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Hardcover:

9780060823412 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 2008, cover price $15.99

Library:

9780060823429 | Harpercollins, June 1, 2008, cover price $16.89

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In a mystery in which chapters alternate between past and present, the search for a mysterious lost church by Homer Kelly and his wife Mary is juxtaposed against an account of the events that unfold in 1868 Nashoba as a disabled Civil War veteran struggles to put his life back together. By the author of The Deserter.

Hardcover:

9780312301958 | Minotaur Books, November 1, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In a mystery in which chapters alternate between past and present, the search for a lost church by Homer and Mary Kelly is juxtaposed against events in 1868 Massachusetts, as a Civil War veteran struggles to put his life back together.

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With the help of a mysterious stranger and the magical gift he brought them from India, the Halls foil a new enemy's plan to build a Henry Thoreau theme park across from their home.

Hardcover:

9780060094867 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 2005, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: With the help of a mysterious stranger and the magical gift he brought them from India, the Halls foil a new enemy's plan to build a Henry Thoreau theme park across from their home.

Library:

9780060094874 | Harpercollins, May 1, 2005, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: With the help of a mysterious stranger and the magical gift he brought them from India, the Halls foil a new enemy's plan to build a Henry Thoreau theme park across from their home.

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By Jane Langton and Michael Prichard (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780736694773 | Unabridged edition (Books on Tape, August 1, 2003), cover price $56.00

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Setting out to clear an ancestor's name, which has been tainted by a claim he deserted his fellow Harvard comrades at Gettysburg, Mary Kelly and her lovable Professor Homer uncover evidence of a decidedly shady deed. 10,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780312301866 | Minotaur Books, June 1, 2003, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: As Homer and Mary Kelly research the life of Mary's ancestor Seth Morgan, the story of Seth's life and disappearance during the battle of Gettysburg unfolds.

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An exhibit of work by Escher leads to the disappearance of an enigmatic woman named Frieda, and Homer and Mary Kelly agree to help their friend Leonard find her, plunging them all into a maze of murder, dark secrets, and ghosts.

Hardcover:

9781574904512 | Large print edition (Thomas t Beeler, March 1, 2003), cover price $28.95
9780670030675 | Viking Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: An exhibit of work by Escher leads to the disappearance of an enigmatic woman named Frieda, and Homer and Mary Kelly agree to help their friend Leonard find her, plunging them all into a maze of murder, dark secrets, and ghosts.

Paperback:

9780142001844 | Penguin USA, January 1, 2003, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: When the town of Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosts an Escher exhibit, Leonard, a friend of Homer and Mary Kelly, is ectastic, especially when he meets an enigmatic woman named Frieda who is equally enamored with the work of Escher, but when she vanishes without a trace, Leonard, with the help of Homer and Mary, sets out to find her, plunging them all into a maze of murder, dark secrets, fortunetellers, and ghosts.

To protest the president's destructive new weapon, nine-year-old Georgie Hall sets out to walk from her home near Walden Pond on a 450-mile journey to the White House and is joined on her crusade by thousands of other children

Paperback:

9780064403115 | Trophy Pr, October 1, 1989, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A nine-year-old girl leads a march of children from Massachusetts to Washington, in protest against the President's new missile which is capable of destroying the earth.

Library:

9780060236991 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1984), cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A nine-year-old girl leads a march of children from Massachusetts to Washington, in protest against the President's new missile which is capable of destroying the earth.

Reinforced:

9780606253338, titled "Fragile Flag" | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.04 | About this edition: A nine-year-old girl leads a march of children from Massachusetts to Washington, in protest against the President's new missile which is capable of destroying the earth.

