Cold Shoulder Road
10 best books like Cold Shoulder Road (Joan Aiken): Black Maria, The Well-Wishers, The Diddakoi, She Was Nice To Mice: The Other Side of Elizabeth I's Character Never Before Revealed by Previous Historians, Gib Rides Home, Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story From Brooklyn, The Wizard in the Tree, Hugo Pepper, Journey to an 800 Number, The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
| ISBN | 0006755283 |
A magical classic novel from the Godmother of British fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones.
On the surface, Great Aunt Maria seems like a harmless old lady.
But when Mig and her family go to visit, they soon learn that Aunt Maria rules Cranbury-on-Sea with a rod of sweetness that’s...
| Author | Edward Eager |
| ISBN | 0152949941 |
Just when the children thought the magic in the old well was all played out (that is, if it was magic!) and had sworn an oath in blood not to make any more wishes until the well gave them a sign, Gordy—in a reckless moment—told it to get going with its magic, or else! Something certainly did begin to happen...
| Author | Rumer Godden |
| ISBN | 0330398687 |
A read aloud of a childhood favourite.
Kizzy is from a traveller family, she lives with her Gran in a wagon parked in the orchard of Admiral Twiss' country estate.
She goes to the local school and is taunted and bullied. When the time comes Kizzy can't live with Gran anymore some disreputable...
| Author | Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy |
| ISBN | 0070565155 |
Written by the actress Ally Sheedy (well, Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy) when she only twelve years old. It's been on my shelf for a zillion years, and I finally cracked it open.
It tells the story of a mouse who resides in the court of Elizabeth I and keeps a diary of her observations. There is a framing...
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| ISBN | 0385322674 |
Gib Whittaker's life at Lovell House Orphanage in the early 1900s is pretty bleak. But along with hours of chores, bad food, and paddlings, the boys do get some schooling, and reading and writing are better than scrubbing floors. Still, Gib's fondest dream is to have a real family. So when Georgie Olson...
| Author | Barbara Cooney |
| ISBN | 0140541934 |
Let me pick on this book for a minute and share some thoughts on feminism.
First, as always, Cooney's pictures are lovely and imaginative! Each page is eye-candy. That's the pro.
The con: as with many stories that try to show women coming out from "the dark ages of domesticity," a certain...
Basic plot: Mallory frees a wizard from being trapped in a tree, antics ensue.
I like this book more for a funny thing that happened to me than for the content. The book was good- a cute, little fantasy story- but nothing that'll really be remembered over time the way The Chronicles of Narnia or...
| Author | Paul Stewart |
| ISBN | 0385750927 |
I think this is a fun trilogy – Hugo Pepper is book 3. It's amazing how different each of these Far Flung Adventures are written, yet they remain interconnected. I think Hugo Pepper is my favorite of the series - it was very interesting and like the other two, extremely high quality in both story an illustrations.
Hugo...
| Author | E.L. Konigsburg |
| ISBN | 0689826796 |
THE CAMEL-KEEPER'S SON Maxmilian (also known as Bo) Stubbs's mother has just married a very rich man. Bo is looking forward to moving into his stepfather's big house and attending the snooty Fortnum School in the fall. Everything about Bo's new life is going to be first class, just like his new navy blazer...
| Author | Catherine Webb |
| ISBN | 1904233694 |
There seems to be some odd things going on in the city of London lately. Take the murders, for instance; quite peculiar. And those missing statues. What's going on there? And shouldn't St. Paul’s Church have a roof? Odd. Horatio Lyle, of course, is no stranger to . . . well, strangeness. In fact,...
| Author | Jill Paton Walsh |
| ISBN | 0140305602 |
I was ten when I read this book for the first time. It was recommended for me by my elementary school librarian, who knew I was into military history at the time, and who in hindsight was very clever to use this book's setting during the London Blitz to get me to read a story I otherwise never would have. Smart...
| Author | Margery Sharp |
| ISBN | 0440457173 |
Off on another grand adventure, this time to rescue Teddy-age-eight from the salt mines (better known as an underground prison). This time Miss Bianca and Bernard take two, very old, and unwanted, traveling companions along; an old professor and a geologist mouse – and a pair of human-sized mittens...
| Author | Helen Dore Boylston |
| ISBN | 0316104752 |
Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse. Sue Barton left her position as Superintendent of Nurses at the Springdale, New Hampshire Hospital in order to raise a family. Now she and Dr. Bill have three children: six-year-old Tabitha and the four-year-old twins, Johnny and Jerry. Sue is happy in her job as wife...
| Author | Tatsuya Hamazaki |
| ISBN | 1595328696 |
The .hack series really caught my attention as I was growing up. Over time, I lost interest the more I understood the likely motivations for yet another series, book, game, promotional website, anything .hack related on a quantity scale. The series offers scant breadcrumbs over the same well tread...
48 Classic Horror Books in One Volume! NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader. ----- From the mind of pulp great, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic...
| Author | Mary Wesley |
| ISBN | 0099499096 |
A train screeches to a halt in the middle of the English countryside and, observed by her fascinated fellow travellers, a woman climbs down and rushes to the aid of a sheep, stranded on its back and unable to rise. Sylvester Weekes watches with interest and noticing, as she turns, that her face is full of...
