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Kid s picture book I read around 2011 about horses from an island. I believe they were being auctioned off and a little girl wanted one of the foals (I think the horse was black and white) Title is pretty much all I remember. It was a kid s picture book I read around 2011, so I was in first grade. It was about horses that were taken from an island, yearly I think. I believe they were being auctioned off and a little girl wanted one of the foals, which I believe was black and white. I m not sure if it was fictional or not but the story was realistic. I was REALLY in my horse phase around this time and I remember constantly checking the book out from my school s library, so much so that the librarian told me to stop checking it out so that other kids could have a turn with it. It d be really cool to be able to read it again if anybody s heard of it!

Dystopian romance, YA, corrupt leaders, sick main character The main character was a male teen that had to wear an air ventilator because he couldn't breathe properly because of an illness (he might have also been on the book cover in a mask ventilator). He lived with a female teen in hiding and it was a dystopian city setting. They were trying to leave the city as there was a rumour the outside world wasn't under a dictatorship and they'd be able to live proper lives outside. They ran into all sorts of trouble with the police and in the end they had to swim out into the ocean past mines (bombs) to where they hoped the outside world had boats to take them to safety. There was a YA romance element between the characters. I would've read it around 2006 2010 and I don't think it was very old at the time.

Teenage boy that turns into teenage girl on their birthday. I read it a fair few years ago so sorry for the vague, maybe a bit inaccurate description. I remember there was this teenage boy that had just moved across country with his mum and dad. When he woke up in the morning he had turned into a girl and they asked about it and there mum and dad explained about the dad being like them to, but not the mum Then they go to school and they have this mentor thing that is the same as them. I also remember that they would change completely into a new person every year on their birthday. I think it was written by two authors and they were a man and a woman, but u can t remember from there. Any help would be greatly appreciate (Also tagged as spoiler as I said a fair bit about the first but if the book)

The book about the mage with the hurt leg It was a book about magic and the boy (main character) was dropped on his leg as a child and developed a limp because of it. His magic class was dark or something. If this sounds familiar at all please help.

Fiction book about a teenage girls like with Dissociative Identity Disorder in diary form? When I was a freshman in high school in 2016 2017 I read this book about a teenage girl who is an antisocial outcast that suffers with Dissociative Identity Disorder. If I remember correctly it was written in diary form with dates and such at the top. I remember her alter was a fun, bubbly flirty girl. They would also write each other sticky notes before they switched out so that the alters could talk to each other. I can t find the book anywhere, I don t think it was extremely popular but it made a pretty big impact on me after I found out one of my closest friends has this disorder and I d really like to find it

Book where kid moves in with his mothers friends after she disappears (it s a series) I read this book probably around 3 4 years ago. The book takes place in modern times, and starts in the perspective of the mother. She was beat by her husband and is showing pictures to her friends who are Jewish. I forgot what the say but her husband ends up wanting to meet up with her but she wants someone to be there to help her in case he tries anything. Her friend says her husband (who is a cop) will help her. When she told him what she did, he didn t want to do it but said he couldn t back out or he d look scared. Day of the meeting comes and the cop is there when the ex husband shows up. He s patted down and his watch is taken because he like a hit man I think or something like that and the cop knows that the watch could be a lethal weapon. Anyway ex husband talks with wife (apologizes I think), then leaves. Few days later she goes missing and her son is taken in by her friends. He falls in love with this Muslim girl and her family doesn t approve of him but they still date. They have sex at a hotel but her parents find her car and bust in to the room but he hinds the condoms and say they were only eating and studying. And that s all I remember Edit Also the kid can play the piano really well

Children's book story collection a devil with a red polka dot suit ... or possibly he himself was just red with polka dots. this is for a friend. she says it was already an older book in the mid 70s she read at her grandma's house as a child. a story, or more than likely a story collection, and this devil picture used to scare little her. no plot details (but i think she is asking her sister if she remembers it too, if so i'll edit more description in). eta Now her sister is thinking maybe The Tall Book of Make Believe, illustrations by Garth Williams and she is second guessing herself "maybe it s actually a clown or harlequin, and the figure was tall and thin I just remember the feeling of apprehension it gave me even though I sought it out every time I was there." thanks!

Looking for a book with a sea shell (or several) on the cover, that is not about sea shells Trying to locate all sort of books with sea shell covers, as Foucaults Archeology of Knowledge, or so my calculus books, that have covers with sea shells of any kind, be it nautilius with its geometry, or any other sort. Thanks a sea ton

2000s middle grade many worlds fantasy with non binary character Read in 2005 2010ish. Probably also published around then, possibly a bit earlier. 3 teens who were raised in three very different worlds are forced to work together to complete some mysterious goal. It s more like different dimensions than different countries, like one maybe have been steampunk y and another more traditional fantasy and the third more sci fi? One boy and one girl in main trio but I m certain that the third character was agender non binary. I think their name was Cam? It may have been that their world didn t pick a gender until they were adults. The only full scene I remember is where they had to vocally harmonize to activate something and the girl really struggled until they had her systematically find her range and she held a surprisingly deep note. I want to say the cover had the three protagonists on it. They had dark curly hair. Random notes may have been a scene in a helicopter like machine over a huge desert. Also, there might have been a revelation that they were siblings (half siblings?) at the end, something about their mom.

Children's (?) book about a cat used for animal testing For several years I have been wondering about a book I read when I was about 10 years old (12 years ago, so the book must be at least 10 years old to hive me some slack). The book starts with an old cat talking to his grandson about his life, then follows his life story. I think he may have began as a pet, but ended up as a stray in a group of alley cats. After a while the cats are captured, and the main character finds himself in an animal testing lab. I believe he had shampoos and or make up tested on him. The cat in the cage next to him was used for shampoo testing, and had his eyelids cut off so that it could get into his eyes easier. At the end of the book we switch back to the perspective of the elderly cat talking to his grandson. Unfortunately these are the only details I remember. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

About a young orphan girl befriending an old woman Hello! I have been desperately trying to find this book so maybe someone might be able to help! In late elementary middle school (2006 2008ish), I read a book about a young orphan girl who was given a job to take care of an elderly woman. The woman was known to be snappy and difficult but she still diligently cared for her and the two eventually developed a close friendship. The old woman told the girl that she was once a theater actress and described a moment when she first got on a stage swing and how it felt like she was flying. She also showed her a box of costume jewelry she kept. The jewelry was made for her by this man who carved them out of glass. At some point in the story, she meets an old man who tells her about how he used to make costume jewelry. He told her how he was in love with a young actress in the theater (presumably that old woman) and when he was originally tasked with making her costume jewelry, he was to make them from glass. However, since he admired her, he made them from actual gems (sapphires, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, etc.) the woman never knew they were real all this time. I do want to note that I don't remember if she actually meets the old man or hears about him from someone else I believe the old woman dies and leaves the jewelry to that girl who also doesn't know the real value until she learns of meets the jewelry maker and when she hears of people who were looking for the jewelry. There are other really random details I remember such the descriptions of her cooking skills. She prepared an entire Christmas carp by herself and she could apparently slice cucumbers so thin, you could read a newspaper through them. Hopefully, this is enough detail! I do not remember any of the characters' names but I do recall the book being approximately 200 300 pages long.

