The Ghost of Dibble Hollow
10 best books like The Ghost of Dibble Hollow (May Nickerson Wallace): Book Crush: For Kids and Teens--Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest, Raphael, The Egg Said Nothing, The Haunted Attic, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II, Textermination: A Novel, Mr. Pudgins, Dangerous Admissions: Secrets of a Closet Sleuth, Fire in the Sea, The Grey Mane of Morning
| Author | Nancy Pearl |
| ISBN | 1570615004 |
From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Nancy Pearl has developed more thematic lists of books to enjoy. The Book Lust audience is committed to reading, and here is a smart and entertaining tool for picking the best books for kids. Divided into three sections--Easy Books, Middle-Grade...
| Author | R.A. MacAvoy |
| ISBN | 0553243705 |
Weakened by his contact with mortals, the Archangel Raphael falls prey to his brother Lucifer, who strips him of his angelic powers. Sold in the Moorish slave markets, confused and humbled by his sudden humanity, Raphael finds his only solace in the friendship of the darkskinned Berber woman Djoura,...
| Author | Caris O'Malley |
| ISBN | 1936383268 |
Meet Manny. He's your average shut-in with a penchant for late night television and looting local fountains for coins. With eight locks on his door and newspapers covering his windows, he's more than a bit paranoid too.
His wasn't a great life, but it was comfortable-at least it was until the...
| Author | Margaret Sutton |
| ISBN | 1557092516 |
I read all the Judy Bolton books when I was a young girl. Aprox. 65
I was named after her by my sister.
About 5 years ago I found a fan club for her on line and I joined it and bought and re-read every book along with the group. The Haunted Attic was my favorite as a young girl and now as an young lady...
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| ISBN | 0553212427 |
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created.
Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan...
| Author | Christine Brooke-Rose |
| ISBN | 0811212165 |
In her latest novel, Textermination, the eminent British novelist/critic Christine Brooke-Rose pulls a wide array of characters out of the great works of literature and drops them into the middle of the San Francisco Hilton. Emma Bovary, Emma Woodhouse, Captain Ahab, Odysseus, Huck Finn... all...
| Author | Ruth Christoffer Carlsen |
| ISBN | 1477849424 |
You’ve never met a babysitter like Mr. Pudgins!
When Mr. Pudgins comes to watch John, Pete, and Janey, all kinds of crazy things happen. Faucets run soda pop instead of water, the bathtub takes them for a ride, a case of the hiccups releases birds into the house, and friends step out of the mirror!...
| Author | Jane O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0061240869 |
Miranda "Rannie" Bookman—43, divorced mother of two, with a recent love life consisting of a long string of embarrassingly brief encounters—is beginning to feel like a dangling participle: connected to nothing. Her career as a copyeditor is down the toilet (she makes one little slip—a missing...
| Author | Myke Bartlett |
| ISBN | 1921922745 |
Sadie is sixteen and bored with life in Perth. It’s summer, and lazing on the beach in the stifling heat with her cousins and Tom is a drag. Then something comes out of the sea.
Dark menacing forms attack an old man, leaving him for dead and Sadie wracking her brains to understand what she saw....
| Author | Joy Chant |
| ISBN | 0553226665 |
A vicious act of greed that wrecked the world...
The Khentors, on their great Horned Horses, had wandered the Great Plain for longer than memory, and in all that time the magnificent Golden People, with their red metal spears and walled towns, had been Masters of the Khentorei. That the Golden...
| Author | Elyne Mitchell |
| ISBN | 0583302904 |
It's been years since I've read the other Silver Brumby books, so in part this was great as an ode to Thowra and the love I had for those books. On the other hand it's full of 'Thowra was so special his spirit roams and is tangible and he may or may not be also a white hawk in spirit" and the supernatural aspect...
| Author | Malvina G. Vogel |
| ISBN | 0866119914 |
This book was on a suggested reading list for my 3rd grader in the adventure genre; I checked it out to read to my kids, but ran out of time so read it myself. I would recommend an "abridged" version for my kids. There are several intertwined plots that well-written with a focus on good values. One of the plots...
The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding / The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 1572702311 |
Two short novellas that make for an enjoyble evening's read. Although retired, Hercule Poirot is lured back into the private investigator's game when a valuable ruby is stolen from Prince from somewhere in the Mideast. The investigation takes place during a traditional English Christmas celebration...
| Author | Leslie Forbes |
| ISBN | 0553383418 |
La Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of Raphael, are more concerned with a sudden outbreak of miracles than with politics. But what unspeakable secret lies hidden in Raphael's enigmatic painting?...
| Author | Frank Herbert |
| ISBN | 0425035026 |
The Worlds of Frank Herbert is a collection of eight short stories written by science fiction author Frank Herbert. All of the stories in this collection had been previously published in magazines.
This collection consists of:
The Tactful Saboteur
Committee of the Whole
Old...
| Author | Peggy Parish |
| ISBN | 0440444381 |
Each summer Lisa, Bill, and Jed visit their grandparents, and they hear the story of the sketches hung above the mantel. The sketches are clues to a hidden treasure, and no one has been able to figure them out for a century. There is a missing first clue, but when the children stumble upon the second clue,...
| Author | Phyllis A. Whitney |
| ISBN | 0606012249 |
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903 – 2008) was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. A review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American Gothics".
She was born in...
| Author | Carrie Doyle Karasyov |
| ISBN | 0767926900 |
An ill-conceived pact between four L.A. housewives to each indulge in a year-long extramarital affair leads to freedom, revenge, social climbing, sex, drugs, and murder in this hilarious and biting solo debut by a coauthor of The Right Address and Wolves in Chic Clothing.
To address their general...
| Author | Denyse Devlin |
| ISBN | 1844880303 |
Best underrated read ever
A friend knew I loved books and recommended this to me. Paying it forward: I recommend this to whoever reads this review
This book is achingly tragic and opened me up to emotional, core-shaking fiction. The characters are relatable and lovely. It's a page-turner for...
The Princess of Greektown
Thirty years ago, Terry Smith was Detroit’s top news anchor. She set the standard for excellence in investigative journalism, staying at the news desk long after her time should have been over. Just as Terry’s son-in-law is murdered in the city, Detective Jill Zannos faces upheaval in her own life....
Sean Hudson thought nothing of hopping a fence to dig illegally for Native American arrowheads, spear points, and other artifacts. Did his thieving, trespassing ways get him killed? How else to explain the small pickaxe that was found sunk deep into his skull? Blanco County game warden John Marlin...
