycle someone had left on the table in the hotel room where he lived. But soon a terrified Ralph finds himself trapped at the bottom of a wastepaper basket. ... It's Ralph's lucky day when along comes Keith, the owner of the toy motorcycle, who teaches Ralph how to ride properly, and then turns him loose to enjoy the biking adventure of his life. ... But adventure can be both fun a trouble - as Ralph and Keith soon find out!")
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (Larger softcover, 1991. 158 pages. Ex-school, some wear - still a good reading copy. "All Ralph had wanted to do was ride the little motorcycle someone had left on the table in the hotel room where he lived. But soon a terrified Ralph finds himself trapped at the bottom of a wastepaper basket. ... It's Ralph's lucky day when along comes Keith, the owner of the toy motorcycle, who teaches Ralph how to ride properly, and then turns him loose to enjoy the biking adventure of his life. ... But adventure can be both fun a trouble - as Ralph and Keith soon find out!")
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (Softcover, overall good. "All Ralph had wanted to do was ride the little motorcycle someone had left on the table in the hotel room where he lived. But soon a terrified Ralph finds himself trapped at the bottom of a wastepaper basket. ... It's Ralph's lucky day when along comes Keith, the owner of the toy motorcycle, who teaches Ralph how to ride properly, and then turns him loose to enjoy the biking adventure of his life. ... But adventure can be both fun a trouble - as Ralph and Keith soon find out!")
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (1982, 160 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The world's smartest mouse is back - and he's going to school! When Ralph learns that his old friend Matt, the bellhop at the Mountain View Inn, is going to lost his job beacuse of mice in the hotel, Ralph gets the houcekeeper's son to take him to school with him. Ralph the mouse causes quite a sensation in the classroom - and gets quite an education himself.")
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear, pages are browning - still a good reading copy. "The world's smartest mouse is back - and he's going to school! When Ralph learns that his old friend Matt, the bellhop at the Mountain View Inn, is going to lost his job beacuse of mice in the hotel, Ralph gets the houcekeeper's son to take him to school with him. Ralph the mouse causes quite a sensation in the classroom - and gets quite an education himself.")
Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary ... $2.00 (1951, 160 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was almost glad she had no best friend. Best friends do not have secrets from each other, and Ellen had a secret she did not want to share with anyone. But by the time the dancing lesson was over (surely the most devastating dancing lesson on record), Ellen had found a best friend and shared her secret. The best friend was Austine, and the secret was that Ellen was wearing woolen underwear. So was Austine!")
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (1955+, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "This is the first title in the hugely popular series about Ramona Quimby. Ramona's sister, Beezus, tries very hard to be patient, but how many nine-year-old girls have to put up with their embarrassing, annoying little four-year-old sisters? Sisters are supposed to love each other, but pesky little Ramona just doesn't seem very lovable to Beezus.")
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (1968, 192 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "Ramona doesn't think she's a pest - she knows that she isn't a pest on purpose. So how in the world does Ramona get in trouble? Why does Davy run away whenever Ramona comes near him? And how does she manage to disrupt the whole kindergarten class during their rest time?")
Socks by Beverly Cleary ... $1.00 (Softcover, some wear to include a rumple to lower-right corner - still a good reading copy. "The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.")
Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary ... $1.50 (1952+, 192 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "All Henry Huggins wants is his very own bicycle, a shiny red one to ride up and down Klickitat Street. But no matter how Henry tries to raise money for the bike of his dreams - from selling bubble gum to delivering newspapers - he always ends up with too much trouble and not enough money. But Henry's old friend Beezus has an idea that may turn Henry's worst trouble yet into a real business success!") -- 2 copies


The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla .. $1.00 (Softcover, some wear but overall good. "Gregory's family moves to a smaller house in a poorer part of town; the father has lost his factory job. There is no yard at the new house in which to play, but Gregory explores a nearly burnt-out building that was formerly a chalk factory. Gregory finds plenty of chalk in the debris as he cleans up, and the artist in him soars. Even though the kids at the new school don't accept him readily, Gregory is happy for himself as the blackened walls of the building become his giant canvas.")