Young adult, secret society novel with juggling swordfighters Hi folks, hoping someone here can help me track down a novel I read when I was in high school, would have been between 2007 and 2009. It might have been a year or two later, but I don't think it could have beenne any later than 2011. The book was new at the time, it was a gift and would have been bought at the local bookshop. From memory, the plot revolves around children, possibly twins, who found out their family were part of a secret society. It was set I think in the 20th century, possibly early 20th and I think there were some steampunk elements thrown into the technology in the story. The secret society was based in Firenze. The specifically always referred to headquarters being in Firenze, not Florence, even though the book was written in English. There were people helping the secret society from an ancient order of warriors that from memory originally fought for Alexander the Great. I think they were all women in the book, and they fought with 3 swords at once using a complicated juggling style. The appendix at the back of the book included illustrations of how their fighting style worked. I believe the book was hardback or leather fake leather, with a red cover that had a design or logo in yellow on it. The only details that I'm certain on are the sword fighting and Firenze. Thanks in advance for any help!

A 4 book dragon wyvern themed cyoa set in this nice looking container I wish I could elaborate more, but this was a set I got all the way back in 1st grade, and I do not really remember much about the 4 books. They were all pretty short, and the books were square shaped I believe in this, from what I remember, nice looking box to hold them in. The books had nothing to do with one another, but all were cyoa, and I believe were listed as "Part 1, Part 2, etc." or something like that. As stated, it was a dragon themed set, but I'm pretty sure one of the books was actually about Wyverns at least.

Teen book about a girl who moves from America to the UK She goes to live with her aunt and cousins an older boy, twins about her age and a younger girl. They live on a farm. MC has a bad relationship with her stepmother and suffers from anorexia. She takes a while to adjust to British culture, but she settles in eventually and gets on with at least two of her cousins. Her aunt has to go away for some reason and then there's a nuclear attack on London, so the aunt can't come back home. The kids are also separated at some point, but I think they reunite at the end.

Trying to find a kids book I read in the 90's 00's featuring lots of dogs I ran into this wallpaper and it triggered a memory of reading a kids book (hardback, storybook style) as a kid that featured art similar to this. Lots of dogs. Maybe in a city? It was a large book dimensions wise but not long pages wise. I don't remember the plot, but definitely had this book in the 90's and early 00's. I've tried googling and haven't coming up with anything. I wish I had more details. Any ideas? Thanks Reddit!!

She gets him into acting, he becomes big star, she develops agoraphobia They marry, have kids, his career takes off. She, meanwhile, becomes more and more home bound, but well known for her parties. The ending was a shock, because it was not the usual happy ending. Probably read this book 25 30 years ago.

Caucasian girl left in Japan after missionary father dies? Here s what I remember plot wise Girl moves to Japan (not sure what year but definitely not modern) with missionary father(?), he dies somehow and she is stuck there. She gets taken in by some kind of house, but is treated kind of poorly As an adult she works at some convention market and has to speak English to foreign guests and is not very good at it. Basically they think she s Japanese. in the end she moves to New York(?) and has a female lover. There were definitely some sex scenes so I think it s safe to say it s an adult novel, also fiction. Ringing any bells?

Children's Book Series From Mid 2000s With a Character That Says "If you love it so much why don't you marry it." I distinctly remember my school librarian reading a book or books from this series in maybe my kindergarten or 1st grade class in like the 2006 2008 timespan. I think a repeating schtick is that the main character or one of them would always "If you love X so much why don't you marry X." But I'm sorry, I don't have too many other details. I think the book was in the first person, but I could be misremembering.

Book about a boy who can read runes The book is about a boy who somehow learns to read runes, I believe he is self taught. His rune reading is advanced and he reads past page 80. Those who read past page 80 of the rune book stop aging. His mother was terrified when she was given a prophecy that he would not age live past the age of 12 or 13 and so abandoned him. I think they eventually reunite thanks to the help of the boys mentor. The book cover featured a 3 armed whorl shaped rune, and the majority of the book cover was brown. Possibly YA fiction, but more likely something I read as a child.

A philosophical book on various scenarios of death and reincarnation. This book is a compilation of essays stories on many different death and reincarnation scenarios. A few stories that s stuck with me from this book 1. Post death we are all put into a big room and we only leave the room and move on when no one on earth remembers our name anymore. 2. Post death we re live every experience we ve had in our lives from the ones we ve done most to the ones we ve done the least (e.g. 30 years of sleeping, then 20 years of eating, ... then 20 hours of intense joy, 5 hours of agonising pain, etc.) I think the cover was black with a door filled with light on it. Thank you!

Book about a kid who helps animals living in a hotel fix their bus. I read this in probably 3 or 4th grade but it might be for older kids. Basically I was about a kid who finds an abandoned hotel (in the desert?) and finds out a bunch of animals are living there and they can talk and run the hotel. They give the kid a room and it s rundown. At some point the kid helps them fix their (double decker i think) bus so that they can use it to take the kid home i can t remember if the kid got home or not.

Boy genius detective type novel (1920ish) boy is the son of an engineer father is in a patent dispute? I think I read this book randomly on project gutenberg and its one of a series. Here are the facts I remember 1) The boy has a father who is an engineer, and so he's good at engineering as well 2) During the novel the boy is living with his uncle 3) There's some funny business related to patents? Either the patents are stolen or the boy has to deliver the patents or something like this 4) There's a motorcycle in the story 5) I looked this series up on wikipedia after reading it, and I remember reading in the final book of the series this guy ends up working for the president and defending a city from aliens. Sorry if this violates rule three, but maybe its helpful finding the author series? I meant to go back and read the novel bc it sounded outlandish, but totally forgot who wrote it and the main characters name. Any help would be appreciated.

A book about a reincarnated God that can make Portals It's a book where a kid of reincarnated Norse gods that have been stuck on earth finds out he has the power to create portals. He has to escape from his parents because they want to use his powers to return to asgard. I read the first book and wanted to finish the series but for the life of me can't remember the title. I thought it was by Neil Gaimen but I went through is works and none of them ring a bell.

book about a man who s in love with mary jane ... it tears apart his marriage. it s a blue cover with two rabbit heads on it, it has mr. and mrs. (something) in the title. please help its killing me!

Book involving a couple whose relationship is in shambles, a poor actress struggling to find jobs, and a roofer I read this book around 2012 or 2013. And in all honesty, I probably shouldn t have been reading it back then as I was still in middle school at the time. This book seemed to be meant for mature audiences, BUT THE STORYLINE WAS SO SHOCKING FOR 12 YEAR OLD ME THAT I WAS HOOKED. I forgot what the title is and who the author is, and I don t have a copy of it anymore. I bought the copy at a book sale, also. What I remember about is that it s about this engaged couple who has been unhappy in their relationship lately, but then the woman gets into an accident which causes her to lose her memory. The man then takes that to his advantage to pretend that their relationship wasn t in shambles so they could start again. I also remember there was a side story about this young actress who was struggling to find stable jobs. Also, I remember a roofer being involved? If I recall correctly, that roofer saved the woman who lost her memory from being sexually assaulted by her supposed... I m not 100 sure about this but the main characters are really the couple. One thing more, I keep on thinking they re all from England or something... but again, I m not sure. And I can t, for the life of me, find this book thru Google using vague descriptions. I ve spent more than an hour trying to look for it already. Any help will be much appreciated!

I m trying to remember this book I read about a vampire, and no it wasn t twilight! From what I remember about this book was it was pretty short. The cover was yellowish orange with a moon and a bedroom window open. I like to think the title was called Invited in or the uninvited or something along that matter but I can t seem to find it on google. There is a scene in the book where the vampire shows up to the girls window and she has to invite him in, and if I remember there s some sex too. Any suggestions would be awesome! I am also looking for recommendations on vampire love stories. Thank you!

