I was in elementary school in the 90’s, and I remember a book or series of books in the school library that I believe were all by the same author but may not have contained the same characters. I think both books had yellow hard-back covers. One of the books cover had a woman on it with a third eye, the eye was possibly triangle shaped. I’m not sure I remember the plot line of that book if there was more than one book. The plot-line I do remember though went as follows: A girl (and possibly her family) moves to a farm/rural setting. While out walking one day she runs into an invisible wall. Somehow she, and possibly a boy (or her family) get through the wall, and there is a hidden city behind it, possibly made out of crystal. The people in the city are either alien in nature, or are people with powers, and those powers and possibly telekinesis and/or telepathy. I think she has to figure out how to escape from this city. I’m hoping someone knows what these books are.
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I think those may be by Sylvia Engdahl. The only title I actually remember is Enchantress from the Stars. If you search her name though, you can find the other titles.
Except for the cover, it also sounds a little like Diana Wynne Jones’ The Homeward Bounders. Not a lot, but enough so that it could be an alternate possibility.
Good luck!
I knew I had read it, so I kept thinking!
The Crystal City, by Nancy Etchemendy. (I remembered the cover, and finally, the name popped out at me.) The other two books in the trilogy were The Watchers of Space and Stranger from the Stars.
I think I confused it with the Engdahl books because of the similar titles, and they were on the same shelf in the library. 🙂
I wish it was the homeward bounders, because that would make it a lot easier and because it’s an awesome book. But it’s not. I looked up the other series too, it’s not them either. Thanks for the suggestions though!
I knew I had read it, so I kept thinking!
The Crystal City, by Nancy Etchemendy. (I remembered the cover, and finally, the name popped out at me.) The other two books in the trilogy were The Watchers of Space and Stranger from the Stars.
I think I confused it with the Engdahl books because of the similar titles, and they were on the same shelf in the library. 🙂
Solved! It was the Jenny Dean Science Fiction Mystery Series, specifically The Secret of the Third Eye and The Secret of the Invisible City.