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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The beasts of Clawstone Castle	Eva Ibbotson	Can two children foil an outrageous criminal plot with the help of some of the funniest and maddest ghosts ever invented? Clawstone Castle is ancient and famous, but its elderly owners have no money.…	OL104401W
The Star of Kazan	Eva Ibbotson	After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live i…	OL104406W
The morning gift	Eva Ibbotson	A wealthy English paleontologist marries a young Austrian Jewess to save her from the Nazis who have recently taken over Austria. This marriage of convenience turned out to not be so easy to sunder …	OL104412W
Not just a witch	Eva Ibbotson	Wanting to be more than just an ordinary witch, Heckie, whose speciality is changing people into animals, settles in a small town determined to use her powers for good purposes.	OL104413W
Dial a Ghost	Eva Ibbotson	A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.	OL104414W
The great ghost rescue	Eva Ibbotson	The ghosts of Britain need a sanctuary. Castles with central heating, bogs drained for motorways, dismal forests cleared for car parks-there are few places left for a respectable ghost to haunt. Hump…	OL104418W
Journey to the river sea	Eva Ibbotson	Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.	OL104419W
A Countess Below Stairs	Eva Ibbotson	After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no choice but to flee to England. Penniless, Anna hides her aristocratic background and takes a job as se…	OL104421W
The secret of platform 13	Eva Ibbotson	Odge Gribble, a young hag, joins an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on a journey from their magical island kingdom to London through a tunnel which opens every nine years for nine days, to…	OL104422W
Which witch?	Eva Ibbotson	Arriman the Awful, feared Great Wizard of the North, has decided to marry, because he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful. But his wife must be a…	OL104423W
Dial-a-ghost	Eva Ibbotson	A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians. When orphaned Oliver Smith inherits gloomy Helton Hall, his scheming cousins are determined to get r…	OL15157875W
Which witch?	Eva Ibbotson	Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of who…	OL16036530W
3 complete novels	Eva Ibbotson	Contains the complete texts of three works by Eva Ibbotson featuring witches, wizards, and fantastic creatures.	OL16068441W
One dog and his boy	Eva Ibbotson	When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency…	OL16239211W
The secret of platform 13	Eva Ibbotson	Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son, who ha…	OL16479964W
The Reluctant Heiress	Eva Ibbotson	Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess who's given up her duties to follow her heart, working for nothing backstage at the Viennese opera. No one there knows who she really is, or that a fair…	OL16526243W
Dial-a-ghost	Eva Ibbotson	A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians. When orphaned Oliver Smith inherits gloomy Helton Hall, his scheming cousins are determined to get r…	OL17729957W
Dial-a-ghost	Eva Ibbotson	A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.	OL17738696W
El concurso de brujas	Eva Ibbotson	¡Buscadme una bruja!, vocifera Arriman el Espantoso, anunciando a gritos su intención de casarse. Y naturalmente, la esposa del temido Mago del Norte debe ser una bruja que tenga los poderes más oscu…	OL20341478W
L'étoile de Kazan	Eva Ibbotson	Vienne, XIXe siècle. Abandonnée à la naissance, élevée par des intellectuels excentriques, Annika voit sa vie basculer lorsque réapparaît sa mère naturelle, une aristocrate qui l'emmène dans son chât…	OL24922104W