Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Egypt Game

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder & Alton Raible

The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage...

William S. and the Great Escape

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Twelve-year-old William S. Baggett is one of eight Baggett children, and he is ready to escape his negligent family. Since his very first day of school in 1931, he has been saving up money to run away. That’s...

The Bronze Pen

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder & Brandon Dorman

Twelve-year-old Audrey Abbott dreams of becoming a writer, but with her father's failing health and the family's shaky finances, it seems there is no room for what her overworked mother would surely call a childish...

The Gypsy Game

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The kids from The Egypt Game are back. What game will they play next? The answer is Gypsies. While April plunges in with her usual enthusiasm, the more Melanie learns, the more something seems to be holding...

The Unseen

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Xandra Hobson has always been fascinated by magic. So when she rescues a beautiful wounded bird, she is convinced that the glowing white feather it leaves behind must be magical. When she brings the feather...

The Magic Nation Thing

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Abby O'Malley is a girl who likes things to make sense. School makes sense, and her best friend Paige makes sense (most of the time), but Abby’s flighty mother never makes sense. Abby's mom seems to think...

Spyhole Secrets

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Hallie Meredith is angry at God and feeling sorry for herself. Her beloved father died in a car accident, and her whole life has turned upside down. Her mother has had to find a job, and they’ve moved to a...

The Witches of Worm

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder & Alton Raible

Cats. Jessica’s never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she’d never brought Worm home with her, because now he’s making her do terrible things....

The Headless Cupid

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder & Alton Raible

When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they’re amazed to learn that she studies witchcraft. They’re stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow and surrounded...

Libby on Wednesday

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Libby is sent to public school to be  "socialized" after years of being educated at  home.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

William's Midsummer Dreams

de Zilpha Keatley Snyder

After a year living with Aunt Fiona, William is off to audition for the role of Puck in a summer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream . But getting the part is just the beginning. Now William has to deal...