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Private Keep Out!
Gwen Grant - 1978
High-spirited, impulsive and often exasperated by her elders, this young female is determined to keep her end up.
Have a Hot Time, Hades!
Kate McMullan - 2002
Of course, every once in a while, we got on one another's nerves. Poseidon was always trying to organize swimming meets. Hestia was always tidying up the place. Hera was the bossy one, always telling the rest of us what to do. But Demeter was definitely the weirdest. She was always going on and on about wanting to plant a little vegetable garden.But, hey, we were family.We all grew up in Dad's belly together.When Hades and his siblings were born, their father, Cronus, Ruler of the Universe, swallowed them whole -- just because of a prophecy that said one of his children would be mightier than he was. Can Hades and his brothers and sisters overthrow their big, bad dad and take over the universe? It's sure to be a hot time, Hades!
What Do You Think, Feezal?
Elizabeth Honey - 1997
But adventure strikes when she surprises the security guard raiding her father's computer. She is kidnapped and starts plotting her escape.
Mad, Mad Monday
Herma Silverstein - 1988
In trying to cast a spell with a love potion designed to bewitch handsome but conceited Stormy, fourteen-year-old Miranda actually conjures up the ghost of a boy who died in 1958.
The Blue Roan Child
Jamieson Findlay - 2002
A horse story like no other.Syeira is an orphaned girl who lives in a magical land. Fate pairs Syeira with Arwin, a wild mare whose two colts have been taken from her by the evil Lord Ran. Syeira pledges to help Arwin, and they embark on a dangerous quest to free the colts. Along the way, they encounter an array of strange and mysterious characters. But Syeira and Arwin must only trust each other --and it is their shared strength and courage that ultimately allows them to defeat Lord Ran and free Arwin's colts.