The Missing Persons League
10 best books like The Missing Persons League (Frank Bonham): Saturday, the Twelfth of October, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine, The Ogre Downstairs, The Forgotten Door, The Guardian of Isis, Henry Reed's Babysitting Service, I Never Loved Your Mind, Arabel's Raven, Mom, the Wolf Man, and Me, The Ultimate Alphabet
| Author | Norma Fox Mazer |
| ISBN | 0440995922 |
This was one of my favorite books as a kid. Was thrilled to discover it is still a good book when I read it as an adult. Zan, the protagonist, is transported back in time to a (presumed) prehistoric tribe. Zan's time with these people is a well written comming of age story. We never do learn who exactly the tribe...
| Author | Jay Williams |
| ISBN | 0070705208 |
No more homework!
Professor Bullfinch goes off to attend a scientific conference and leaves Danny in charge of his new miniature automatic computer called Minia. Danny calls it a midget giant brain and suddenly comes up with an idea. Could he program Minny to help him do his homework faster?...
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
| ISBN | 0007154690 |
Diana Wynne Jones at her finest – family feuds and chaos, magic with hilarious results and some of the most original ideas ever to appear between the covers of a book.
Casper, Johnny and Gwinny get a big shock when their mother marries the Ogre. The Ogre is large and stern and not at all interested...
| Author | Alexander Key |
| ISBN | 0590431307 |
Who is the strange boy who can talk to animals and read people's minds? Where does he come from?
The boy, Jon, has lost his memory and does not know. he only knows that he has fallen through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and that he is in great danger
Soon the family who...
| Author | Monica Hughes |
| ISBN | 0887765092 |
Years have passed on Isis, but life has gone backward, not forward. Under their leader, Mark London, the settlers have abandoned the technological knowledge of their forefathers. Upper Isis is now a forbidden zone, and the history of the first inhabitants from Earth has been replaced by myth. But one...
| Author | Keith Robertson |
| ISBN | 0140341463 |
Henry Reed has another sure-fire money-making plan--but the kids of Grover's Corner have plans of their own
An intelligent person like Henry should have no problem riding herd on the town's toddlers. But Henry's never tangled with such monsters as daredevil Danny, whose stunts keep Henry...
At 17, Dewey Daniels is fed up with his boring high school and decides to drop out, taking a part-time job at Richmond Valley Hospital. one day he catches fellow dropout Yvette Goethals stealing hospital supplies, and it's lust at first sight. But Yvette and Dewey are like night and day: she's a vegetarian...
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0152060944 |
Originally published in Britain under the title Tales of Arabel's Raven, this book includes three humorous stories that introduce young Arabel Jones and her raven companion, Mortimer.
In Arabel's Raven, a taxi-driver named Ebenezer Jones rescues a raven that he sees run down by two thieves...
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0380007916 |
This book tells the story of Brett, an eleven-year-old girl with a feisty unwed-and-single-by-choice mother who's brought her up on all varieties of granola liberal hogwash. The Wolf Man is her mother's new beau. He has a wolfhound, a pock-marked face and a great red beard. A pleasurable aspect of this...
| Author | Mike Wilks |
| ISBN | 0764972138 |
Artist Mike Wilks set out to depict as many words as possible in twenty-six images corresponding to the alphabet. His four-year painting odyssey resulted in a suite of magnificent compilations, all minutely detailed, masterfully rendered, and slightly surreal. Each image contains dozens, if not...
| Author | Kin Platt |
| ISBN | 0064440060 |
This was a really fun read! Delightful and memorable characters with a mystery to solve makes this a great choice for your beginning reader!
Ages: 4 - 8
Reading Level: K - 3rd
Cleanliness: mentions a man's pipe.
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| Author | Peter Dickinson |
| ISBN | 0007140312 |
Long-awaited new editions of Peter Dickinson’s cult classics
England in the future – but an England that is less rather than more civilised. This is the time of The Changes – a time when people, especially adults, have grown to hate machines and returned to a more primitive lifestyle....
| Author | Daniel Pinkwater |
| ISBN | 0440413192 |
I had lizards when I was young, so it stands to reason that a book titled “Lizard Music” would appeal. With allergies to fur and feather, but a fondness for all things non-Hexopod, lizards were an obvious option (well, to me at least; I can hear you dissenters. Let this be a warning to those with children)....
| Author | Wilmar H. Shiras |
| ISBN | 0899683649 |
This limited edition facsimile reprint volume is a complete reproduction of the original first edition (published by
Gnome Press in 1953) and includes a full-color dust jacket, protective slipcase, and biographical information about the author.
Hidden throughout a future America...
| Author | E.L. Konigsburg |
| ISBN | 0440400341 |
THE REAL NAME of the Little League team was the B'nai B'rith, but everyone called them the B'nai Bagels. Their manager was Bessie Setzer, but every one called her Mother Bagel, and the team grew to love her and even Spencer, Brother Bagel, their coach.
Which was fine for everyone but Mark Setzer. For...
| Author | Jenny Wagner |
| ISBN | 0140501266 |
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek by Jenny Wagner, illustrated by Ron Brooks is a gentle, humorous story of prejudice, identity and self-acceptance about a mythological Australian creature.
Brooks' illustrations are reminiscent at times of Sendak, using a dark engraving style that suits...
| Author | John Christopher |
| ISBN | 0435122452 |
I read this book when I was a teenager and I have thought of it often since. It has haunted me, but I couldn't remember the name of the book or the author. I spent a lot of time researching before tracking the book down and finding out that it was out of print. I finally obtained a copy from ebay and was excited...
| Author | William Sleator |
| ISBN | 0141308141 |
This has always been a long time favorite of mine from when I was younger. I even still have my original copy. It is is dog-eared and worn from frequent reading. I'm not sure what it is about this one that has always stuck with me. After reading it as an adult, I still love it!
The author throws you right...
| Author | Nancy Kress |
| ISBN | 1930846185 |
Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics. Early in the 21st century, global warming has caused sickness and death among plants, animals, and humans. Suddenly...