Chancy and the Grand Rascal by Sid Fleischman ... $1.50 (1966, 179 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Skinny Chancy and his newly found friend, the great rascal, enjoy humorous escapades as they travel by their wits up and across the Midwest in search of Chancy's family.")
McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleischman ... $1.50 (1986, 42 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "After leaving their rocky Connecticut farm to seek their fortunes in the West, Josh McBroom, his wife Melissa, and their eleven redheaded children stop in Iowa where they become the owners of a small but very unusual piece of property.")
McBroom's Ghost by Sid Fleischman ... $1.50 (1981, 43 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The McBroom family is plagued by a mysterious ghost that visits their farm after every prolonged freezing spell.")
McBroom's Ear by Sid Fleischman ... $1.50 (1969. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The war is on when the grasshoppers attack Josh McBroom's fabulous one-acre farm and prize ear of corn.")


The Three Investigators #1 - The Secret of Terror Castle by Robert Arthur ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Finding a genuine haunted house for a movie set sounds like fun - and a great way to generate publicity for the Three Investigators' new detective agency. But when the boys arrive for an overnight visit at Terror Castle - home of a deceased horror-movie actor - they soon find out how the place got its name!")


Nancy Drew #8 - Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene ... $2.00 (Yellow spine, 174 pages. Some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Nancy Drew #15 - The Haunted Bridge by Carolyn Keene ... $1.50 (Older tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Nancy Drew #20 - The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene ... $1.50 (Older tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Nancy Drew #31 - The Ringmaster's Secret by Carolyn Keene ... $1.50 (Older tweed, some wear - still a good reading copy.)


The Hardy Boys #1 - The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon ... $1.50 (Blue spine, some wear but overall good.)


The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures #1 - Tom Swift and His Flying Lab by Victor Appleton II ... $4.00 (1954, pictorial cover. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures #3 - Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship by Victor Appleton II ... $4.00 (1954, pictorial cover. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good.)


Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.")


Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "The determination of two youngsters to win a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.")
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry ... $1.50 (1975, 175 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The determination of two youngsters to win a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.")
Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "Movie men have come to Chincoteague to film the annual Pony Penning, and Paul and Maureen are thrilled - until they learn that the producers want to buy their beloved Misty. Reluctantly, they agree to sell in order to send their uncle to college. But how will they ever fill the lonely place that Misty leaves behind? ... Finding an orphaned colt helps Paul and Maureen deal with their loss, and they soon discover that little Sea Star needs them just as much as they need him.")



Secret of the Shark Pit, A Ladd Family Adventure by Lee Roddy ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Josh Ladd is excited about his father's secret assignment in Hawaii. The family trip takes an unexpected twist when their family's hotel room is burglarized and an Hawaiian treasure map is stolen. In a well-meaning effort to help recover it, Josh disobeys his father and ends up trapped with two friends in a pit filled with sharks and no way out.")


Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery ... $2.00 (1921, 370 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.")



Mandie #11 - Mandie and the Holiday Surprise by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #16 - Mandie and the Midnight Journey by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #14 - Mandie and the Shipboard Mystery by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #15 - Mandie and the Foreign Spies by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #16 - Mandie and the Silent Catacombs by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #17 - Mandie and the Singing Chalet by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #20 - Mandie and the Windmill's Message by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #24 - Mandie and the Invisible Troublemaker by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, cover has wear, pages have a water stain about the edge - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #16 - Mandie and the Tornado by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
Mandie #35 - Mandie and the Quilt Mystery by Lois Gladys Leppard ... $1.00 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)



Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Wacky Animals by Donald J. Sobol ... $2.00 (1985, 117 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. Not mysteries - interesting animal facts - but leaving the book here with other Encyclopedia Brown books. "A collection of anecdotes chronicling some unusual events and activities involving a variety of wild and domestic animals.") -- 2 copies


The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden ... $1.50 (1960, 157 pages. Ex-library, rebopund, some wear but overall good. "After Chester lands in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand.")





The Camel Express by Ann Shaffer ... $2.00 (1989, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "As part of an experiment in 1860, a camel fills in for a wounded pony on a Pony Express route.")

The Little Indian and the Angel by Mildred H. Feague ... $1.50 (1970. Ex-library, some wear to include a rumple to the upper-right corner - still a good reading copy. "Story about a Southwestern Indian boy, his very special friendship with a beautiful Angel, and the fun and good times they shared.")

A Little House Chapter Book: Farmer Boy Days ... 50 cents (Softcover, cover has wear, wear to corners - still just fine for a reading copy.)

The House on the Mountain by Eleanor Clymer ... $1.50 (1971, 39 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "When they see the little house on the mountain side, several black city children can almost believe it is the house their mother is always talking about.")