Longform Fairytale Picture Book Trying to remember the name of this book i ADORED as a kid. It's a picture book but with a lot of text, more like an illustrated chapter book? Very fairy tale illustrations, blonde maiden, long haired prince. I had it in the mid late 90s, though I don't know when it was published. The plot I remember is that there's a beautiful maiden who lives alone in a house in the woods and the house is magic and animals there can talk and she befriends them and everything. And then a spoiled prince sees her and wants to marry her and stuff happens and somehow she agrees to marry him if he lives alone in the house for a year? Or something? Anyway he starts out as a total jerk but learns to be a good person with the help of the house animals. Specifically I remember there being a really awesome wolf. And bowls of flour that refilled auto magically?

birds, a girl and boy who ride bicycles i m trying to remember a book i read a while back. i remember the protagonist was a boy who was interest in birds, and had a mentor who i think worked at a library and showed him paintings or books about birds, one of which was w bird caught in a storm. the boy would also have issues with his father, who often got him in trouble, and also had bullied who lived in his small town where he and his best friend (girl) would ride their bikes. i can try to remember more but if anyone know the name of that book it d be great!

A girl gets kidnapped sold by a pirate and falls in love with him, is then sold to some middle Eastern harem but tries to escape. It's a Stockholm syndrome that girl falls in love with pirate. A romance novel. Very teen worthy story, but I can't remember the name od the books and it just bugs me. This was my first ever romance novel which I stole from a library, and it had torn cover and very old pages (in 2008). If anyone can help me finding its name

Trying to remember this sci fi series I read about on here So I don t remember much about it....It has 4 parts I think. Most of humanity has moved pat their physical shell and they put their consciousness into online worlds that are backed up, although some people stay behind on earth as cybernetic enhanced humans I think called Fleshers. Anybody got a guess for me???

Need help with the title of a book where a camera near a small black hole or singularity facing outward at a news broadcast is used to see the future. As stated above the only detail I can remember is there's a setup used (I think by the antagonist) whereby they have some sort of black hole singularity in a base (I think underwater) and they position a camera near to it facing outwards filming a rolling 24hr news broadcast. A robotic arm then extracts the tape and thanks to some time dilation tomfoolery the tape contains footage of future news broadcasts. Anyone know what I'm on about? It's sci fi but set near present. I think I read it sometime in the 2000s no idea how old it was as it was likely a charity shop special.

YA Novel about an Old Man, a Teenage Boy and a Ghost Living Together I read this years ago in elementary school. I remember distinctly that the old man's name was Ignatius, the boy and the ghost got along but Ignatius and the boy did not. I believe it was written in the form of journal entries.

Young adult book I read in the 90s, people exchanged Stop and Shop cards I am blanking on so many things about this book. There was a teenage boy as the main character. A running thing throughout the book was people trading Stop and Shop (I think?) grocery store cards so they couldn t be tracked though this wasn t some sci fi plot point, it was just a quirky thing people did. Otherwise I don t feel confident that anything I remember about this book is actually from this book, so I don t want to muddy the waters by saying maybe this, maybe that.

Farmer boy gets magical weapon So in the book when a kid comes of age they can choose anything in the kings treasory. The main protagonist is a farmer's boy and chooses (gets chosen by) a magical weapon. I think It was a spear like weapon, mabey a naginata. He joins the royal guards and is chosen to protect the princess. The weapon is also sentient and gives him magic.

YA BOOK ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO MOVED TO A NEW TOWN AND DAD IS A PRIEST Dad is a priest, there s a church they live in a cul de sac. I think she makes friends with a boy and he may have moved away at the end of the story? I do remember very clearly a librarian gives her the book war and peace. I also think the dad finds love w a woman she strongly dislikes. Her mom is also dead from falling down the stairs.

A boy who meets a girl in winter There s this book I read back when I was 10. I can t really remember much but all I know is that the main character was a little boy who met a girl in the winter, and is trying to figure out the mystery of said girl. I remember the book describing the girl as pale and cold almost like she was ice. I can t think of much else expect that the boy was living in a cottage in the suburbs with other family (I can t remember specifically.) And if it helps, the book I had, the cover was a darkish blue with title being white with a 3D feel. It also had an illustration of the boy. I know this sounds confusing but I ll try to clear things up more once I start remembering more. Edit I remembered that the title had about 2 words. The 2nd word started with the letter G, and I m confident of that since I remember struggling on pronouncing the word

Children's YA book set in ancient Greece, female protagonist I started reading this in around 2005 when I was 10 from my classroom bookshelf but never finished so don't have much in the way of major plot details. I don't think it was very old at the time but the book wasn't brand new. I remember the cover art was of water and there were lots of descriptions of the Ageaean sea in the book. The main character is a youngish girl, she goes out on a boat at one point and she was thinking about attending some ceremony where she had to dance and it was some coming of age thing. Maybe there was something about how Poseidon wasn't happy with the people at that time? TIA!

Early 2000's Children's book about a closet and fantasy world SOLVED Looking for a series about a brother and sister who find a closet in a room they were cleaning that sends them to another world. Vaguely remember them having to use a long staircase each time they traveled to and from, that when in the fantasy world time stopped in their own. Read it back when I was a kid and I'd love to pick it up again, relive the nostalgia. SOLVED "Secrets of Droon The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet " is the series I was looking for. Thank you for those who tried to find it for me!!

A old man's life short book His wife was killed in an avalanche he lives alone in a hut on a mountain side Swiss?

Dad builds swimming pool surprise for daughter 1960s era A little girl's Dad builds an in ground swimming pool in the back yard as a surprise

YA, Niece deals with famous (writer) aunts death I have not read this book in over 3 years so I m trying to remember the plot to the best of my ability! The book PLOT Fictional A girl lived in Connecticut (I think), her famous aunt (who was very mysterious) passed away. Instead of having a funeral, the Jane decided to have a party at a mansion with all of her friends. Fast forward (or backwards idk) the girl (niece) goes to her aunts house with her family amp marks all furniture items that they want with colored sticky notes. Her aunt assigned a book to the niece. Lastly, I think the niece went cliff diving as she started to take more risks (I have no idea if this part was in the book). GENRE Young Adult Teen BOOK DESCRIPTION I think it was hardcover SETTING present time, I think in the 2000 s LENGTH 150 pages LANGUAGE English About me I read this book in the mid late 2010 s, but the book had already came out. I was kind of young (just turned 12 or something), somewhat age appropriate. Got the book from a public library (I think) Was not new. Was for young adults teens. Hopefully this helps amp makes sense!

Young adult fantasy book I read quite a few years ago, have no memory of the name or author All I can really remember of this book is a young girl lives with her rich parents,(who I believe are supernatural in some way) she doesn t have a connection with them and just before her 16th birthday she discovers her mother is going to kill her on her birthday (no sure if the reasoning behind that) the girl manages to escape with a person (or a few) in a car. I think somewhere in the book the parents find her and their either talk it out or the girl manages to escape again... I ve Googled this and have found nothing, my bookworm friend says it s sound familiar to her but she isn t sure either. If anyone knows or has an idea of what the name might be let me know! Please and thank you )

Family kidnapping, a dungeon, and something about a peach? A coworker of mine asked me if I could find a book title for them. I don t read as often as I ought to, so I don t know why they asked me, but I imagine it s because I do a great job of procuring information from the Internet. Little do they know, it s because I m on Reddit. So, r whatsthatbook, can you help me out? This is their text message to me A man visited a house where a random family (family of 4 Mother, father, teenage daughter, little brother) lived and asked to look around for "nostalgia reasons". He holds the family at gunpoint and gets them all into his van and drives them to his house and puts them in a dungeon. He puts them in separate cages and kills them off one by one in different ways on a certain day ( some day of the week e.i every Saturday) while the family watches and he records it. He had this obsession with the teenager and nicknamed her "Doll Baby or Baby Doll", however she did flirt with him and was very interested in how many ppl he killed and how they died and the thrill of kidnapping. The teenager was a either blonde or a brunette and was described as "the color of a peach". The teenager kills him in the end and escapes but she later got into kidnaping others too. The book was a hard cover and was pretty thick. I remember the cover being a dark color and I think there was a skull or bone mentioned either in the name or the picture. The book was adult young adult rated because it was graphic in detail.

