Aiken, Joan

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Nightbirds on Nantucket

1999
Captain Casket rescues young Dido Twite from a watery grave off the coast of England while chasing the pink whale. She is brought to Nantucket but longs to return to her homeland.

The cuckoo tree

2000
As the result of an accident a young girl is faced with the responsibility of foiling a Hanoverian plot to put St. Paul's Cathedral on rollers and roll it into the River Thames during the coronation of James IV.

Black hearts in Battersea

1999
An orphan arrives in London and becomes embroiled in a plot against the king.

Up the chimney down and other stories

1984
The last chimney cuckoo -- Miss Hotting's legacy -- The gift-giving -- The dog on the roof -- The missing heir -- Up the chimney down -- Christmas at Troy -- The midnight rose -- The happiest sheep in London -- The fire dogs -- Potter's gray.

The far forests

tales of romance, fantasy, and suspense
1977
A collection of 15 short stories of mystery, magic, and romance.

El gato mog

1997
These eight stories of fantasy include one in which a lady bakes a bit of sky in a pie.

A creepy company

ten tales of terror
1995
A collection of scary stories about ghosts, toads, and weird happenings.

Street

a play
1978
A two act farce about a pair of young lovers who live in an English village on opposite sides of a heavily trafficked superhighway.

Winterthing

a play for children
1972
Four children and their aunt come to live in a cottage on an island off the Scottish coast said to be inhabited by the spirit of winter.

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