Andria’s Comments (group member since Jul 03, 2012)

Andria’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

The Watcher, maybe?

Oh man, I just almost broke my brain coming up with this series name but I think you're looking for Abadazad #2: Inconceivable (Goodreads says this is book 2 but another source I'm checking says it's book 1, and has description of: "When Kate's little brother Matt goes missing, she learns that he is trapped in the world of Abadazad and she decides to go there to find him, even if it means never returning home."

And the cover at this link sounds like what you described: https://books.google.com/books/about/...

You're welcome! Glad I could help. :)

This is not exactly what you described, but in case you are misremembering some details: Middleworld

or, if you think Dragon is in the title, maybe The Saint of Dragons

The Paladin Prophecy, maybe?

Maybe Obsession? Set in DC, has doctor/neighbor character, and MC waking up in hospital with amnesia

Maybe The Mere Future? I don't know about the Faberge eggs but it's set in a dystopian future NYC, and satirizes internet culture,

You could try something like Books in Print - your public library may have a subscription to that database that you can access with your library card. But according to a quick google search, there were about 5,000 YA books published in 2009, so a comprehensive list of all YA published from 2000-2008 could have 40,000 titles!

Hang in there and keep bumping your book query on here every month or so. Some titles are found quickly, sometimes it takes years....

Happily After All, maybe?

oh wait, I just found this one...
Ready-Made Family

The girl's name is HEDWIG. It's way older than 1991, but fits a lot of your details. One review even mentioned picnics by the lake.

Just a guess: Hallie's Secret -- girl has an "H" name and a Christian foster family.


There's also the Elizabeth Gail series by Hilda Stahl, which has a girl in a Christian foster family - just in case you were misremembering the source of the Hilda....

Saving Grace? There's a bit about a soup kitchen and the girl's brother has TB

I don't think this is it, either, but it's got drilling in the Arctic and Atlantis, so.......Decipher

Just throwing this one out there: But I'm Ready To Go

Dissidents, Maybe?

Pretty sure this is This Song Will Save Your Life - it has an underground dance party called The Start.

Happy to help! Which one was it, so I can add it to our bookshelf?

The Lost Days- or another from the Emily the Strange series? Maybe Stranger and Stranger

The Wind Singer definitely has the bit about chocolate buttons. It's first in a series.