Apocalyptic book about father and son I am looking for an apocalyptic book that my girlfriend cannot remember the name of. She said it is an apocalyptic book about a father and son. There are black beings orbs in the sky that instantly abduct anyone they see. In the book the father and son are trying to survive and use pully systems with their neighbours for resources. Near the end of the book, the father and son take sleeping pills because they believe they cannot survive. The father switches some of the sleeping pills for sugar pills for his son so the son can survive. And leaves him a note about how he should eat him. But the next day the beings disappear. If anyone could help me find this book I'd be very grateful. Thanks!!!

Mystery stories in the 90s or before I am trying to find two mystery thriller books or stories that I definitely read as a kid and really loved. I was born in 1993 so the books must have been published sometime in 1990s 1980s or a bit earlier. They are the kind of teenager young adult small form books (or short stories in a book, I can't really remember). Might have similar vibe to the "Alfred Hitchcock's" horror thriller books but I couldn't find anything there. The first is a story about a boy who wakes up one morning and realises he's sick. Despite his parents getting all worried and giving him medicines, his symptoms transition from normal stuff like fever, headache to worse strange like blacking out, mood disorder, putting random stuff in his mouth, etc.. The climax of the story is when he starts eating dirt uncontrollably, and eventually blacks out. Next morning, he overhears his parents talking to each other, saying they need to bring him in to repair, revealing that he's just a toy robot that they treat as a child. The second story is about a group of teenage friends who definitely hears voice from a nearby tomb temple of some sort and went to investigate it. They saw a sculpted woman face in a stone wall that whispers stuff to them or something, like a trapped being spirit. Eventually one of them got too attached to it, kissed it (not sure) and, to his horror, got trapped into the wall himself. Thanks a lot!

Children s book about deaf girl and dog (Alana s ears??) So I read this children s book when I was a kid that was about a dog that lived in a 2 parent household peacefully until they brought a baby home, and then the dog got jealous that the baby girl was getting so much attention and the dog felt neglected. But then the dog learns that the baby girl is deaf, and he makes it his mission to protect her and be her ears . And the dog and the child end up being best friends. Anyways I loved this book so I thought I d archive it in a list somewhere for when I have kids but I can t find it anywhere. I thought it was called Alana s Ears but that isn t turning up any search results. I think cover is turquoise and the dog has light brown fur and the little girl has curly red hair. I swear this exists, idk why I can t find it ANYWHERE. Help it s driving me crazy

Children's YA book in the early 90s (late 80s) with a curfew, illustrations, and possibly wee willy winkie as a bad guy? ISO the name of this book So picture the 90s, early to mid. You occasionally go up to the kids young adult section with your mom, but are obviously living for VC Andrews, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Alice Walker. So you read those more. There s a book in the YA section you check out. You think it s by a dude. Possibly early in the alphabet. Before M. But not Brom (additionally you discovered Oddkins around this time and loved it, and this is like that). It s hardcover, with a bunch of stories. No color illustrations, save the black and white full page and some within story. The book has a tale about the pied piper. Or children getting caught after dark curfew. And maybe rats. But probably Wee Willy Winkie is one of the stories. It haunts you. When you get to be an adult and read the Graveyard book, you think about the illustrations sometime, but riddle is much more fanciful than this author illustrator. Any ideas on the book?

YA younger? Realistic Fiction book about a boy with a secret that isn t revealed throughout the story, and a best friend who is abused Hey everyone!! I ve been wracking my brain for so long to try and remember the name of this book or who it s by, but I just can t figure it out. I read it in 2017 I think, when I was in middle school, and the main character was a young boy keeping some dark secret. It also involved a girl whom he passed notes with in class, and she apparently had a long nose that he liked. Her name was something sort of unusual, like Fern or something of the sort. If this rings any bells at all, please say something!! Thanks )

True Story Of American Woman Who Was Basically a Slave of Columbian Cocaine Cartel For Years Finally Escapes.. Written in the 80s or 90s Its an autobiography, a 1970s white American woman gets caught up in Columbian cocaine cartel, she spends several years there, sees so much death almost gets killed, is a huge drug addict but finally helps design suitcases with hiding spots to get thru customs. She eventually is "allowed" to escape but has to change her name and such to avoid police and the cartel afterwards and ended up pretty ok. It was written in the 80s or 90s, I thought it was called On The Run but cant find it.

YA novel with SHOES on the cover Read this and wrote a book report about it around a decade ago I just remember that it had a white cover with a display of different kinds of shoes (like how you would see shoes displayed in a foot locker). There was definitely a red pair of sneakers. Also, I'm pretty certain that the main character is a high school girl in the real world. I loved this book as a preteen and I'd love to remember the plot! Unfortunately googling "shoes on book cover" can only take me so far.

It was a book about bears and a little girl PLEASE HELP so when i was young I read this children s book about different groups of teddy bears some had pink bellies some had yellow, and some were mean. It was pretty wierd, any help appreciated

historical era Girl has to move into a boarding school while war breaks out in her country. young adult. I read this is eighth grade (2018) from a school library. The mover was white blue with a snowy scene. The girl was somewhat young. I am pretty sure that the girl got to talk to a person from the opposing side that was captured and stayed in the school. I remember a chapter that I think was all the boarding school children were outside and planes flew overhead and they all had to scramble inside. Another one was that there was a big game room with board games and the older kids had to work the switch boards. That s all that i really remember

Romance Adventure set in space. shifting POV Ok, so this book was about these two teenagers, a boy, and a girl. They are from Earth but on an expedition to another planet with their parents. They like each other. When they get to the other planet they go out exploring on their own and end up on this crazy adventure on this alien planet. The most significant detail would have to be that the POV shifted. One chapter would be narrated first person from the girl's point of view and then the next chapter was narrated from the guy's point of view. There was this one part where they ended up in a river and something grabbed their foot. I can't remember any other details.

Dragon centric fantasy novel with internal monologue prologue POV of old, mute man I picked this book up from a display table in the fantasy section of a book store (or board game store) 15 years ago. I believe it was not the first book in a series centered around dragons, and I only read the intro prologue which was an old, silent man reminiscing about adventures he had had. There was another character speaking to him during his reverie, who was treating the old man as if he were a mute and or a simpleton, unaware of the history of this POV character.

A book about an out of work German sketch artist who receives an invitation from an old friend named Pateras (in the Greek translation), to come and live in the city he founded. The city is described as not being built from scratch, but rather as if the buildings were moved there, coming from different ages and different eras and places in Europe. The book has a mystery element to it, and for the love of God I can't remember the title. It isn't the long son.

A book which has two different Versions (i guess covers) black and white This book has two different versions like Pok mon. One version ist supposed to be black the other one white. The differente is not in the Main story just in the advertisments ??? In the book. It also should interest people that love Terry Pratchett.

A young boy who is stuck in a wheelchair. From what I can remember, the young boy is in a wheelchair, he may or may not have glasses on. He makes a new friend from the neighborhood. They would go on little adventures or just exploring together. I remember a point they are celebrating 4th of July. At the end I remember the young boy in the wheelchair dies. I read this book back some time ago between the years of 2006 2010. I read this book in middle school. I do wish I could remember more. I will appreciate all help in finding the tittle of the book.

