Behind the Attic Wall
10 best books like Behind the Attic Wall (Sylvia Cassedy): Anastasia Krupnik, Wait Till Helen Comes, The Castle in the Attic, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, The Fairy Rebel, The Secret of the Indian, Stonewords: A Ghost Story, Closed for the Season, Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library!, Anastasia at Your Service
| Author | Lois Lowry |
| ISBN | 0553153382 |
I really do not know why I did not read this particular Lois Lowry book (or the entire Anastasia Krupnik series for that matter) as a teenager, when the series was current, was just being published. I so love mature little Anastasia with a vocabulary better than mine and self-direction enough to make her...
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 0380704420 |
Beware of Helen...Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trouble. But since our mother married her father, we're stuck with her...our "poor stepsister" who lost her real mother in a mysterious fire. But now something terrible has happened. Heather has found a new friend,...
| Author | Elizabeth Winthrop |
| ISBN | 0440409411 |
One of the classic fantastical adventures of all time!
William has just received the best present of his life—an old, real-looking stone and wooden model of a castle, with a drawbridge, a moat, and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates. It’s the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told...
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
| Author | Barthe DeClements |
| ISBN | 0140344438 |
Jenny knows one thing for sure - Elsie Edwards is a fat thief who steals people's lunch money to buy candy. So when the book club money disappears, why is the whole class punished? Nothing's fair!
But soon Jenny realizes some things aren't fair for Elsie, either. Elsie is on a strict diet, but when she...
| Author | Lynne Reid Banks |
| ISBN | 0440419255 |
The Fairy Queen strictly forbids fairies from using their magic power on humans. But after Tiki accidentally meets Jan, a woman who is desperate for a baby daughter, she finds it impossible to resist fulfilling her wish. Now up against the dark and vicious power of evil, this fairy rebel must face the...
| Author | Lynne Reid Banks |
| ISBN | 0380710404 |
The adventure deepens . . . In The Return of the Indian, Omri found he could transport himself and his friend Patrick back in history to the dangerous days of his miniature companions. Now, in the secret of the indian, Patrick time-travels back to the rough-and-tumble frontier age of his cowboy friend,...
| Author | Pam Conrad |
| ISBN | 0064403548 |
The first time Zoe met Zoe Louise, Zoe was four years old. Zoe Louise was more than 100. From that day on -- living in the same house, separated by a staircase and a century -- Zoe and Zoe Louise have been an important and permanent part of each other's lives.
Now Zoe is older. And although Zoe Louise...
A contemporary thriller by the bestselling author of The Old Willis Place.
Two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, set out to solve the mystery of a murder that took place some years ago in the old house Logan's family has just moved into. The boys' quest takes them to the highest and lowest levels...
| Author | Eth Clifford |
| ISBN | 0808551426 |
A relentless blizzard, a spooky old mansion, a pair of lost kids...everything is here for an exciting mystery story. With the third Onetree child due to be born any day, Mr. Onetree is driving his other kids—Mary Rose (age ten) and Jo-Beth (seven)—to go stay with their Aunt Madge, when his car runs...
Anastasia at Your Service
| Author | Lois Lowry |
| ISBN | 0440402905 |
A long, boring summer--that's what Anastasia has to look forward to when her best friend goes off to camp. She's thrilled when old Mrs. Bellingham answers her ad for a job as a Lady's Companion. Anastasia is sure her troubles are over--she'll be busy and earn money!
But she doesn't expect to have...
