Secret Heart
10 best books like Secret Heart (David Almond): Moondial, Celandine, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, The Faith Trials, Shades of Simon Gray, The Warren Witches, The Catalogue of the Universe, Maybe a Miracle, Seasons of the Witch, Vol. 1, Mystic Knoll
| Author | Helen Cresswell |
| ISBN | 0140325239 |
A time travel book. Or is it a haunting?
Minty believes she is a witch - not the type you would notice ordinarily - - she appears to be like anyone else but is quite used to seeing phantoms floating about the place, and thinks it is perfectly normal. Minty is very determined as well, which is just as...
Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood near her...
| Author | Iain Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0440418127 |
Johnny's dad, a toymaker, sends his son letters and carved soldiers from the front in WWI. When Johnny's toy battles seem to foretell his dad's real battles, Johnny fears he controls his father's fate. A poignant narrative of war and its effects on the people who live through it. Ages 10-14.
Ten-year-old...
| Author | James Laurence |
| ISBN | 0743400445 |
Sometimes, it's gotta be a drag to be the Chosen One. Occasionally a girl would rather be at the mall, talking on the phone, or even doing homework than saving the world from unstoppable evil. Fortunately, Buffy Summers has always had a support system of friends and family to help her cope. But what if she...
| Author | Joyce McDonald |
| ISBN | 0440228042 |
Simon Gray is the ideal teenager — smart, reliable, hardworking, trustworthy. Or is he? After Simon crashes his car into The Liberty Tree, another portrait starts to emerge. Soon an investigation has begun into computer hacking at Simon’s high school, for it seems tests are being printed out before...
Binding Ties The most important thing in the Charmed Ones' lives isn't magic, and it's not their jobs or their clothes. It's family. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are Warren witches -- the latest in a long line of women with incredible supernatural strength. For more than two centuries, the Warren witches...
Angela and Tycho seem an unlikely pair -- she is beautiful and confident, he is awkward and quietly intellectual. They have long shared a passion for deciphering the universe outside their own personal struggles. Like the great philosophers they study, to Angela and Tycho it seems the universe can...
| Author | Brian Strause |
| ISBN | 0812975197 |
When he finds his sister, Annika, floating facedown in the family pool the night of his senior prom, Monroe Anderson becomes a reluctant hero. He saves her from drowning, but despite his efforts she slips into a coma. What follows astonishes everyone: Within days of the accident, mysterious events...
Seasons of the Witch, Vol. 1
The Witching HoursSamhain: 10/31, or Halloween -- traditionally a time to reflect, a time of divination, and a time to honor the ancients. But Phoebe's plans to communicate with her ancestors are cut short when she's recruited to help reunite a star-crossed, magical couple.
Yule: 12/22,...
| Author | Diana G. Gallagher |
| ISBN | 1416901213 |
The Charmed Ones are long overdue for a holiday and in an effort to combine both playtime with a chance to learn about witch heritage, Paige wants to explore their roots in Salem, Massachusetts. Her sisters aren't that keen on the idea, so it's decided that after a quick pass through Salem, they'll spend...
| Author | Ellen Booraem |
| ISBN | 0152063684 |
Medford lives on a neat, orderly island called—simply—Island.
Islanders like names that say exactly what a thing (or a person) is or does. Nothing less.
Islanders like things (and people) to do what their names say they will. Nothing more.
In fact, everything...
| Author | Kathe Koja |
| ISBN | 0374372780 |
A powerful debut novel
A female collie mix, so beautiful, all gold and white and dirty; she’s in the last cage on the aisle, curled up quiet, watching everything – but when I get too close she goes completely crazy, biting at the bars, herself, anything in reach, until I back off and away. Her...
| Author | Mark Twain |
| ISBN | 0520242025 |
"Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures? No, he wasn't. It only just pisoned him for more." So Huck declares at the start of these once-celebrated but now little-known sequels to his own adventures. Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic air balloon, where they...
| Author | Kate Saunders |
| ISBN | 0312369611 |
When Jane is invited to spend her summer vacation with her new—but admittedly odd—friend, Staffa, it feels like a dazzling daydream. Jane is lured by the promise of beautiful gowns as delicate as cobwebs, fancy parties as elegant as castle balls, and more fun than she can possibly imagine.
But...
| Author | Janet Taylor Lisle |
| ISBN | 0399250700 |
When three kittens are carelessly thrown off the back of a truck, none of the highway cats know what to make of them. They seem to have some sort of appeal?an energy, even?that Khalia Koo, Jolly Roger and the rest of the mangy, feral cats don?t understand. But there are bigger issues to figure out when the...
Charmed Book of Love Spells
| Author | Paul Ruditis |
| ISBN | 0762420650 |
Cute little book. Most of the book is about love spells. Very well organized. It just felt to me something was missing. Maybe it was the fact that certain episodes were acknowledged when it comes to spells. Maybe it was because I found the title somewhat misleading. Maybe I wanted to see other pictures...
| Author | Kathleen Duey |
| ISBN | 1416984577 |
I've always loved books about fairies and I love the fantasy genre. Reading a a book in the fantasy genre for kids was really refreshing. I enjoyed the simple story. It had a lovely flow. It gripped me from the beginning to the end. I would definitely recommend this book to my students as I'm sure the girls...
| Author | Oren Lavie |
| ISBN | 8866325589 |
Often books written, illustrated, and published in Europe are a bit different from those of American origins. That can be refreshing. It is interesting as an adult to see various styles from America, Europe, England, Australia, and even Asian counties. It is also good to expose children to different...
Tales of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University...
The White Witch of Rosehall
| Author | Herbert G. de Lisser |
| ISBN | 0333349695 |
This was written in 1929 and some of the language reflects that time. I enjoyed the book, it was a fun read. But I could never figure out why two completely different women would fall in love SO QUICKLY with this semi-interesting guy (main character). And, could never understand his feelings for Annie...
The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming
| Author | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
| ISBN | 1416917683 |
In a pristine valley hidden in the Himalayas, Anand has a disturbing vision. His mentor and spiritual guide, the Master Healer Abhaydatta, is apparently in grave danger. What should he do? If he conveys this information to his elders, he'll waste precious time. But is it wise to take matters into his...
| Author | Cameron Dokey |
| ISBN | 0743462513 |
Earth, water, fire, air,
Aid me in this task I dare.
Where Cole wanders let me see.
As I will,
So mote it be. Cole is working late, and her sisters are having a girls' night in, so on the spur of the moment, Phoebe accepts what seems like an innocent date with a friendly stranger. But good intentions...
The Children of Willow Farm
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0603553303 |
The second book in the series is probably not as good as the first. The children basically get everything right the first time and work hard the entire book. No wonder as achild I believed that if you worked hard, were kind, never complained etc then your life would be perfect, and perfect things like getting...
| Author | Carla Jablonski |
| ISBN | 0743409310 |
Three-ring acts and thrice-told tales Bring threefold power that never fails. Gypsy legends, Gypsy lore, Gypsy demons haunt no more.
Prue is in a serious funk. Her latest photo assignment for 415 is an in-depth article about the Carnival Cavalcade -- circus acts in a tent, and a midway with games and...