Boy finds baby creatures in a sanctuary which turns out to be dragons I read this book about 10 years ago and there s probably dragon in the title, I had a distinct impression that it was from Todd McCaffrey but I couldn t find a book with a summary that fit my memory. It s about a boy who found small creatures while exploring a sanctuary forested area. He decided to try and raise them. In order to do so he had to keep them warm and so he tucked them under his shirt. Due to their abnormally body high temperature, they ended up burning him leaving burnt marks on him but he persisted in keep them against his skin. That s all I remember. The book did not have any magical elements in it and the dragons were like a type of very rare animal in the story. Many thanks in advance.

Horror short story where famous people endlessly walk in a circle in a creepy basement. God this one is gonna be hard because almost no details stick out in my brain except for one scene that just stuck with me. It would have been in a cheap, multi author paperback collection of horror short stories, published prior to 1997. There's one scene in one of the stories where a guy walks into an industrial style building and down into the basement in the basement is a bunch of famous dead people just mindlessly and creepily walking in a circle. Albert Einstein was definitely one of the people, I'm pretty sure Marilyn Monroe might have been another.

Fantasy book (i think) about people with powers who used stones or crystals to focus them. I vaguely remember the plot was about a man in a ship fell on a planet, where other humans lived, but some of them had some kind of power, mental powers maybe? They could focus this power using stones I think. They kept them in little bags with them all the time and could use them to heal someone, looking at a molecullar level inside the person body and fixing what was wrong. I think I must have read it when I was around 12 15, so maybe around the year 2006 2009. It wasnt new at all though, my father had it in his vast collection of books. I have no idea if it was age appropiate, because he never monitored what I read, so I could have picked something not meant for teens. I cant ask my father about it though. I think it might have been a book by some well known author, but I just cant remember and googling hasnt helped me at all.

I can t remember a series my 3rd grade teacher used to read to the class. Elementary chapter book possibly tween. Young boy with horrible luck and accident prone who wrote journal styled on his computer. I have some growing nephews and nieces and was trying to remember these books for the past few years. For the life of me I can t remember. They had bright colorful and funny covers usually of something going terribly wrong. The one I remember the boy was flying forward or something and was wearing antlers? Like a Christmas special of the book. It may have been a Christian novel too? Not entirely sure. I specifically remember it was a journal entry styled book similar to Junie b Jones and Judy Moody books. However, it was like a computer entry and the entries switched font to show the switch. It was fairly popular in the 2000s! If anyone has an idea or is able to help it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

1970s 1980s YA Book Family Living off the Grid I read this in the early to mid 90s, but it came out before then. It's a YA book about two teenagers, a boy and a girl. Their parents are best friends and decide to give up what they are doing and live off the land. The families buy a farm. The teens are forced to move in together and work on the new farm with the two families running it. Things I distinctly remember 1. He used to be dorky, but because of all the farm work he gets muscles and she realizes he's handsome 2. They were not friends before they were forced to live together 3. They kiss on a lane with lots of forsythia in bloom. I remember she gathers up a bunch of flowers and takes them home and I had to look up what forsythia looks like. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Children's Monster themed Maze Book Probably right around 2000 I was obsessed with this book of mazes. Each maze was a two paged spread, rather complicated, and filled with monsters.The whole premise was solving the maze without encountering the monsters. One scene was phantom of the opera themed. Another was of a werewolf boy escaping from a fancy party (of vampires, I think?). There was a scene of a spelunker going into a cave system full of trolls, and a tropical island maze brimming with weird and dangerous looking creatures. It was fairly large, I recall. Flat and wide, paperback. I believe there was a crouching troll thing on the cover. I'd really love to find this again, so thank you to anyone who can help me out )

I think it s YA fantasy, I think there were chimeras that may or may not be extinct, and magic glass that you can t touch with bare hands but someone can touch it and then it glows... any ideas??? Guys!! GUYS!!! I finally searched for the right combination of random memories of the book, and it s Pantomime by Laura Lam! I was starting to think I d dreamt it all. Phew! At ease, at ease. Hello wonderful clever people! I can t remember a title of a book and it s driving me crazy. I can remember that it was about chimeras, which were believed to be extinct but it turned out they weren t and they had big butterfly wings. And there was magic glass people couldn t touch with their bare hands, but it turned out one of them could maybe a young man? I think I read it about 5 years ago. Any ideas? I m trying to remember more details... Thank you!

Widow moves to lake house and falls in love with a Native American man and is targeted by a pedophile When I was about 12 or 13 years old I stole my sister s Nook e reading device and looked at the online book store for free things to read. I chose one book that I can t remember the title of. I m starting to think it was all in my imagination. A widow named Madeline (I think) moves into her sister s old lake house in a small town area. There is a character who is an old man and he frequently is seen masturbating in the graveyard. There are two police officers. One who is Native American and the other is a young, attractive man who is bothered that Madeline falls in love with the other officer and not him, so he tries to kill her and it s later revealed young officer is a pedo killer.

Noir style B amp W whodunit crime puzzle comics, circa early mid 80s. I found these as a young child in the early 90s in the USA. They were books, not comic books. On one page there was a heavily stylized illustration of a "crime scene," I remember the art being very heaily lined and high contrast. The pictures would show things like footprints, coils of rope, spilled blood, chalk outlines. I distinctly remember one picture of a boat, where one set of footprints had a hole in the shoe. Opposite the illustrations would be like an investigator's summary and maybe even suspect intervies (not sure on this) but the biggest detail I DO remember is that there was a list of questions you had to answer to "solve" the puzzle. Questions like "how many people were present at the scene" and you look carefully to realize that there's one footprint from a third person, eventually the last question asks you to name who you think did it. If I remember correctly, there were multiple books in the series. I think 3? If I remember right, the logo was rectangular with two panels of color divided horizontally, with a really frusturatingly generic name like "true crime" or something similar. The kind of title where looking for that plus "comic" just gives you a bunch of comic books from the 40s. Now, I had forgotten all about these books until 10 years ago, when I happened to find a photocopied sheet from one of the books in the recycling bin of a supply closet at my school. None of the staff or the other teachers seemed to recognize where it was from, and the name of the book itself wasn't written anywhere on the sheet itself. The book was nowhere to be found in the library. The next day, when I brought my camera to school to take a photo of it, my desk had been helpfully cleared and all my papers thrown away. Worth noting that it was only my desk cleared, and this was the first time that whole year any member of the custodial staff threw away a teacher's papers. It was actually kind of a mystery itself, when it happened! I started to wonder if someone was covering for a teacher who was using school supplies to make personal copies, but... That's ridiculous. Right? Frankly I think they'd make excellent teaching tools for learning English, so I'd love to figure out what these were and see if I can't find an e book version. I'd also love to share them with my own baby, like how my dad shared them with me. But maybe wait a few years so he doesn't grow up expecting to find a bloody lead pipe behind every corner. Help me reddit, all the librarians in my town are tired of talking to me.

teens with superpowers and a villain...? i can't remember much (SOLVED!!) i read this when i was pretty young so i can't remember everything but it's along the lines of teenagers (possibly orphans?) who have superpowers, and the main character is a girl with the name Kate or K something, and at one point in time she was wearing a red dress? she was kidnapped by the villain who put her in some machine of sorts that nulled her powers and also had the ability to numb her senses entirely so she was forced to wear some sort of goggles and headgear that dulled all her senses and i rmb a description being that when she was saved, she removed a mouthpiece and her mouth was full of saliva? her boyfriend was also kidnapped by the villain and she managed to save him by telepathically communicating different emotions and memories with him like the sensation of the sun, of ice cream on his lips, of his mom smiling at him? and i think all of the teens who had superpowers could telepathically communicate with each other

