Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

When Hallie and her mother move to a new town after her father's sudden death, Hallie begins to spy on a troubled family living in a nearby building and her involvement helps her begin to handle her feelings of anger and grief.

In 1938, twelve-year-old William has already decided to leave home when his younger sister informs him that she and their brother and sister are going as well, but complications arise as they try to make their way to their Aunt Fiona's house.

Having been put ahead in an accelerated eighth grade program by her bizarre and creative family, precocious eleven-year-old Libby hates her "socialization" process, until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop.

Now permanently settled with Aunt Fiona, who has adopted him and his siblings, thirteen-year-old William gets the chance to play Puck in a professional production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream.".

Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult.

Twelve-year-old Audrey's dreams of becoming a writer seem very impractical in light of her father's failing health and the family's shaky finances, until she receives a peculiar bronze pen that appears to have unusual powers.

In 1938, twelve-year-old William has already decided to leave home when his younger sister informs him that she and their brother and sister are going as well, but complications arise as they try to make their way to their Aunt Fiona's house.

Although twelve-year-old Abby has always tried to deny that she has some kind of weird psychic power, she takes advantage of it to help her mother, a struggling private investigator, and, more importantly, to find her best friend's little brother when he goes missing at a ski resort.

Kidnappers in Italy have their hands full when the captive American children advise them on running a better kidnapping and on proper nutrition.

Harry Houdini Marco, an inept boy whose friends are all moving to the suburbs, is looking forward to a long, dreary summer when Mr. Mazeeck shows up and shares an amazing secret.