SOLVED!: three children with golden torcs [s]

[Delanie]

There were I think three kids with powers...at least one of them may have had the ability to breathe underwater. I think the paperback cover had a black background with a boy on it, possibly with pointed ears. I read this as a kid, sometime before 1986. It's not much to go on at all. Sorry.

[bup]

Was it a picture book? Or a ya novel? Or what?

[Delanie]

It was a young adult novel of about average length. It seems like one of the kids could find things and see the future, too. One of them had a golden collar or necklace or something and it created a problem for them.

[Michelle Mulford]

Could it be Child of the Air? I don't remember the plot very well, but the kids found golden necklaces that made them fly.

[Josie]

It sounds awfully like Diana Wynne Jones' 'Power of Three'

[Delanie]

I've read the description for Power of Three and that might be it! I've ordered a copy and will be sure, but you may have solved a mystery that's been driving me crazy for over 20 years! HOORAY!

[Lisa]

Delanie, That's great. I"m going to move this to the possibly solved folder. Please come back and let us know if it's the book. Thanks.

[Delanie]

It was definitely the Power of Three! Wahoo, a mystery solved!