The Three Tripps by Margaret & John Travers Moore ... $1.50 (1959, 159 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has considerable wear, pages are browning - still just fine for a reading copy. "From the first day that the Tripp family moved to Jackson, Jebby, Hannah, and Tot, the littlest Tripp, find many things to do. Jebby and Hannah go on a 'ghost hunt' - a trip that adds a most unusual member to the family. Of course, the children's main goal is to find a writing den for Grandpa. Grandpa is disturbed because there is never any peace and quiet in the Tripp household. Everyone is eager to help. ... Here is a warm period story which is sure to please the young in heart. It is the account of a real family with real people who find an enjoyable experience. Jebby and Hannah are fun-loving youngsters, and their sister Tot is a child who is always getting into mischief.")

The Newcomer by Clyde Brion Davis ... $2.00 (1954, 216 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. I don't have the storyline to this book, here are a few excerpts from the beginning - "... if you become a New Boy in a New Town there is nothing whatever you can do about (how to be the new boy). ... You're getting along all right and maybe even fine, and here is your world, everything familiar, in your home and your friends are part of this world the same as the sun and the river and the pond and Watson's Woods behind the pond and in front of the river and the workshop in the basement that your father lets you use if you clean it up neat afterwards, and the big elm tree out frontand the plum tree in the back yard with the wrens' house in it and the neighbors and Miss Rawlins the schoolteacher and the position of the refrigerator in the kitchen so you could find it blindfolded when you're hungry (and this sentence goes on and on!) ... ...It is very sad when all these things are gone and you don't trust the new things and, what is worse, you feel the new things do not trust you." And the story goes on to tell of poor Henry Trotter and all that he endured while being The Newcomer.)

Dr. Moore's Family by Mary C. McLellan ... $1.50 (1943, 72 pages. Not ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Lily and Laurie, nearly 14 years old, are the twins in Dr. Moore's "enormous" family and they are real pals, but there is one thing hard to bear - Laurie is deformed and has to walk with crutches. He is really getting worse, too, because he used to get along with only a cane but now he has to have the crutches. Her father said a specialist could help him, but it would cost much more money than he could get. ... Love and devotion for Laurie solved the problem for Lily. She devised a plan and, with the help of her school teacher, composed a letter, which really brought results.")

Knock at the Door, Emmy by Florence Crannell Means ... $2.00 (1956, 240 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Emmy had been peddling baskets since she was six or seven, and it wasn't until she was almost nine that she became conscious of her shabby, ragamuffin apearance and the shocking fact that she could neither read nor write. Shy and frightened, yet determined to improve herself, she crept up to the schoolhouse and begged admission to the beginners' class. Against insurmountable odds, not the least of which was traveling from one place to another, Emmy succeeded in winning for herself a scholarship to college and a promising career in social service, helping others less fortunate than herself.")

The Boyds of Black River by Walter D. Edmonds ... $2.00 (1953, 248 pages. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good. Not necessarily a children's title. "There was always something going on in the rambling old mansion that housed the big Boyd family. The Boyds were country gentry in the old sense, and they lived to the hilt, as gentry could at the turn of the century, on a prosperous, sprawling farm in upstate New York. ... This is Walter D. Edmonds in a somewhat lighter vein. His book is a nostalgic comedy of country manners, but it is a big, full-measure book, done with rich detail, with his own special knowledge and with a feeling and gusto for the period which no other modern writer can match.")




Runaway Camel by Ruth P. Collins ... $1.50 (1968, 96 pages. Not ex-library, overall good. "Adventures of a baby camel and his keeper, Musa. Hubba-Hubba was born to a lame camel that used to be a racing camel. The setting is a small village in the Sahara Desert.")

Stall Buddies by Penny Pollock ... $1.50 (1984, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "Scarlett, a nervous young filly from a fine family of trotters, finds a home on a run-down farm in Ohio, where she makes friends with a friendly rooster and a motherless goat and calms down enough to fulfil her promise as a harness racer.")

A "Blue" for Illi by Nancy Hartwell ... $2.00 (1957, 213 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. "Illi comes to America as a refugee from Austria and World War II. She becomes a companion to an invalid girl. Illi had been taught to ride by the top Austrian riders before the war and she is delighted to discover horses on a neighbor's farm. ... Illi adjusts to American life and finds a fellow Austrian - a horse!")

The Mullingar Heifer by Mary Walsh ... $1.50 (1946. Not ex-library, some wear to include some pencil scribbles here and there - these can be erased and I did do a few. "Kevin was a poor lad with no one to watch over him. He was walking the roads of Ireland, heading to the Western Ocean to see if he could find a ship to take him to some place good. ... But on they way, some wishes come true -- for a grandmother who wished for a heifer from Mullingar, a gentleman who wished for someone to love and to love him in return, and for Kevin who wished for a grandmother.")

