Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze
10 best books like Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (Elizabeth Enright): The Middle Moffat, The River at Green Knowe, Sue Barton, Staff Nurse, Linnets and Valerians, The Wouldbegoods, The Magic Summer, Absolute Zero: Being the Second Part of the Bagthorpe Saga, The Swing in the Summerhouse, Two Are Better Than One, Betsy's Wedding
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
| ISBN | 0152025294 |
Who is Jane Moffat, anyway? She isn't the youngest in the family, and she isn't the oldest-she is always just Jane. How boring. So Jane decides to become a figure of mystery . . . the mysterious "Middle Moffat." But being in the middle is a lot harder than it looks.
In between not rescuing stray dogs,...
L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. Now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and ghostly--are back in appealing new editions.
The spooky original...
| Author | Helen Dore Boylston |
| ISBN | 0316104787 |
Nothing ever stands still in Sue Barton's household. Just when Sue thinks that she has everything under control, with Tabitha at school, the twins and baby Sue in good health, bang comes the discovery that Dr. Bill, her husband, is in trouble. He comes down with pneumonia on a fishing trip, and when they...
| Author | Elizabeth Goudge |
| ISBN | 0142300268 |
The four Linnet children: Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy are sent to live with their strict grandmother while their father travels to Egypt. Locked away in separate rooms as punishment by their ruthless grandmother, the Linnets feel at once that their new life is unbearable—and decide to make their...
| Author | E. Nesbit |
| ISBN | 0140367519 |
Edith Nesbit’s life was certainly unconventional by late Victorian and Edwardian standards, and it’s not surprising that her own childhood experiences and adult observations find themselves thinly fictionalised in her novels, particularly those written for children. Typical is her re-use...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0394816315 |
Four children are sent from London to live for the summer with an eccentric poetry quoting Aunt in a rural part of Ireland. They are left to fend for themselves and in the process find friendship and enjoyment in day to day tasks. The children find that there are things to gain from their self sufficient...
| Author | Helen Cresswell |
| ISBN | 0027255506 |
Bad, mad and brilliant to know - the Bagthorpes are back! Something even stranger than normal is happening in the Bagsthorpe house. Ever since Uncle Parker won a luxury cruise, they've alll gone competition crazy. There isn't an unfilled entry form to be found and they're scrawling "winning" slogans...
| Author | Jane Langton |
| ISBN | 0064401243 |
When Prince Krishna is called away, he leaves behind some strict instructions for the Hall children about one of the openings in the mysterious summerhouse: Keep Out! As Eddy and Eleanor swing through each of the other openings, they refuse to break the rule, even as their temptation grows. But when...
| Author | Carol Ryrie Brink |
| ISBN | 0027143201 |
A dear little story of two dear friends, Chrys and Cordy, who are twelve-going-on-thirteen in early 1900s Idaho. I love good friendship stories, and this one was really dear as they have adventures in Sunday School, school, riding horses, and so on. The two pocket dolls, Lester and Lynette, are part...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0064405443 |
I can never decide which of the Betsy-Tacy books are my favorite. I think that's because I love them all (especially the ones from her highschool years on) equally. They are all so sweet and perfect and I love them. But Betsy's Wedding has a special place in my heart.
Why? Well, y'know. Betsy and...
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
| Author | Jeanne Birdsall |
| ISBN | 0375858512 |
With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.
When summer comes around, it's off to the beach...
