Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop
10 best books like Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop (Jennifer Allison): The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, The Velvet Room, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village, How We Fight For Our Lives, Flygirl, May Bird and the Ever After, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things, Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan
| Author | Nancy Springer |
| ISBN | 0399245189 |
Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' right-hand man - so when he goes missing, it's a shock. Even Sherlock hasn't, well, the slightest clue as to where he could be. Enola is intrigued, but weary; she's still hiding from her older brothers - and getting involved could be disastrous.
But...
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| ISBN | 0595321836 |
Robin was always wandering off (her mother's words) to get away from the confusion she felt inside her. It was not until Robin's father found a permanent job at the McCurdy ranch, after three years as a migrant worker, that Robin had a place to wander to. As time went by the Velvet Room became more and more...
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
| Author | Laura Amy Schlitz |
| ISBN | 0763615781 |
Step back to medieval 1255 England and meet 22 villagers, illustrated in pen and ink, inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany.
Hugo, the lord’s nephew, proves his manhood by hunting a wild boar. Sharp-tongued Nelly supports...
How We Fight For Our Lives
| Author | Saeed Jones |
| ISBN | 1501132733 |
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.
“People don’t just happen,” writes Saeed Jones. “We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to...
| Author | Sherri L. Smith |
| ISBN | 0399247092 |
Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn't stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy's gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.
When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women Airforce...
May Bird and the Ever After
Most people aren't very comfortable in the woods, but the woods of Briery Swamp fit May Bird like a fuzzy mitten. There, she is safe from school and the taunts and teases of kids who don't understand her. Hidden in the trees, May is a warrior princess, and her cat, Somber Kitty, is her brave guardian. Then...
| Author | Nancy Springer |
| ISBN | 0399245170 |
Enola's name backwards spells "alone," and alone she is, in the world's biggest, darkest, dirtiest city. She is being hunted down by the world's most famous detective - her own brother, Sherlock Holmes. For the sake of freedom she must elude him, but what can she do to ease her loneliness?
When...
| Author | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| ISBN | 0375835253 |
This is not the summer camping trip of Sammy's dreams. She imagined shady glades, meandering streams, a deer or two. What she gets are scrubby shrubs, blazing sun, rattlesnakes, ticks, and scorpions. Her fellow campers are desperate to catch a rare glimpse of an endangered condor. To Sammy, the trip...
| Author | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| ISBN | 0679888527 |
She is supposed to be in church to get "out" of trouble...
Sammy is working off some junior high detention time by helping out at St. Mary's, but when Father Mayhew discovers that his ivory cross has been stolen, Sammy becomes the prime suspect. While she's looking for the real culprit, Sammy is amazed...
| Author | Nancy Springer |
| ISBN | 0399247807 |
I will come right out and admit that I definitely allowed myself to picture a particular Mr. Cumberbatch throughout the Sherlock cameos in this story, which had me laughing quite heartily. I loved the scenes that Sherlock shared with Enola, the sibling relationship was humorous and tense, quite realistic...
