I am looking for a middle reader or young adult book published late 1980s to early 90s. It involved (I believe) a boy who had these sugar cube type things (or possibly seeds) that when he ate them gave him magic or granted a wish that he spoke.
A Red Leather book with an interesting symmetrical design and texture within the leather that is a self help book, of sorts, for adolescent boys with a title conveying the general principal of “now.” Title examples are, “Right Now” or “Today,” Published in the 40’s or 50’s.
I read this library book in the 1960s but it could have been published earlier. A young girl is chosen to represent her village by becoming a handmaiden to the temple where the Princess Medea serves. This girl is chosen because she has some special mystical power even though she is very shy. She loves Medea and makes friends with others there. And she tells the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece from her point of view. The book ends with Jason leaving Medea and Medea, in her grief, killing their children. There are many references to the Maiden the Mother and the Crone in the book.
Young adult book about a teenage girl who lives maybe in London/England in a townhouse. She removes the bricks between her house and the adjoining one next door. I don’t recall why. But she does end up using that exit. There is a fire in her house and she helps her parents escape through that wall.
This is the 1st in a series (a trilogy) read in school around 1992-1993 (7th grade). The plot is a boy and a girl in the 20th century finding a teen, Art, and discovering that he is actually King Arthur. Art gets hurt toward the end of the book and they have to go Avalon to save him from the bad guy.
I believe I read this book in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s. I also believe it was part of a series with the two main characters. This may have been the first or second book in the series. I do not think subsequent books took place in Scotland. The two main characters were a guy and girl (possibly a couple, I do not think they were related) in their late teens or early 20’s. There may have been a romantic aspect of them getting together. I remember the guy being self-assured and flirty and the girl being more sensible. In the particular book I’m remembering, they travel to Scotland and stay in a castle near a loch to solve a mystery.
I read this paperback in the 60s, probably published in the 50s or earlier, set in the UK. The dark-haired heroine, Petrova (?), was a second child. She loved seeing wild birds, wonderful descriptions eg a flock coming in over an estuary.
I read this book in the 80’s. I think the main characters name was Rusty. She was a teenage girl who I believe got pregnant and killed herself in a sensory deprivation tank. Thanks!
I’m looking for a YA book from the late 60s or early 70s. It’s about the friendship between a teenaged boy and girl, who over the course of time become closer-boyfriend/girlfriend. He arranges to have a locket or pendant made for her fashioned like a violet, since she loves violets. Not much to go on, I’m afraid.
I found this book at the library in 1985, it may have been published in the 70s. I believe it was young teen science fiction, it had a long title that included the word “Twinkie” (possibly plural). Central character was a girl.