Book set in space like Star wars universe. A detective that genetically modifies himself in a pod, investigates a murder. I read a book 15 years ago which has Star Wars like universe and uses terms like outer rim. It has different species from different planet working together. A detective which is sometimes called detective Moreau, investigates a murder. He uses a pod like machine to genetically modifies enhance himself. There is a community of such people who modify themselves genetically using such pods. Detective solves the murder by genetically enhancing his sense of smell. The murderer turns out to be having a pineapple like scent.

young adults book about a boy trapped underground (NOT the underland series) NOT the gregor underland series by suzanne collins, this instead was about a boy in some sort of fantasy underworld place, i think his parents had died and he was following his dads work or something, i know at one point he gets trapped in a giant spiders web and then fights it, then he goes to live in some sort of goblin village underground where he eats rubber band soup, he then crawls through all these tunnels in the castle to overthrow the evil king of the goblins or something, then at the end hes shot out of a geyser into some big muddy swamp thing, not much to go on i know but i m desperate and google hasn t helped cheers!

Trying to ID picture book in photo from 2002 (maybe Tomie dePaola) This is a childhood photo, and I'm trying to ID the book, but all the photo shows is a (very) low res picture of the back cover. Parents think it might be a Tomie dePaola, but looking through a list of covers on Google didn't get me anywhere, so that might be a red herring.

story of two highschool students, one is very big and the other looks like a child a big highschool student with anger issues becomes friends with a child looking new highschool student, who s stunted growth prevented his body from growing into a teenager but his organs kept going and near the end of the book his heart was getting too big so he was going to get surgery for a smaller heart but ended up dying (fiction) also!! this book had a movie with it as well!! i hope to find this books name!!

YA Early 2000s Tragic mermaid book about a mermaid who kills slave ship captains. I first read the book in the early 2000s, 2002 2003. (It got removed from the school library shelves.) It was a hardcover book (probably printed earlier) with a generic stormy ocean painting as the cover. (It was not Accelerated Reader don't know if that helps.) The book followed a mermaid who was exceptionally territorial about Northern Africa (I think?) and would do her best to destroy the ships that were taking "her people" away from the continent. (She didn't try to save the people that were drowning just made sure to wreck ships that were taking "her people" away.) At some point in the story the mermaid meets a man on the beach who tells her that the ships are taking the slaves on them to a better life. They get into an argument and the guy sells himself into slavery to prove her wrong. I don't remember what happened, but a couple days after they set out to see he called to her and she wrecked the ship and saved him at the same time. Then the two of them worked together to target slave ships. The thing I remember best was the climactic battle somehow the mermaid ended up on the deck of the ship and the captain tried to shoot a harpoon at her, but the man knocked her far enough out of the way that the harpoon only pinned her tail through him. The captain had her encased in something (plaster? Maybe?) and mounted her on the bow of the ship. The last scene of the book was the mermaid hearing the captain say something about how of course she was dead, nothing can survive encased in whatever she was encased in. The last line was something about her vowing revenge, and the book ended. I honestly hadn't thought of the book in years, but a post I was reading reminded me of it. Does anyone know it?

Shapeshifter Fantasy Trilogy, Antagonists Called the Scarred Alright, I'm going to recall everything I can about this series! It was a fantasy trilogy, obviously fiction. The main protagonist was female, and she typically assumed a wolf shape when needed to fight, especially against other shifters. There was at least one other shifter, a male who may or may not have been her partner. There was also a case where she was swept into the ocean, and turned into something like a monster sea lion to survive. At one point, another female shifter uses the wrong magic shifts incorrectly, and finds herself twisted into a bipedal reptile creature. She is outcast, and lives with a tribe of other scorned Shifters called The Scarred. During her time with them, she (not the main protag) gives birth, and the child is some sort of world ending enemy. He can speak from the very beginning (evil talking baby, I'm not even kidding), and restores her human form, except for two fingers on one of her hands. I believe this was done as a reminder that he could change her back at any time. This also becomes the battle standard of The Scarred, the two clawed scaled fingers. In the second or third book, a great, ancient magic is set loose on the world. This causes the old city (with a great many white towers and spires) to overlays the present city, which traps the residents inside of stone walls, cuts straight into other buildings without damaging them, etc. The books were standard paperbacks, published in English, sold in the US in both book shops and even K Mart (I remember the price sticker on my friend's copy). The setting was in the middle ages, but without much detail to cover exactly which era sort of a "generic fantasy" vibe. I barely remember the covers, but I know they likely featured the main shapeshifters, and possibly their wolf forms. Each book was likely 200 400 pages to my recollection, and I first read them in the late 90s, early 00s. This would put the publishing date around the late 80s to the early 90s, most likely. I wouldn't necessarily call the books age appropriate, because I may or may not recall at least one sex scene. But then again, I was in junior high and this was scandalous where I'm from. The books were loaned one by one to me from a friend, until I'd read all three. If anyone recognizes this, I will be INCREDIBLY grateful, as the series is so obscure that I doubt it was ever digitized, and my best shot might be a thrift shop. Quick points Female shapeshifter (wolf, aquatic form) Enemies are The Scarred Ancient city overlays a modern one Evil talking baby

YA book where a girl finds her lost great uncle in a book of his short stories This is a standalone novel and I read it a long time ago but it would be great to find it again. The story starts in the modern world with a girl (early teens) visiting her grandparents, I m not sure what sort of family event it is. She discovers this journal that belonged to her great uncle who had gone missing when he was around her age. He likes to write short stories and had a collection of them in that journal but they weren t finished. Something happens and the girl is transported into the world of one of the stories in the book. There she discovers that her great uncle (still in his teens) has been trapped and doesn t know how much time has passed. Together they figure out that he has to finish his stories in order to move on and escape. The book goes through many different fantasy worlds as they travel through his stories and give them endings. If this sounds familiar to anyone I d really appreciate some suggestions! It s maybe 10 years old or older?

Older YA series (4 books?) About quest to recover talismans from immortals to save kingdom) I got these from. My town library these around 1982. They were not new then.. the protagonists (a boy and girl, one was the heir) are on a quest to get 7? Talismans (rings I think) held by immortals. The talismans grant the immortality so it is a challenge to get them. gt !the quest turns out to be a hoax to get them out of the kingdom so that the wizard that gave the quest can take over! lt

Fiction children s book short story collection troll eats kid s life I read this book as a little kid in my public library in the early 2000s, so I m sorry if my grasp on its details isn t that clear. If I had to guess, I d say it was written in the 90s, since it wasn t brand new when I read it. I m, like, 90 sure it was in a short story collection, since I don t think it was a standalone. It was written in first person. From what I remember of the plot, there was a kid who went over a bridge and met a troll, which wanted to eat the kid. The kid said that he was still small and he hadn t lived very long, so he wouldn t taste very good. The troll agreed to let him go, on the condition that he d come back one day as an adult. The kid, now a tired adult, goes back to the bridge later on in the story, and the troll is surprised that he came back. The narrator lets the troll eat him, but instead of killing him, I remember the book said something like and then he ate my life. The troll turns into the narrator, taking his appearance, and basically becomes him. The kid stays under the bridge, I think, as a troll? I m pretty sure the kid also smokes at one point in the story, though it s not relevant to the plot, just a tiny detail that I remembered. If anyone knows where this story is from, I d greatly appreciate it! I also remember a related story that might have been in the same collection not going to include it here because I m not 100 sure if it was, but if anyone wants more context later, I m more than happy to describe it too.