A Brand is Forever by Ann Herbert Scott ... $2.00 (1993, 47 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Despite the fact that Gramp has designed and made a special brand to be her own, Annie is distressed about the upcoming branding of her beloved orphaned calf Doodle.")

Rascal by Sterling North ... $1.50 (1963, 189 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book has wear but is overall good. "Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure - until the spring day when everything suddenly changes.")

Lapland Outlaw by Arthur Catherall ... $2.00 (1966, 160 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Johanni and Anna save their father"s reindeer from an unscrupulous trader.")

Norah's Ark by Patsey Gray ... $3.00 (1966, 158 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Norah is carried away in a flood! Eleven-year-old Karl rescues her and they find themselves taking refuge in a hunting lodge where they are joined by an Ararabian mare and her foal, a yellow cat, a Dalmation, a duck, a canary and a lamb. The waters are rising and they work out a plan that saves them.")

Molly Patch and Her Animal Friends by Ben Shecter ... $1.50 (1975, 59 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Molly Patch moves to the country and soon befriends Raccoon, Bear, Field Mouse, Little Mole, Chicken, Toad, and more." Ten little stories.)

The Right House for Rowdy by May Justus ... $1.50 (1960, 63 pages. Ex-library, hard wear and soil to cover. Pages have some wear but are overall good. "Rowdy has to do with makeshift shelters until Uncle Josh Evans returns the borrowed axe - and brings a proper home for Rowdy.")

Guide Dog by Dorothy Clewes ... $2.00 (1965, 159 pages. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good. "A young man is blinded and tries to come to terms with his disability. He enters a school to get a guide dog and even Mick, his new Golden Retriever, can"t help him face his new life. ... But there is change in store for Roley.")

The Hotel Cat by Esther Averill ... $2.00 (1974, 162 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear to include a rumple to the pages - still a good reading copy. "One night, during the winter of New York City's Big Freeze, Tom detected three cats in one of the rooms. It turned out that due to a boiler breakdown in his house, Captain Tinker had brought Jenny Linsky and her brothers Edward and Checkers to stay at the hotel until the boiler was fixed. Other homes experienced boiler breakdowns too and soon other members of the Cat Club could be found staying in rooms at the Royal Hotel. Before long, plans were underway for the Cat Club Stardust Ball, with the help of Tom, who had proved himself helpful and considerate after all. Soon he became a "friend forever" of Jenny and her pals.")

The Mulberry Meadow Series #2 - Caterpillar Jones and the Adventures of Nut E. Squirrel by J. J. Brothers ... $2.00 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "A captivating story about how one squirrel battles with weight issues, and finds himself having to change his habits in order to save his home and his job as mayor. Whether read by the child, or by parents to their children, Nut E. Squirrel will entertain, charm, and inspire a healthier lifestyle.")

Goodbye Kate - A Novel of the Kentucky Hill Country by Billy C. Clark ... $2.00 (1964, 247 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, hard wear to cover, overall typical library wear to include a hard skew - still just fine for a reading copy. "This is the story of a mule and the boy she adopted. The mule was Old Kate, as weathered as the Kentucky hills she roamed, and the boy was Isaac, who met her one summer day and was never quite the same again. ... Kate was a thinking mule, and a thinking mule spells trouble. She chased rabbits and charged polecats as a matter of principle. She jumped fences, tried to climb trees, raided cornfields, and picked blackberries for snacks. She was fond of book learning, especially American history, and insisted upon following Isaac to school. She liked to wander around town at night and terrorized the whoe community. And she even wound up in jail!")

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White ... $1.50 (1980, 184 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket has wear, rebound - still a good reading copy. "Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.")

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.")

Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt by Suzy Kline ... 50 cents (1994, 52 pages. Softcover, light wear, overall good. "When Song Lee's hampster escapes from its cage in Room 2B, the class members and other students in South School become involved in the search for him.")

Doctor George Owl by Sesyle Joslin ... $1.50 (1970, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "It was obvious to everyone that Dottore Giorgio Gufo was a very special owl. After falling from his perch in a window in Rome, the little owl flew off leaving behind a chaotic household.")

The Champion of Merrimack County ... $2.00 (1976, 199 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear but overall good. "The discovery of a bike-riding mouse in the bathtub is just the beginning of a series of humorous communications for the Berryfield family.")


