What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Children's book...about elves or fairies who send messages
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Nov 23, 2013 08:52AM
I read this book when I was about 10-12 so would have been around 1964-66. This kid (a boy, I believe) discovers that some small paranormal creature (elves, fairies, or the like) send messages via mail advertisements. Only every tenth word counts as the secret message. That's about all I remember about the book. I don't know if he starts saving the mail ads for these creatures, whether he helps them (I believe he does). Regardless, it was probably written in the sixties as I got it from the school library. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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It was a chapter book, about 200-300 pages long if I recall.
not yet. I read it a long time ago as I said in the original posting. I would like to say that it was written by an author whose name fit in the early middle of the alphabet (F-L) as I remember pulling off a shelf in that section (I know this sounds crazy, but I have a memory that is visual in nature so I can recall where an article is spatially located...in a room, on a page, etc.). I know that doesn't help much. I remember who suggested the book to me, which also doesn't help much, either.
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Never have, Lobstergirl. Some day I will, but for now, why don't you close the thread?By the way, the messages were embedded in junk mail advertisements. Like every tenth word was the part of the message. This book must have been written in the mid-sixties as I was in fourth or fifth grade at the time I read it.
I suppose it doesn't matter whether I or not I figure out the title and author, but this is one of the coolest things about Goodreads, and I thank you, Lobstergirl, for moderating these threads. Thanks.
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Okay, let's give it a little more time. I will keep bumping it until I give up. At some point, it becomes a quest.
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Why do you think the elves/fairies(?) were sending hidden coded messages in human mail advertisements (e.g., hiding from a threat, looking for help, looking for a clever human to decode the messages)?
Did you read it in the USA, or another country?
@Kris...no, he doesn't go to a fantasy world that I can recall. It was more than 50 years ago when I read this. I think the coded messages were for communication only, but I don't remember exactly why. @Rainbowheart...I read it in the USA and if I recall, it was set in the US as well, but again, it was a long time ago.