President of US dies and staffers pretend he is still alive through AR I thought I remembered reading a book with this plot. For some reason I thought it was Distraction by Bruce Sterling but it is not. It is probably hard sci fi cyberpunk as that is what I was reading at the time...

Book about a chained werewolf I read this book in probably 2013 2014 I believe it was older. About a guy who was a werewolf, like human type werewolf not wolf. And no one liked him but the main character I think kept him chained up because he felt sympathy for him. But the main character kept it a secret because his village wanted to kill the werewolf. It was set in the early ages and I think the cover was orange.

Crime fiction about girl who killed her mom Hi. I remember reading a book about a girl who had killed her parents or her mom when she was young. Years later her husband buys them a house and it s the same house that the crime happened in (or in the same neighbourhood at least). Husband turns out to be a shady guy I think. Book was definitely published before 2010 (probably late 1900s). Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks

Horror dystopian book, people being processed and used for food Looking for the title of a novel I saw that was displayed at Barnes and Noble, so it may be newer. I just remember it was in the horror section and the plot was along the lines of a dystopian world were people were being used for food by other humans. Id like to read it but can t remember the name! Thanks in advance

Children s book from late 80 s early 90 s The book was about a young black boy who found a cat in a trash heap or abandoned warehouse. The pictures were in black and white. I can see the pictures in my mind can t think of name or author as I was in 2 3 grade when I read it between 1992 1994. I was in or around Vienna Virginia. Not sure if anyone local may have seen or read the book.

Harlequin novel with dyslexic girl. Dyslexic girl meets cute guy. Guy gives girl his phone number. Girl gets flustered because she can t read it. Guy takes offense and thinks she s stroppy. Or something like it. I seem to remember that she had trouble reading the numbers on her stove. And there could be horses in it too. I think I read it in the early 2000s. And it proably had been around a good few years begore that beacause I think I bought it in a second hand shop. Can t remember the cover blue sky with a girl and a guy? Typical Harlequin cover probably. ) I think the book was in swedish but there must be an english original and I THINK the author was one of those who wrote a great many books for Harlequin at the time. Please help?

Dystopian fantasy sci fi book everyone lives in a city, existence focused on enjoyment, no death and you design your own bodies Hi All I read this in the early 2000's but it might have been older. At the time I thought it was fantasy but thinking of it now, it's probably sci fi. What I remember of the plot was the main character was a woman, the city(computer) took care of everything and everyone's days were focused on fun. They could change redesign their bodies when they wanted and I think there was no conception of pain or death. There was one character who chose to make his body unattractive and stay in the same body and the main character was confused put off by his choice. I don't remember how but eventually the main character starts to think there may be more to life then blindly seeking pleasure, other things happen and eventually she leaves the city with some other rebels (one of whom is the male character in a new body who hid his identity from her) and make a settlement in the wilderness and it ends with her finding out she's pregnant. It just popped in my head recently and I'd love to read it again if anyone can figure it out! Thanks!

A kid who is part of a band, but is actually a dog turned into a boy through a strange drug that needs to be taken (I think by a shot) every so often I read this ages ago, so I think it was probably a young teen book, where the main character had to get some medicine every once in a while from a doctor. Throughout the book he has weird interactions with various dogs, and they seem to like him an excessive amount. At the end, he and his band participate in a talent show, and the main competition is their rival band from the same school. I distinctly remember the rival band going first and the lead member of that band saying something like "I guess they're saving the best for first. " I think the rival band technically played better, but since the main character didn't receive his medicine for this cycle he started to grow fur and his band won because of the "special effects." It's then revealed that he was born a dog and the doctor managed to turn him into a kid for his parents, and he fully turns back into a dog and remains in dog form with his human parents for the rest of his life.

YA book about a teenaged girl who travels to a fairytale world to help solve problems for mythical creatures? I remember at the beginning of the book, it was implied that the main character (a teenaged girl) spends a lot of her time jumping from reality to a fantasy world made up of fairytales and that she's used to it now, but, I don't recall this book being part of a series? It might have been. She gets to this fairytale world with the help of a gnome (or elf?? maybe a fairy?) Who I think had a sarcastic sassy personality. The girl complains about being forced to help mythical creatures in this fairytale world. I distinctly remember this one part of the book where she gets stabbed by a Unicorn horn. The front cover has a blue background and it has a picture of a real life (not drawn illustrated) white girl with straight, brown hair and she's wearing a pink t shirt with a frog sitting on top of her head. I think it had the words "fairytale" or "totally" or "unhappy ever after" or something along those lines in the title.

Young adult science fiction novel with a tiered city, but not Mortal Engines I read this book in 2014 2015 (probably first half of 2015). The main detail I remember is the city it took place in was very vertically expanded, the poor people lived on the very bottom layers and as you went higher up things got classier. Bottom layers may have even been underground but not sure. Predictably with this kind of book one of the protagonists was from the lower area and there was I believe a second protagonist from the upper area as well. There were also hovercars in the book I believe. It may not be enough for anyone to get it based on that but that's most of what I can remember right now, any help would be appreciated. Feel free to make suggestions even if it doesn't quite match every detail. As the title says, it was not mortal engines even though that has a tiered city, the book I'm thinking of leans much more into the sci fi aspect and was not steampunk or post apocalyptic. It did not involve space or anything either, not that kind of sci fi, just lots of futuristic tech and things. also posted in tipofmytongue Edit again I think I found it! Relevant part to this post from a goodreads review on there gt London has changed, it has become a vertical metropolis with skyscrapers of up to 3 miles, very impressive and a little bit scary, really. Thanks for all your suggestions everyone! I at least found lots of new books to potentially try reading

Girl loses her voice after almost being hit by a car The stories about a girl who loses her voice after almost being hit by a car, she goes to live with her brother at the beach, he is a movie producer. She meets a guy falls in love with him I think hes an actor, she later finds out it was him that was driving the car. I know that there's a series and I think this is one of the last books in the series. I think the series name has something to do with the beach.

12 girls are sent to boarding preparatory school and they have to pretend their headmistress headmaster is still alive Ok so these 12 girls are sent to this preparatory boarding school because each has their own problems so their parents sent them away. Their headmaster headmistress ends up dying due to cyanide in their meat cutlet or something and they have to dress up one of the girls, Alice, because she's stocky and can pretend to be their headmistress while the girls try to catch the killer, who turns out to be this rich guy, related to the headmistress or something like that. They discover catch who he is towards the end at a cocktail party or something like that when he poisons her drink (thinking he's murdering the headmistress again) but ends up killing this other old guy who was charming to Alice, thinking he was talking to the headmistress. So the girls are all panicked that Alice could have died and plan to catch him. Thats about all I can remember about the plot. It is a hardcover with oily cartoon depictions of the girls in this weird yellow hazel background. I remember reading this in fifth grade back in 2012 and it was very popular.

Book series for pre teens about a castle visited when MC dreams So I posted this once before about a year ago but still haven t found it and it s slowly driving me crazy so thought I d give it another go... It was a series of I think three books for older kids and pre teens. The covers were white with purple illustrations and they were pretty slim paperback volumes. The plot was something like every time the MC falls asleep they wake up in this other sort of fairy tale world. I remember there was a castle or palace in the sky that the MC has to climb hundreds of steps to get to. I think there s some sort of danger or evil that the MC helps thwart. This was in the U.K. in the early to mid 2000s. My mum was working as a rep for one of those children s book companies that used to sell books via catalogues so it was almost certainly ordered via them and had probably been published roughly around the same time I read it.