The Greenhouse Mystery - A Ted Wilford Mystery by Norvin Pallas ... $3.00 (1967, 133 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Ted and Nelson are assigned to interview the owner of the “Lady Bee Floral Nursery”, which is a sizable establishment where roses are grown and new species are developed. The Loki Pageant of Roses is coming up, which is a major event for the locale. ... The simple disappearance of a package containing nearly irreplaceable cuttings is only the first in a growing series of inexplicable events around which a mystery develops. The boys’ investigations, methodology, and eventual deductions unfurl beautifully in a well-told story.")

A Judy Bolton Mystery #3 - The Invisible Chimes by Margaret Sutton ... $3.00 (Green cover/spine, 212 pages. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Honey's behavior is strange, and she is evasive when questioned about her actions. Adding to Judy's suspicion is the fact that Honey was in the company of thieves when she had the accident that caused her memory loss. There is also the matter of the invisible chimes, which ring from an invisible source, and usually when Honey is around. ... The source of the invisible chimes is soon revealed, and Judy's faith in Honey is greatly shaken. In a bizarre twist, Honey learns a startling secret about her past that will change her life forever.")

The Final Solution, A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon ... $2.00 (2004, 131 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "In deep retirement in the English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African gray parrot. What is the meaning of the mysterious strings of German numbers the bird spews out - a top-secret SS code? The keys to a series of Swiss bank accounts perhaps? Or something more sinister? Is the solution to this last case - the real explanation of the mysterious boy and his parrot - beyond even the reach of the once-famed sleuth?")

Alik the Detective by Anatoli Aleksin ... $2.00 (1977, 192 page. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 10-14. Translated from the Russian. "Six schoolchildren form a club in honor of a local author. Alik, an avid detective-story fan, is the leader. He quickly sets out to solve the mystery in which the group becomes enmeshed when they visit the scene of one of the author's stories.")

Green Wagons by Oskar Seidlin and Senta Rypins, illustrated by Barbara Cooney ... $3.00 (1943, 131 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book has wear but is overall good. "The Pedroni Theatrical Troupe arrived hungry and tired in the little town of Waldau, Switzerland, to find that the Golden Apple, symbol of the town, had been stolen. Because the townspeople blamed another troupe of traveling players, they refused to allow the Pedronis to put on their plays. The troupe needed money badly, but when Tony Pedroni protested to the town officials, he lost his temper and was put in jail. The two boys of the troupe, Caspar and Carlo, found friends among the children of Waldau. With Rix, the Mayor's son, and Lisel, one of the girls, they planned to solve the Pedronis' difficulties by putting on a benefit play with all the children of the town as actors. The townspeople ignored the children's efforts until Rix discovered a clue of what happened to the Golden Apple and promised that the children's play would reveal the solution to the mystery.")

Time Bomb at Brillstone by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide ... $1.50 (1982, 126 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "There are only ten minutes to deal with an arsonist's time bomb which is in a car in the basement of the Brillstone apartments. ... Can Logan and Liza find the arsonist?" 6th book in the Brillstone series.)

Boy Overboard! by Captain George H. Grant ... $2.00 (1961, 199 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "Whenever Peter visited his aunt and uncle in Boston, the first thing he did was to make his way to the waterfront; the excitement of the docks drew him like a magnet. ... The year he was fifteen one of Peter's wildest dreams came true. On his first trip to the docks during his Christmas vacation, he was assigned aboard the sleek freighter San Andreas for an eighteen-day trip. ... Before the ship had been out of Boston one day, it was hit by a raging storm.")

A Power Boys Adventure #3: The Mystery of the Burning Ocean by Mel Lyle ... $2.00 (1965, 210 pages. Not ex-library, Whitman Publishing. "Jack and Chip Power are vacationing in Bermuda, and become entangled in an undersea treasure hunt (in which their rivals seem to be the ghosts of long-dead pirates).")

Danny Orlis and the Alaskan Highway Adventure by Bernard Palmer ... $1.00 (Softcover, light wear, pages are browning - still a good reading copy.)

Green Thumb by Rob Thomas ... $1.50 (Softcover, overall good. "Thirteen-year-old genius Grady Jacobs thinks junior high is a snore. His radical science experiments have earned him plenty of national awards, but not a lot of friends. So when an invitation comes to join the famous scientist, Dr. Carter, in the Brazilian rain forest, Grady is on the next plane to the Amazon. But Grady's ultimate field trip turns ultimately awful when he discovers what Dr. Carter is really up to: he isn't there to save the rain forest -- he is there to destroy it! Can one eight-grade science whiz put a stop to Dr. Carter's evil plans? He can when he is joined by the Urah-Wau tribe of Indians and a supernatural power that no amount of science can ever explain.")


Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ... $1.00 (1951, 287 pages. Rainbow Classics. Not ex-library, hard wear to cover, pages have some wear - still just fine for a reading copy.)

The Shirley Temple Edition of The Littlest Rebel by Edward Peple ... $1.50 (The complete story with illustrations from her famous movie. Privately owned, some wear but good condition. Pages are browning. 1959, 214 pages.)

The Iliad of Homer by Barbara Leonie Picard ... $3.00 (1960, 208 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.)

The Wishing Owl, A Maya Storybook by Idella Purnell ... $2.00 (1931, 95 pages. Not ex-library, some wear and soil to cover, pages have some wear but are overall good. Ten Mayan stories.)



Young Readers Sports Treasury by Charles Coombs ... $1.50 (1952, 191 pages. Not ex-library, wear to cover, pages are overall good. Stories are: Avalanche, Frozen Victory, More Than Meets the Eye, Most Valuable Player, Net Profit, Tod Catches His Bus, and Trouble in Backfield.)

Queen of the Courts by Amelia Elizabeth Walden ... $2.00 (1959, 174 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book has some wear but is overall good. Ages 12 to 15. "When Jackie Logan, petite, redheaded junior at Bradford High, decides to give up softball, in which she is a star pitcher, and go out for tennis, she creates quite a stir among students and faculty. Some of them resent her move; some think she will succeed in her newly chosen sport. Sure enough, in her first try-out match she loses the first set 6-0. Then abruptly, Craig Martin asks her if she wants to win the next set. ... He tells Jackie what she should do. She is surprised but follows his advice with excellent results. ... Every girl will deicde for herself the issue posed by the central theme of the book: whether the "will to win" at all costs is preferable to playing the game just for the fun of it. ... The book is packed with sound tennis techinque that young players will recognize and welcome. ... And it is a delicate and satisfying love story.")

Phantom Backfield by Howard M. Brier ... $2.00 (1948, 246 pages. Ex-library, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. "The four backfield men of old Central High's football team worked together like clockwork. They were good, and everyone was sure of a championship team the following year. ... But these hopes vanished when old Central was closed and the students were transferred to newer and bigger schools. When the new season opened, the four backfield men from Old Central found themselves playing for rival teams. ... What happens to these boys as the become each other's opponents, and later meet on the backfield of the All-city team, forms a fast-moving story full of the color and noise and excitement of the football gridiron.")

The Oval Playground by William Campbell Gault ... $2.00 (1968, 157 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 12 and up. "It's the combination that counts in racing: 1.-Al Duncan, a forty-two year-old mechanic with a dream to get 'back to the dirt, back to the noisy Sundays.' 2.-Mark Devlin, one of a group scornfully labeled the 'grease balls' by the more social and political guys in his high school. 3.-A light-blue Rafield into which Al had put a D-O four with the built-in genius of Stan Nowak. ... Al's wrench and the Nowak engine made a strong two-thirds of the combination, but that wasn't enough. While Mark grew to fill his position of driver through race after race, he learned the real meaning of the dirt-track and the reason he was there. The result was a combination that couldn't be sold out.")



Sharon James, Free-Lance Photographer by Elizabeth Wesley ... $2.00 (1956, 221 pages. Ex-library, overall typical library wear to include a skew to the right. Avalon Books - teen career, romance. "Ever since when, at eight, she has found her grandfather"s old box Brownie in the attic, and saved candy and ice cream nickels to buy her first roll of film for it, Sharon had wanted to be a photographer. And now she was - part of the time, anyway. ... ... it is the candid shots of children that give her the most pleasure and satisfaction. ... When Sharon took her pictures of the children at play in the snow, she didn"t know she was flirting with death. Nor did the stranger dropping a letter into the mailbox at the corner register on her consciousness until later.")

Practically Seventeen by Rosamond du Jardin ... $3.00 (1968, 213 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Tobey Heydon is "practically seventeen" and thinks she is old enough to make her own decisions. Whether it's saving her sister Alicia from last minute wedding disasters to keeping her sister Janet informed on her little boy's well-being to hiding her diary from her little sister Midge, Tobey handles it all with Brose by her side. They survive the arrival of a beautiful blonde at the lake but will they survive Tobey's mysterious date for the Heart Hop?")

