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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Murder at Monticello Murder at Monticello Jane Langton A murder on the ground of Jefferson's mansion at Monticello leads history buff Homer Kelly on a search for Tom Dean, a young man seen trespassing on the property, who has become the prime suspect in … OL15856148W
Paper chains Paper chains Jane Langton A young woman discovers a new world of experiences and fascinating friends during her first semester at college. OL18018390W
The mysterious circus The mysterious circus Jane Langton With the help of a mysterious stranger and the magical gift he brought them from India, the Halls foil a new enemy's plan to build a Henry Thoreau theme park across from their home. OL18165113W
Salt Salt Jane Langton,A. N. Afanasʹev Ivan, the merchant's third son, having patience and an eye for opportunity, barters the cargo of his ship for a princess and a fortune. OL18290331W
Astonishing Stereoscope Astonishing Stereoscope Jane Langton By discovering they can enter the three-dimensional world of the stereoscope, two children learn something about reality. OL84934W
The Deserter The Deserter Jane Langton Jane Langton has set part of this dramatic story in the present and part during the great battle of Gettysburg. In the here-and-now, Homer and Mary Kelly try to trace the mysterious shame attached to… OL84938W
The fragile flag The fragile flag Jane Langton A nine-year-old girl leads a march of children from Massachusetts to Washington, in protest against the President's new missile which is capable of destroying the earth. OL84942W
The Boyhood of Grace Jones The Boyhood of Grace Jones Jane Langton A children's book, the second about Grace Jones, set in Ohio during the Great Depression. OL84957W
The transcendental murder The transcendental murder Jane Langton The peaceful town of Concord, Massachusetts, is best known as the birthplace of the American Revolution and the home of the Transcendentalists—Thoreau, Emerson, and the Alcotts. Then some letters sur… OL84969W
Murder at the Gardner Murder at the Gardner Jane Langton What does Homer Kelly (an ex-detective, now a professor) know about art? Nothing at all. And therefore, when Titus Moon, the new young director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, invites Homer t… OL84970W