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  • Until the Celebration

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Paperback (Tom Doherty Assoc Llc, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Efforts to unify the gentle, peaceful Kindar and the free-spirited, emotional Erdlings fail completely when the worshipped children, Pomma and Teera, disappear
  • The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Paperback (Yearling, Oct. 1, 1985)
    When the four Stanley kids learn that the whole family is going to Italy for a year, they couldn't be more excited. Even grumpy Amanda, their stepsister, admits that they're bound to have quite an adventure.But adventure turns into trouble when Amanda brags about having a rich father, and her news falls into the hands of the wrong people--kidnappers. When they strike, Red Mask and his gang find they can't take Amanda without nabbing all the Stanley kids.Locked in a cellar and held for ransom, the children know they must plan an escape. Nothing short of a miracle will help the Stanleys now. Can they find some way to outfox the gang?
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  • The Bronze Pen

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, March 4, 2008)
    Twelve-year-old Audrey Abbott dreams of becoming a writer, but with her father's failing health and the family's shaky finances, it seems there is no room for what her overworked mother would surely call a childish fantasy. So Audrey keeps her writing a secret. That is, until she meets a mysterious old woman who seems able to read her mind. Audrey is surprised at how readily she reveals her secret to the woman. One day the old woman gives Audrey a peculiar bronze pen and tells her to "use it wisely and to good purpose." It turns out to be just perfect for writing her stories with. But as Audrey writes, odd things start happening. Did Beowulf, her dog, just speak to her? And what is that bumping under her bed at night? It seems that whatever she writes with the pen comes true. However, things don't always happen in the way that she wants or expects. In fact, it's quite difficult to predict what writing with the pen will do. Could the pen be more of a curse than a gift? Or will Audrey be able to rewrite the future in the way that she wishes---and save her father's life?
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  • Egypt Game

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Mass Market Paperback (Laurel Leaf, May 2, 1996)
    Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.
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  • And Condors Danced

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Paperback (Yearling, March 1, 1989)
    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.
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  • Fool's Gold

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    eBook (Open Road Media Teen & Tween, April 15, 2014)
    For as long as he can remember, people have warned Rudy not to play in the mines . . .Fourteen-year-old Rudy Drummond lives with his mother and half sisters, Margot and Moira—“the M and M’s”—in Pyramid Hill, California’s legendary gold rush town. But Rudy’s got a secret: He’s terrified of dark, closed-in places. So when his best friend, Barney, and Tyler, the new kid in town, decide to explore the abandoned Pritchard’s Hole mine, Rudy has to come up with an excuse for why he can’t go without arousing their suspicions.He tries everything, from babysitting Margot and Moira to giving a girl named Heather horseback riding lessons. But Rudy can’t stop the other boys from venturing into the forbidden mine shaft—an expedition that brings back memories of being buried alive. During this summer vacation, Rudy will struggle to overcome his fears, fall in love, and become a hero as he makes life-changing discoveries about himself, his family, and his friends. A Junior Library Guild selection.This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
  • The Box and the Bone

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    language (Open Road Media Teen & Tween, March 25, 2014)
    Who stole the buried treasure?Carlos Garcia, Eddy Wong, and Bucky Brockhurst are building a brand-new private clubhouse when they stumble upon buried treasure. No sooner have they hauled the old metal box out of the ground than Bucky’s irritating kid sister, Muffy, shows up and tells him he has to come home.Left alone with the box, Carlos and Eddy manage to pry it open. It’s filled with hundreds of gold coins! Knowing Bucky will be furious that they opened it without him, the boys dump it back into the ground. But when the fifth graders return later that night to dig it up again, all they find is an old bone.What happened to the treasure? And who buried the bone? Was it Lump, the Garcias’ enormous Saint Bernard? Susie Garcia, Athena Pappas, and Muffy Brockhurst (the meanest girl in school) also want to know. As the search for the box heats up, turning everyone against one another, will the three PROs lose the treasure—and their friendship?This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
  • Cat Running

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Cat Kinsey, the fastest runner in Brownwood Elementary School, must face her own anger and prejudice in order to help a poverty-stricken Okie family, in a story that explores the issues of poverty, bigotry, and caring at the height of the Great Depression.
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  • Spyhole Secrets

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Library Binding (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, June 12, 2001)
    Hallie Meredith is angry at God and feeling sorry for herself. Her beloved father died in a car accident, and her whole life has turned upside down. Her mother has had to find a job, and they’ve moved to a cramped apartment in an old mansion, away from Hallie’s old friends and her school. Looking for somewhere–anywhere–to hide from her lousy life, Hallie discovers the old mansion’s mysterious attic, and a secret window where she can spy straight into another family’s life.At first it’s a game, sneaking up to the attic, forgetting her own troubles for a while as she watches the strange doings of this oddly dysfunctional family. But as the mystery of what is going on on the other side of the window deepens, Hallie becomes increasingly involved in the intimate lives of people she really doesn’t know, and the game turns into a kind of addiction. When she sees signs of danger, Hallie tries to help, and that may be the best way she can help herself as well.
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  • Season of Ponies

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Paperback (Yearling, May 1, 1988)
    Pamela, left to spend a boring summer with her two stern aunts, experiences a moment that will change the shape of her visit when she sees a boy emerging from the mist with a herd of beautiful ponies.
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  • Below the Root

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Paperback (Tom Doherty Associates, Aug. 1, 1985)
    When thirteen-year-old Raamo is surprisingly chosen to join the priestly class of Ol-zhaan rulers, he uses his telepathic abilities to discover some dangerous secrets about the governing body to the land of Green-sky. Reprint. NYT.
  • Velvet Room

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Feb. 1, 1965)
    Atheneum 1969, sixth printing, hardback with DustJacket, retired from suburban library, expected imperfections, still a very clean text. Stain or writing on four pages and on front and back boards. early copy illustrated by Alton Raible. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.