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Have you looked at Goodreads quote search yet? You can enter keywords. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes
On the Devil's Court is about a high school basketball player who makes a deal with the devil. Probably not what you're looking for but since it was also published in the 80s maybe you'll have some luck by looking at its "similar" books or something?
Mar 21, 2014 10:18PM
I don't think this is it, but there are points that are similar in Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl. The MC finds out at age 15 that her younger brother will be the heir to the throne instead of her (I believe she also has a sister, but the brother's definitely the heir). Even if this isn't the one, you might like it anyway :]
Oh wow. I feel like I actually read that back in the 90s. For some reason I thought the protagonist was a girl though...haha. I wish I could help you find it, but I'm afraid I don't remember the title.EDIT:
I think the book I read was Downriver. Is this the one you're thinking of? There's also a sequel called River Thunder. Will Hobbs has written a number of outdoorsy YA books if you want to check those out as well.
EDIT 2:
Camp Wild is a possibility as well, but Downriver fits better I think.
I'm glad you've finally found it! I did a Worldcat search first and then a Google search. Luckily there weren't too many juvenile fiction books about schizophrenia back then, haha.
I did a Worldcat & Google search. Sounds like A Pebble in Newcomb's Pond by Marianna Dengler.I found an old Kirkus Review:
Why is Mara dropping coffee cups, failing off ladders? And why does everyone stare at her, even the turtle in Newcomb's pond? Her boyfriend smells so bad, how can she kiss him? And that bitter taste to the food--her mother must be trying to poison her. When Mara sees Gestapo agents coming downstairs instead of her brother and his friend with tennis rackets, she knows she's crazy--but can't let on, or they'll hospitalize her like those filthy women her mental-health class saw at the asylum. She'll escape. . . the turtle has been calling her to the pond. . . but best friend Amy has given her the name of a doctor, and when she sees him he helps as the regular shrink hasn't, explaining that her schizophrenia is biochemical, and that a special diet and nutritional supplements will fix her up. The story is as one-dimensional as a case study (that being so, one might at least have hoped for more specifics from the doctor), but the style is closer to True Confessions. The subject might have a lurid appeal, on a junk-diet level.
Do you remember if it was a kids' book, YA book, or adult book?And anything else you can remember about the plot at all? :] Like, fantasy or historical fiction?
Do you remember if it was a realistic book or fantasy or something like that?
Mar 11, 2014 11:30AM
When did you read this book? And was it in English, by the way?
I found a few books about brownies. Maybe one of these is it.The Brownies & Other Stories
The Brownie and the Princess & Other Stories
Brownies - Hush! (this author wrote a few more books about brownies if you look on the author page)
The Brownies: Their Book (he also wrote numerous brownie books)
The Enid Blyton Book Of Brownies
I'm glad you found it, Abby! Congrats.
Naomi, I'm glad you could find it! Sometimes Listopias are really helpful! :]
Feb 27, 2014 02:19PM
Feb 26, 2014 12:03AM
Robinsheugh might fit. A lot of your description matches up (but not all). It's about a girl who travels back to the 18th century and on most of the covers there is a mirror. From some of the reviews, I've gathered that it's supposed to be scary. It also was first published in 1975, so the timeline fits. And at 200 pages, it's not very long. It also was published under the title "Elizabeth, Elizabeth" if that rings any bells.
Feb 25, 2014 11:51PM
I can't identify the story you're describing, but maybe this list can help, if it was one of the stories you read from Googling. It's just a list of 30 of his stories you can find for free online. Maybe one of the titles will ring a bell.Good luck finding what you're looking for!
Sounds like an interesting book! I read a few books about changelings as a child, but not that one. This listopia features books about changelings - maybe it's on there!
In the off chance it isn't Daughter of the Forest (though it does sound like it is!) at one point I made a Listopia of books that are retellings of The Wild Swans/Six Swans. It could be on there.
