Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Box and the Bone The Box and the Bone Zilpha Keatley Snyder While building a clubhouse, the boys uncover a buried treasure, only to have it disappear later that night. OL15104799W
The ghosts of Rathburn Park The ghosts of Rathburn Park Zilpha Keatley Snyder Lost in the woods of Rathburn Park, eleven-year-old Matthew weighs the odds of dying from thirst, embarrassment, or at the hands of the forest's reputed ghostly inhabitants. OL15104809W
The gypsy game The gypsy game Zilpha Keatley Snyder Six imaginative schoolmates embark on a game in which they pretend to be gypsies, but when one of the boys runs away and takes up with a group of homeless people, the game threatens to become all too… OL15104811W
Cat running Cat running Zilpha Keatley Snyder Cat Kinsey hopes to win the sixth-grade girls' race and the Winners' Grand Finale. But her father won't let her wear slacks like the other girls, so she refuses to run. Some of the other kids say it … OL28764598W
And condors danced And condors danced Zilpha Keatley Snyder The year Carly turns eleven, 1907, is filled with playing detective, watching condors, observing a fierce feud involving her family's Southern California ranch, and coping with unexpected tragedies. OL29870W
Birds of Summer Birds of Summer Zilpha Keatley Snyder Fifteen-year-old Summer, daughter of a northern California flower child, is torn by confused feelings and difficult relationships with friends, employers, and especially her mother. OL29871W
Libby on Wednesday Libby on Wednesday Zilpha Keatley Snyder Precocious eleven-year-old Libby had been educated by her bizarre and creative family until her absent mother insisted she go to school to become "socialized". She hates everything about school until… OL29877W
Until the Celebration Until the Celebration Zilpha Keatley Snyder At a time when the Erdlings are to reenter Green-sky, mounting tension is eventually soothed by two children who have become symbols of the unification. When the banished Erdlings were brought from t… OL29882W
Below the Root Below the Root Zilpha Keatley Snyder Chosen to become one of a group of civil and religious leaders ruling the land of Green-Sky, thirteen-year-old Raamo's experiences make him question their teachings and lead him to uncover age-old de… OL29884W
Janie's Private Eyes Janie's Private Eyes Zilpha Keatley Snyder Precocious sister Janie has dragged her siblings into another one of her harebrained schemes, this time to start her own detective agency. The only thing she needs is a mystery to solve. When dogs be… OL29886W
The Treasures of Weatherby The Treasures of Weatherby Zilpha Keatley Snyder Determined to be as strong and powerful as the first Harleigh, who built the rambling Weatherby Hall, twelve-year-old Harleigh Fourth and an equally diminutive new friend try to foil the plans of a d… OL29889W
The Truth About Stone Hollow The Truth About Stone Hollow Zilpha Keatley Snyder The new boy at school introduces Amy to the secrets of Stone Hollow where the circles of time converge. OL29893W
The headless Cupid The headless Cupid Zilpha Keatley Snyder Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult. OL29896W
Cat Running Cat Running Zilpha Keatley Snyder When eleven-year-old Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappy homelife, she slowly gets to know a poor family who have come to California after losing their Texas home to the dust sto… OL8200665W