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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The smartest man in Ireland The smartest man in Ireland Mollie Hunter Summary, To prove his boast that he is the smartest man in Ireland, Patrick Kentigern Keenan tries to outwit the fairy folk and finally proves himself when his son is stolen away. OL11913350W
A furl of fairy wind A furl of fairy wind Mollie Hunter Four tales in which people encounter fairies and brownies for the first time. OL15758699W
The third eye The third eye Mollie Hunter Jinty's intuitive sense, her third eye, brings her close to the old Earl as he struggles with the Ballinford doom. OL15840420W
The Spanish letters The Spanish letters Mollie Hunter A young Scottish messenger, an Englishman, and a Scotsman join forces in a time of mutual suspicions to search for vital letters which will lead to the arrest of treasonous Scottish nobles and preven… OL15940767W
Gilly Martin the Fox Gilly Martin the Fox Mollie Hunter With the help of a shape-shifting fox, the Prince of Alban goes on a series of quests, among such enemies as the Giant With Five Heads and the Seven Big Women of Jura. OL1841949W
Hold on to love Hold on to love Mollie Hunter Fifteen-year-old Bridie McShane, in a headlong flight towards independence, discovers both love and the fulfillment of her dream of becoming the writer she always knew she was destined to be. OL1841953W
Talent is not enough Talent is not enough Mollie Hunter Talent. Person. Discipline. To Mollie Hunter, talent alone is not enough - there must be a disciplined, feeling person behind each book. One of the finest writers of books for young people and the wi… OL1841967W
The three-day enchantment The three-day enchantment Mollie Hunter A young boy's daydream magically transforms him into Sir Dauntless, a strong and fearless knight who sets off to outwit the Three-Day Enchantress. OL1841972W
The 13th member The 13th member Mollie Hunter The discovery by a boy servant in sixteenth-century Scotland that a kitchen maid is a witch leads to the disclosure of a plot to murder King James I. OL1841975W
The Knight of the Golden Plain The Knight of the Golden Plain Mollie Hunter In a young boy's daydream, he becomes a strong and fearless knight and rides off to do good deeds and find great adventure. OL1841980W
Thomas and the warlock Thomas and the warlock Mollie Hunter When a poacher catches a warlock in one of his traps, a fairy woman gives his son a secret which can be revealed when the warlock takes his revenge. OL1841989W
The wicked one The wicked one Mollie Hunter Incessantly tormented by the Grollican, a creature of the Otherworld, Colin Grant and his family flee to America from their native Highlands of Scotland. OL1841990W
A pistol in Greenyards A pistol in Greenyards Mollie Hunter The enclosure movement brought many Scots to exile in America in the middle of the nineteenth century. A fifteen-year-old boy describes the brutality that accompanied the usurpation of small farms of… OL1841992W
The Lothian run The Lothian run Mollie Hunter In 1736 in Edinburgh a lawyer's clerk finds himself involved in more than a routine smuggling affair. OL1841995W
A stranger came ashore A stranger came ashore Mollie Hunter Twelve-year-old Robbie becomes convinced that the stranger befriended by his family is one of the Selkie Folk and tries to get help against his magical powers from the local wizard. OL1841998W
The Bodach The Bodach Mollie Hunter After receiving the gift of Second Sight from his old friend, the Bodach, ten-year-old Donald becomes responsible for safeguarding the ancient power of the walking stones before their glen is flooded… OL1842000W
The kelpie's pearls The kelpie's pearls Mollie Hunter An old woman of the Scottish highlands makes friends with a kelpie, sees the Loch Ness monster, and practices some of her grandmother's witchcraft. OL1842001W
A sound of chariots A sound of chariots Mollie Hunter A young girl growing up in Scotland after World War I tries to come to terms with her grief over her father's death and her increasing sense of the passage of time. OL1842002W