The Town Cats and Other Tales
10 best books like The Town Cats and Other Tales (Lloyd Alexander): Venetia, Faro's Daughter, The Parker Inheritance, The Masqueraders, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story, Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot, Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon, Kensuke's Kingdom, The Grand Escape, Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
| ISBN | 0373771665 |
Twenty-five-year-old Venetia Lanyon's beauty is rivaled only by her sensibility. Intelligent and independent, her future seems safe and predictable. Lovely Venetia despairs of ever meeting the handsome hero of her romantic dreams but is nearly resigned to spinsterhood, thanks to the enormous...
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
| ISBN | 0099465590 |
Skilled in the art of card playing, Deborah Grantham, a gambler's daughter, uses that skill as her sole means of support as mistress of her aunt's elegant and exclusive gaming club in 18th-century London. The beautiful young must find a way to restore herself and her aunt to respectability, preferably...
| Author | Varian Johnson |
| ISBN | 0545946174 |
The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.
When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes...
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
| ISBN | 0373836066 |
Prudence and Robin Tremaine, are children of the notorious and brilliant Viscount of Barham, find themselves on the wrong side of the Jacobite rebellion. The brothers have been dissemblers since they were children. And in this age of slippery politics, they need to be. Their infamous adventurer father...
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
| Author | Kheryn Callender |
| ISBN | 0062820249 |
A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back to town.
Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings.
Although...
| Author | Janet Asimov |
| ISBN | 0802764959 |
I've noticed a trend that I find somewhat alarming. Sometimes, when people write books for young audiences, they ignore the usual rules of good fiction writing - including quality characterization, continuity, solid narrative through-lines, raising the stakes, etc. Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot...
Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon
| Author | Ute Krause |
| ISBN | 0735823065 |
It’s time to feed the dragon! But this year the village is out of princesses.
So the villagers send Oscar, a not so plump little boy
who would rather COOK dinner than BE dinner.
Putting his culinary skills to the test, Oscar shows the dragon that filet mignon and banana splits...
| Author | Michael Morpurgo |
| ISBN | 1405221747 |
When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Peggy Sue, he struggles to survive on his own. But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him to stay alive. Following a close-run battle between life and death...
| Author | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| ISBN | 0689874073 |
It's a scary world out there.
If only Marco hadn't read a newspaper article about a ranch and become determined to see one. If only Polo hadn't found himself longing for the mother he barely remembered as a soft-warm-wiggle-purr-milk-tongue. Then the two tabbies might have been content to remain...
| Author | Michael Tanner |
| ISBN | 0192854143 |
With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes many of the...
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
| Author | Rita Williams-Garcia |
| ISBN | 0062215949 |
A National Book Award Longlist title that has earned 5 starred reviews!
"This slim novel strikes a strong chord."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This complex tale of family and forgiveness has heart.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
"Strong...
A Diary of a Private School Kid
Private school is tough: bullies, peer pressure, uniforms, and social issues. You think it's bad being a wimpy kid in public school? Try walking in my shoes for one day! I'm Ben Montgomery and these are my unintentionally hilarious stories of misfortune.
A Diary of a Private School Kid is a funny...