YA Sci Fi Dragonflys and Rings In elementary school (1995ish) my teacher read us a sci fi book with time travel using dragonflys (I think) and they used the rings to travel. I know for sure it is not any of the Philip Pullman novels (I have read them as an adult). I can't remember much else, just that I loved the book!

Kids or YA horror series about bugs giant caterpillars on a plane, cockroaches in an apartment building, spiders in a town This was a series of books that I read in our classroom library in either the late 90s or early 2000s. There were at least three books in the series Giant mutated caterpillars on a plane. Cockroaches invading an apartment building. I can't remember if they were abnormally large or if there were just a lot of them. The cover was of two characters crouching and screaming while cockroaches swarmed the ceiling and walls. Spiders invading a small town. I think the town was located in the desert. This one, I'm fairly sure the spiders were normal sized. I remember a scene where the main characters find the body of one of the first characters to encounter the spiders (before anyone knew there was a problem). The body is completely desiccated, but they think she's alive for a second because they notice her eyelid moving. It turns out she's not it's a spider crawling out of her eye socket.

A weird coming of age novel about a stage play of Grease, which culminates in the three protagonists carving the name Dawn into their teacher s chest in a barn I remember this book from when I was a teenager but the title and author both elude me and Google is no good. The main character is playing Rizzo in a school production of Grease and the teacher directing the play starts a sexual relationship with her, and then at the end she and her friends get revenge on him by carving his wife s name, Dawn, into his chest after driving him out to a barn. If anyone could help me I would be super grateful! Genre was YA fiction but this was before YA was really a thing , it predates The Hunger Games. It was a large paperback of at least two hundred pages. My guess is it was published in the mid 2000s based on where I lived when I read it.

A book for preteens where a group of kids with superpowers try to escape the scientists who brought them together? Hi! Back in fifth grade when I was 11 12, so around 2012 or 2013, my class read a book and I'd like to reead it again as I remember enjoying it. I cannot for the life of me remember the name though. The main things I can point out are It was definitely paper back and I believe there was a lot of bright, light blues on the cover The main character was a male who lived with a single mother who worked at a university and he spent time either in her class or in the university library He may have also been new to town It definitely had a plot of "the team you thought was good was actually bad now the main guys have to switch sides and fight them" I think the mother was in on the original teams scheme The book was definitely geared towards preteens teens I really hope this is enough info, thank you for your time!

HELP! Can t find childhood collection of horror stories book! I read this book when I was a child (approx 15 years ago), I got it from the library (in Ireland) and the cover was like fake red leather and had gold writing on the front, nearly like a vintage book. I can t remember the title or the male author I just remember it was broken down into 3 parts and was a collection of ghost stories, creature stories and possibly urban legends but can t be sure of the third. I vaguely remember one of the first stories was set in Ireland or Scotland and a woman was being terrorised by a mad red headed man possibly during a storm. One story I definitely remember was narrated by an older native America man about a child being carried off by a thunderbird. It is not the scary stories to tell in the dark books but if anyone could help me figure this out I would be eternally grateful as this has been haunting me for years I need to find it and read it again.

Italian, first half of 1900s, a young illiterate girl working as a maid for a professor author I only read an excerpt from this book. It was by an Italian author, set in the first half of 1900s, possibly after the second world war, written before 1990. A famous author or professor in Rome hires a girl from the rural areas (Ciociaria?) as a maid, he's doing a sort of preliminary interview. He asks her what she would cook for lunch on a normal day, she says pasta and beans. He asks her "and what would you serve me as a second dish?" and she's shocked, she replies that, where she's from, a plate of pasta and beans is enough to work in the fields all day. Another scene, she has to buy groceries at the market, but she's used to bargaining with items and not money. She exchanges groceries for a bunch of the professor's book by weight. When he finds out, he's very angry. Thank you in advance!

Need help remember Young Adult Novel Dystopian Future, Brian Chips, Male and Female Protagonist are highschool age and get into accident. only male gets healthcare because he is a better consumer. Solved, Solved, Solved Feed by M T Anderson Help, I cannot remember the name of this book Young Adult Novel Dystopian Future, Brian Chips, Male and Female Protagonist are highschool age. Short to medium length. I read it in english paperback in the early 2000 s. I rented it from my school's library. Plot All people have microchips implanted in their heads from an early age. The guy starts to hang out with the girl, who is more unusual. She gets the guy to search for random things on the microchip, so the advertisements they get are funny. (Girl s backstory The girl s father chose not to get a microchip in his brain and currently has a difficult time finding a job and fitting into society. The girl s father chose for her to get a microchip so she could have more opportunities.) The guy and girl get into some sort of vehicle accident. The guy receives healthcare because he has a strong history of being a good consumer.The girl protagonist does not get healthcare because her purchase history search history is too varied and thus is not an easy consumer to market to. The girl s father yells at the guy protagonist that life is not right. Thanks for your time! Edit Solved

A Children s Book About a Mouse Who Thought Her Family Forgot Her Birthday I feel like this is a long shot, but when I was 5 (1995) my grandma got me a book for my birthday with an audio cassette about a mouse. It was her birthday and she thought her family forgot, so she went to all her friend s houses who were not home to play. She ended up very sad and went home to find a surprise party. I remember illustrations of their houses, which I believe were tree stumps or in tree hollows. Anyway, thanks in advance!

award winning short story cycle. one story is about a woman who has nightly visits from a young ghost boy The ghost boy reminds her of her (still living) son. As she visits with the young ghost each night (he is usually on a swing in the bacykard), the mom becomes less interested in vists from her actual son. The short story was initially published in a psychiatric journal (I think) the author (a woman) was a secretary in the office. I believe the story was part of a book connected short stories that won a major award. I think it was the early 2000's

Scifi short story Exploring the galaxy with found alien spaceships called "twos" and "fours" I read this in the 80s, but I think it was a 50s 60s short story novella. I remember it like a Philip K Dick kind of story but I don't see it in his bibliography. Synopsis humans found an abandoned alien base, I think on Mars, full of alien spaceships. They've figured out how to make them travel and come back by punching in combinations, but don't understand how they work. Some ships run in to trouble and don't come back so volunteers are asked to pilot ships and report on what they find. The smaller ships (Twos) are used for scouting and once they know the destination works, they send more people in the Fours. Reference to number of seats I think. Story is from the point of view of one of the volunteers. I don't know why finding this story again has been bugging me but I'd be grateful for anyone who can give me some hints.

A grown woman lives in her childhood home, haunted by the ghost of her brother The book is modern day, the family is American. It has nothing to do with The Holocaust, apparently there is some similar Holocaust story. In the beginning of the book, a family is about to leave for two weeks vacation. One of the children, a boy, has decided to stay with friends next door instead of going with his family. Just before leaving, his sister gets mad at him and locks him in (closet? Attic? I can't remember). She forgets that she has done so, somehow. The family leaves, thinking the boy went to the neighbors already. The neighbors think the boy decided to go with his family. The family returns after two weeks, and the smell of death hits them as soon as they open the door. That is when the sister recalls what she has done. The rest of the family never forgive her. Her parents refuse to move, and she inherits the house, as a form of punishment. She lives there as an adult with her daughter. The house is haunted by her brother. When she dies she also is trapped in the house. She and her brother are aware of one another's presence, but avoid each other. I read this book sometime between 2000 and 2010. I do not know if it was YA or not, but I think it might have been. I do not remember anything else, not author, not publication year, not what it looked like.