Sandy by Elizabeth Janet Gray ... $2.00 (1945, 233 pages. Not ex-library, some wear and staining to cover, pages are overall good. "Story of a seventeen-year-old girl coming of age with all the fun of school, job and boyfriends!")

Donna Parker #7 - Takes a Giant Step by Marcia Martin ... $1.50 (1964, 182 pages. Ex-library, rebound, pages are browning - still just fine for a reading copy. "The "giant step" is Donna's first year of high school; unable to make the school cheerleading squad because of Ricky's mistake, she volunteers to sell programs for the football team and comes under the wing of Janie Ingersoll, a girl infatuated with the team's star player, Rudy Hinkle. Meanwhile, the Parkers' houseguest, Jeff Stanhope, son of family friends who are moving to Summerfield in a few months, becomes very popular at Donna's school and starts a movement to build a teen center after house parties in Summerfield become targets of marauding teens from a neighboring town.")



Kat the Time Explorer by Emma Bradford ... $2.00 (Softcover, ex-library, very good. "Kat is a curious ten-year-old who finds the perfect vehicle for adventures: a time travel machine. Along with her aunt Jessie, she explores the mysteries of the past. Kat quickly finds that sometimes, history needs a helping hand to come out right.")

Laurel the Woodfairy by Cassie Kendall ... $2.00 (Softcover, ex-library, very good. "When Foxglove the pixie stumbles into the fairy wood, it's Laurel who welcomes him. But she begins to doubt her wisdom when Foxglove disappears - along with the fairies' treasured Crystal. Laurel sets off on a dangerous quest through the Great Forest to find both the pixie and the Crystal.")

The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak by Margaret Mahy ... $2.00 (1989, 132 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries.")

An Enemy at Green Knowe by L. M. Boston ... $2.00 (1964, 156 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist.")

Lemony Snicket #1 - The Bad Beginning ... $1.50 (Not ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

The Terrible Churnadryne by Eleanor Cameron ... $2.00 (1959, 125 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "What was it that stalked the peak of San Lorenzo? ... ...to Jennifer and Tom it became the churnadryne - graceful, beautiful, and terrifying. ... The whole town was drawn into the mystery. Just what had Tom and Jennifer seen?")

Darius and the Dozer Bull by Eleanor Harder ... $1.50 (1971, 111 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "After 1,000 years in an underground cave, a dragon's peaceful retirement is disturbed when an orange monster bites into his home.")

The Sea Oil Lamp - story and wood engravings by Dale De Armond ... $2.00 (1988, 32 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "An adaptation of an Eskimo folktale. ... Tale of how a seven-year old blind boy is saved from death by the kindly little mouse people.")

The Calibrated Alligator and Other Science Fiction Stories by Robert Silverberg ... $1.50 (1969, 224 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The calibrated alligator in the title story begins as a ten-inch pet and becomes a gargantuan demonstration of a growth-acceleration experiement that succeeds beyond the wildest dreams. ... Nine science fiction stories.")



American Girls:
1824 - Happy Birthday, Josefina! ... $2.00 (Hardcover, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
1854 - Meet Kirsten .. $1.00 (Softcover, cover has wear - still a good reading copy.)
1864 - Meet Addy ... $2.00 (Hardcover, dustjacket, ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.) -- 2 copies
1904 - Meet Samantha ... $1.50 (Softcover, ex-library, some wear but overall good.) -- 3 copies
1904 - Changes for Samantha ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)
1904 - Samantha's Surprise ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)
1944 - Molly's Surprise ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)

American Girls Short Stories - Set One (6 little hardcover books): Felicity's New Sister, A Reward for Josefina, Kirsten on the Trail, High Hopes for Addy, Samantha's Winter Party, Molly Takes Flight ... $8.00 (Not ex-library, very good.)

American Girl Library: The Care and Keeping of Friends ... $1.50 (Softcover, overall good. Ages 8 to 12. "Offers things to consider and suggestions on how to go about making new friends.")
American Girl Fiction: Going for Great by Carolee Brockmann ... $1.50 (Softcover, overall good. "Feeling abandoned by her parents and her best friend, sixth grader Jenna worries that her severe stage fright will spoil her performance at a flute competition - until she gets to know a class misfit who is a good musician and an even better friend.")
American Girl History Mysteries: The Minstrel's Melody by Eleanora E. Tate ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good. "In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.")
American Girl History Mysteries: The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones ... $1.00 (Softcover, cover has wear, pages have some wear - still just fine for a reading copy. "It's 1918. Caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.")
American Girl History Mysteries: Hoofbeats of Danger by Holly Hughes ... $1.00 (Softcover, cover has considerable wear, pages have some wear - still just fine for a reading copy. "In 1860, eleven-year-old Annie, who lives at the Red Buttes Pony Express station in the Nebraska Territory, asks Pony Express rider Billy Cody to help her find the person responsible for sabatoging her favorite pony Magpie.")


