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Pirate/Zombie/Hero Member  |
I know this is asking a lot, but I'm trying to remember the title of a book I read years ago. I have no idea who it was by, but I know it was about 2 sisters and their aunt who created their own chocolate business. It was sort of a romance novel, one of the main male characters was named Joe, I think one of the sisters was named Annie, and the book mostly took place in New York and Paris. Any ideas?
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This it?
_____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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Pirate/Zombie/Hero Member |
I LOVE YOU AMY!!! You are a Goddess among Librarians!! (Really, I don't know how you did it. I searched on Amazon half a dozen times at least!)
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*polishes nails*
 Thankyou! Thankyouverramuch! _____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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has no member title Member  |
I wonder if anybody can remember this book. I read it when I was a kid and I can't remember what it was called and who wrote it.
It's about a girl who's sick at home and finds an old pencil stub of her grandmothers. She draws pictures and every night, what she drew becomes real. She draws a house with a little boy in it and in a fit of pique at him she adds gravestones too. It turns into a sort of horror novel as the gravestones start wandering closer and closer to the house and she has to save the boy. Does that sound familiar? __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member  |
familiar, no, interesting, yes!
um, I have oodles of free time, I'll google around. I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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Starving artist - well, not starving, but if you happen to have an extra biscuit lying around . . . Member  |
It sounds familiar, but I can't place it.
Speaking of, I remember reading tons of books by an Australian author as a kid, but I cannot for the life of me remember who she was... Hal? Any prolific Aussie kids authors out there? ------------------------------ You are a Leprechaun. I'm not even sure what you are. Whiskey-soaked reports from your baffling Isle of Ire raise more questions than they answer. Are you a dwarf? Where's your pickax? If you're an elf, why don't you cobble? You'd think with all your gold, you could invest in some land, perhaps a title, and improve your station. Instead, you hide it in meteorologically-determined locations. You're getting killed on inflation, little friend! |
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yes it does - and i can never find it when i'm looking for it.
its called something like marrinda (or mirriam) dreams....hopefully with that clue you can tell me what it's really called! ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. when's spring due?. |
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Archus dracomagii Member  |
Is it Marianne Dreams ???
(This came under discussion at the Diana Wynne Jones Board at one point ... http://www.suberic.net/pipermail/dwj/2003-October/015758.html) - Cho _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are a Confectioner. Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew? Actually, that's Bob The Enchanter, two doors down on the left. But you make delectable treats, which is no simple feat considering Oompa Loompas won't be invented for three centuries. Not only do you delight with your sweets, but you've paved the way for a new profession: dentistry! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the blog thing: From an Ayewards World ... |
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has no member title Member |
Yes! Yesyesyesyes!
My God, you guys are fantastic! __ The brickchewing, camera flaunting restroom saint formerly known as Babylon the Bride |
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~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. when's spring due?. |
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Archus dracomagii Member |
The awful thing is, I haven't actually read the book ... I just remember that it made a very strong impression on those who had!
Another good source for help of this kind (and also just a fun page to browse through ...) is Stump the Bookseller at Loganberry Books. Enjoy!! - Cho _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are a Confectioner. Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew? Actually, that's Bob The Enchanter, two doors down on the left. But you make delectable treats, which is no simple feat considering Oompa Loompas won't be invented for three centuries. Not only do you delight with your sweets, but you've paved the way for a new profession: dentistry! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the blog thing: From an Ayewards World ... |
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is a loose cannon Member  |
The only Australian author I'm familiar with is Sarah Douglas, but I wouldn't describe her as a KIDS author, per se.
"You pass through the places, and the places they pass through you, but you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travelin' shoes." --The Be Good Tanyas, "The Littlest Birds" http://hatchingphoenix.livejournal.com www.xanga.com/hatching_phoenix |
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Archus dracomagii Member |
Perhaps you have also read Sabriel and its sequels, by Aussie Garth Nix?
 I found this on the www - maybe it will help w/ the Australian author question: "Researching Australian children's literature" http://alia.org.au/publishing/alj/53.1/full.text/saxby.html Talks about the notable authors of the past and recent past. - Cho _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are a Confectioner. Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew? Actually, that's Bob The Enchanter, two doors down on the left. But you make delectable treats, which is no simple feat considering Oompa Loompas won't be invented for three centuries. Not only do you delight with your sweets, but you've paved the way for a new profession: dentistry! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the blog thing: From an Ayewards World ... |
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Elah Adonijai Member  |
Isn't Alan Dean Foster an Aussie, too? Can't think of anything he's written besides SW books off the top of my head, though...
____________________________________________________________________ "Patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer i beg to submit that it is the first." - Ambrose Bierce ---------------------- A Good Scoundrel isn't Hard to Find |
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Starving artist - well, not starving, but if you happen to have an extra biscuit lying around . . . Member |
Ooo. That essay..haven't time to read it, but when I get a minute, I'm so there!
Have read Sabriel etc, yes, but I'm talking way back when, getting stuff out of the library in primary/early secondary school. All of which has vanished, inexplicably. I just have this image of books about kids in Australia, and corrugated iron roofs. Argh. I have entire scenes in my head. Just no names. ------------------------------ You are a Leprechaun. I'm not even sure what you are. Whiskey-soaked reports from your baffling Isle of Ire raise more questions than they answer. Are you a dwarf? Where's your pickax? If you're an elf, why don't you cobble? You'd think with all your gold, you could invest in some land, perhaps a title, and improve your station. Instead, you hide it in meteorologically-determined locations. You're getting killed on inflation, little friend! |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member |
sheesh, glad Smaug and Chomiji were here, I was no use at all!
like Part Time Phoenix, Sara Douglass is the only Aussie writer I know of. I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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Heh, ok. This one's been driving me nuts for years, I read it in junior high and haven't heard anyone ever speak of it since.
The book is about two boys who are roommates at a boarding school (could be a military school?) and the one narrating tells about his roommate and their adventures. The non-narator has an odd nickname, either Smoky or Whitey I think, and reads Soldier of Fortune magazine obsessively. He is rather picked on. He takes the narrator to a cave where he has discovered a miniaturized civilization no longer inhabited by its citizens. It appears to be somewhat primitive with possibly a totemic type of religious practice. Certain things involved included snake fangs set into the ground around important relics to protect them. I don't want to discuss it any farther as this should be enough to remind anyone who has read it and, if you haven't, though it's going to be a very easy read I remember that I absolutely loved it at the time. Please help me!!! I will love you forever. I was a teenaged cheerleader. |
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hehe, the name was Snowy, it just came to me. and then it was an easy search. Anywho, the book's name is Through The Hidden Door by Rosemary Wells. I do recommend it still, it's a younger target age than I remember, but I still think it had to have been a good read for me to be trying to find it for a decade.
I was a teenaged cheerleader. |
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really is wicked Member  |
I saw the movie of that once! (And I've just gone and bought the book )----------------------------- St.Barbarella: Sexy Tart. Buys Ale, Reads Books, And Really Enjoys Leaving Lovers Aching - JP yes, University is all about incontinence - Mythos You are a Tradesman. Long before labor unions, your guilds were powerful enough to make a free-market capitalist run away screaming. Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps the metric system down? You do, you do. |
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