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  • Afternoon of the Elves

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    In "this enchanting story about friendship," two fourth grade girls discover a magical world hidden in one's backyard ( Publishers Weekly).No fourth grader trusts Sara-Kate Connolly. Her boots are dirty, her clothes are weird, and she's so maladjusted that the school had to hold her back a grade. But Hillary is her next-door neighbor, and can't say no when the unusual loner invites her over to ... Read more

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  • Forest

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    War is coming, and it will take two very unusual friends to avert a showdown in the town of ForestUpper Forest is the kingdom of an ancient clan of squirrels. For years they have lived and died in the trees, building an elaborate civilization high above the earth. Since man came to Forest, the trees have been thinned, but there are still enough thick groves where the squirrels can run from ... Read more

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  • The Dancing Cats of Applesap

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Illustrated by Joelle Shefts ...
    In a forgotten small town, one girl and a hundred cats are about to do something spectacularApplesap is a small town smack dab in the middle of New York state, and beyond that geographical oddity, there isn't much special about it. It has a dress shop, a run-down movie theater, and two old-fashioned drug stores: Jiggs' and the Super Queen. But nobody goes to Jiggs'. The roof is leaky, the seats ... Read more

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  • How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Winner of Italy's 2006 Premio Andersen Award: A young writer's fantasy world becomes dangerously entangled with realityEleven-year-old Archie and his six-year-old brother, Oggie, are constantly going back and forth between their mother's home and the apartment that their father shares with his girlfriend. To distract Oggie from the turbulence of endlessly bouncing from "Saturn" to "Jupiter" and ... Read more

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  • Sirens and Spies

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Illustrated by Erica O'Rourke ...
    After their violin teacher is attacked, two sisters stumble on dark secrets from her girlhood in France during World War IIElsie and Mary's lives are changed when they meet Miss Fitch, a fascinating Frenchwoman who makes her living teaching children the violin. She seems to be everything an instructor should be: stern when her students are slacking; inspiring when they lose heart. She knows how ... Read more

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  • The Lost Flower Children

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Illustrated by Satomi Ichikawa ...
    Two grieving sisters resolve to break a spell cast by evil fairiesAfter the death of their mother, Olivia and Nellie are shipped off to their great-aunt's house for the summer. Nine-year-old Olivia is not excited about the trip—she has to keep one eye on kind but eccentric Aunt Minty and the other on her younger sister, Nellie, who's been behaving oddly. But the summer takes an interesting turn ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Great Dimpole Oak

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Illustrated by Stephen Gammell ...
    An ancient oak tree has seen glory and tragedy—but nothing quite as spectacular as the showdown that's brewingFor nearly a thousand years, the Dimpole Oak has towered over this small East Coast town, witnessing the passage of history: duels and revolution, lovers' trysts and traitors' hangings, victory parades and midnight conspiracies. The farmer who owns the land beneath the tree likes to tell ... Read more

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  • The Lampfish of Twill

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin ...
    On the unforgiving coast of Twill, a boy is sucked into a fantastic adventureThe country of Twill has a notoriously treacherous coastline: rough, rocky, and primed for shipwrecks and drownings. In the salt-scarred port town of Twickham, the locals are dependent on fishing. Everyone pitches in, devising new ways to catch fish and crabs without falling prey to the dangerous rocks and waves. Of all ... Read more

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  • The Gold Dust Letters

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Series Book 1 - Investigators of the Unknown
    While searching for her fairy godmother, a young girl uncovers a world of magicIt starts with chocolates. Dreaming of a box of chocolates that never empties, Angela writes a letter to her fairy godmother asking for one. To her surprise, the fairy writes back! A letter appears on her mantelpiece from "Pilaria of the Kingdom of the Faeries," written on ancient parchment with purple ink, and covered ... Read more

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  • Black Duck

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    It is spring 1929, and Prohibition is in full swing. So when Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body washed up on the shore of their small coastal Rhode Island town, they are sure it has something to do with smuggling liquor. Soon the boys, along with Jeddy’s strongwilled sister, Marina, are drawn in, suspected by rival bootlegging gangs of taking something crucial off the dead man. Then Ruben meets the ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Looking for Juliette

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Series Book 2 - Investigators of the Unknown
    Poco is horrified when Angela's cat disappears while under her watch. Is magic involved?Together, Angela, Poco, and Georgina have investigated some peculiar happenings. They are just on the verge of a major magical breakthrough when Angela's father moves to Mexico, taking Angela and breaking up the trio of friends. As consolation, Angela gives Poco her cat, Juliette, to care for and talk to while ... Read more

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  • A Message from the Match Girl

    by Janet Taylor Lisle ...
    Series Book 3 - Investigators of the Unknown
    In search of the truth about his heritage, Walter only finds more mysteryWalter Kew has grown up without a past. Orphaned since birth and raised by his grandparents, he knows nothing about his parents, who died in an accident. Obsessively curious about the mother he never knew, he turns to the occult, using Ouija boards, crystal balls, and spells to reach out to the other world. But he's never had ... Read more

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