Freedom Beyond the Sea by Waldtraut Lewin ... $1.50 (2001, 266 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 14 and up. "To escape the Inquisition, Esther Marchadi, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a murdered Jewish rabbi, disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of Christopher Columbus's "Santa Maria.")

Anson's Way by Gary D. Schmidt ... $2.00 (1999, 213 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Anson has longed for the day when he would become a soldier like his father, and serve His Majesty, the King of England. But by the time the teenager reaches Ireland, where the forces are stationed, he has begun to realize that things are not so simple. The King's Soldiers aren't keeping the peace-instead, fueled by a hatred of the Irish and Ireland, they are determined to wipe out as much of its culture as they can. Soon, Anson is no longer sure which way is right. Can he bear to enforce the law, or will he risk everything and break it?")

Touchmark by Mildren Lawrence ... $2.00 (1975, 186 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "An orphaned girl living in pre-Revolutionary Boston longs to be apprenticed to a pewterer.")

Ben and Me by Robert Lawson ... $3.00 (1951, 114 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book is overall good. "Banjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.")

Johnny Codliner, A Story of the American Revolution by Winona Strachan ... $3.00 (1961, 197 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

A Bluebird Will Do by Loula Grace Erdman ... $2.00 (1973, 213 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear but overall good. Ages 10 and up. "Orphaned in San Francisco during gold rush days, a sixteen-year-old girl travels east by way of the Isthmus of Panama to seek out relatives in New Orleans.")

A Chapel of Thieves by Bruce Clements ... $2.00 (2002, 210 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Henry Desant is on a mission from frontier St. Louis to revolutionary Paris to rescue his brother, Clayton, from a gang of thieves. ... Clayton had been told in a dream to go to Paris and preach to the sinners there. In a letter home, he boasts of his success in attracting a congregation of fifteen men to his new church. These 'True Believers,' he says, were led to him by a man named Deacon George, who every night “sends my flock out into the streets of this Dark City, and gets people to give them silk, silver, ivory, and small pieces of furniture.” Henry, a romantic with open eyes, can see that Clayton is being hoodwinked into letting his church be used as a front. But as he sets off on his trip down the Mississippi and across the ocean to convince Clayton that he is in trouble, Henry has no inkling of the events in store that will open his eyes even wider to the dangers and possibilities of life.")

The Riverman by Stewart Edward White ... $2.00 (1924, 368 pages. Lambskin Library. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "An adventure/romance story of the early loggers who called themselves rivermen. ... It begins: The time was the year 1872, and the place a bend in the river above a long pond terminating in a dam. Beyond this dam, and on a flat lower than it, stood a two-story mill structure. Save for a small, stump-dotted clearing, and the road that led from it, all else was forest. Here in the bottom-lands, following the course of the stream, the hardwoods grew dense, their uppermost branches just beginning to spray out in the first green of spring. Farther back, where the higher lands arose from the swamp, could be discerned the graceful frond of white pines and hemlock, and the sturdy tops of Norways and spruce. ... ")

Silver Ribbon Skinny by Marilyn W. Seguin ... $1.50 (1996, 86 pages. Ex-library, softcover, some wear but overall good. "The towpath adventures of Skinny Nye, a muleskinner on the Ohio & Erie Canal 1884.")

The Burning Lamp by Frances Murray ... $1.00 (1973, 221 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. Young adult and up. "It is debatable whether Florence Nightingale had ever met a young woman quite like Phemie Witherspoon. Perhaps in the unremarkable but self-possessed scrap of a girl from Glascow she recognized something of her own redoubtable spirit. At all events, she accepted Phemie's reasons for leaving home and enrolled her to train as a nurse - one of the new breed who were to convert a degrading job of hospital nursing into a vocation. ... The letter from the mayor of Argentana begging for some Nightingale nurses to run a new hospital in his American frontier town offered a timely change of venue and a challenge worthy of a protegee of Miss Nightingale.")

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