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Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

Hardcover:

9780786240579 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 1, 2002), cover price $21.95
9780060284374 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time

Library:

9780060284381 | Harpercollins, June 1, 2000, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time

Reinforced:

9780606270854, titled "Time Bike" | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

Prebinding:

9780613867139, titled "Time Bike" | Turtleback Books, June 30, 2002, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

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Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

Paperback:

9780064407922 | 1 edition (Laura Geringer Books, June 1, 2002), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

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A murder on the ground of Jefferson's mansion at Monticello leads history buff Homer Kelly on a search for Tom Dean, a young man seen trespassing on the property, who has become the prime suspect in the killings of several local women. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780142000267 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 2002), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A murder on the ground of Jefferson's mansion at Monticello leads history buff Homer Kelly on a search for Tom Dean, a young man seen trespassing on the property, who has become the prime suspect in the killings of several local women.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780736656948 | Unabridged edition (Books on Tape, March 1, 2001), cover price $29.95

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A swing in a forbidden summerhouse takes Eleanor, Edward, and Georgie on some remarkable journeys

Paperback:

9780064401241, titled "Swing in the Summerhouse" | Trophy Pr, September 1, 1981, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A swing in a forbidden summerhouse takes Eleanor, Edward, and Georgie on some remarkable journeys

Library:

9780060236939 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1967, cover price $9.89 | About this edition: Dramatic photographs complement poems selected for their contemporary concerns and their appeal to the young

Reinforced:

9780606253376, titled "Swing in the Summerhouse" | Demco Media, December 1, 2001, cover price $14.04 | About this edition: A swing in a forbidden summerhouse takes Eleanor, Edward, and Georgie on some remarkable journeys

Prebinding:

9780613531122 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $14.10 | About this edition: A swing in a forbidden summerhouse takes Eleanor, Edward, and Georgie on some remarkable journeys

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A magical stereoscope transports Eleanor and Eddy to adventures in a strange three-dimensional world

Paperback:

9780064401333, titled "The Astonishing Stereoscope" | Trophy Pr, March 1, 1983, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A magical stereoscope transports Eleanor and Eddy to adventures in a strange three-dimensional world

Reinforced:

9780606253321 | Demco Media, December 1, 2001, cover price $14.04 | About this edition: A magical stereoscope transports Eleanor and Eddy to adventures in a strange three-dimensional world

Prebinding:

9780613530101 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $14.40 | About this edition: A magical stereoscope transports Eleanor and Eddy to adventures in a strange three-dimensional world

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A murder on the ground of Jefferson's mansion at Monticello leads history buff Homer Kelly on a search for Tom Dean, a young man seen trespassing on the property, who has become the prime suspect in the killings of several local women.

Hardcover:

9780670894628 | Viking Pr, February 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A murder on the ground of Jefferson's mansion at Monticello leads history buff Homer Kelly on a search for Tom Dean, a young man seen trespassing on the property, who has become the prime suspect in the killings of several local women.

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While on a six-week sabbatical in Venice, Professor Homer Kelly and his wife Mary stumble into a mystery involving the disappearance of holy artifacts and a very fetching murderer. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780140291896 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 2000), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: While on a six-week sabbatical in Venice, Professor Homer Kelly and his wife Mary stumble into a mystery involving the disappearance of holy artifacts and a very fetching murderer.

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During a trip to Venice for a conference on rare books, Homer Kelly and his wife Mary stumble into a mystery that evokes the fate of Venetian Jews during World War II, when one of Mary's photographs reveals the enigmatic figure of a missing woman and holds the clue to a long-lost treasure. 15,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780670882106 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: During a trip to Venice for a conference on rare books, Homer Kelly and his wife Mary stumble into a mystery that evokes the fate of Venetian Jews during World War II, when one of Mary's photographs reveals the enigmatic figure of a missing woman and holds the clue to a long-lost treasure

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No matter how many times she erases it, a mysterious, eerie face keeps appearing on her mural wall, and when her tenant's eight-year-old retarded son is found dead in front of it Annie calls in her uncle Homer to investigate. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781574902051 | Large print edition (Thomas t Beeler, May 1, 1999), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Features Homer Kelly's hapless niece, an illustrator of children's books, whose dream house turns into a nightmare when she is accused of a child's murder
9780670876747 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1998, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Features Homer Kelly's hapless niece, an illustrator of children's books, whose dream house turns into a nightmare when she is accused of a child's murder

Paperback:

9780140281576 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 1, 1999), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: No matter how many times she erases it, a mysterious, eerie face keeps appearing on her mural wall, and when her tenant's eight-year-old retarded son is found dead in front of it Annie calls in her uncle Homer to investigate.

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As part-time detective Homer Kelly sets off on his search for answers to the death of a young priest, who left nothing behind but an inauspicious and cryptic note, he finds a crime far more sinister and troubling. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780670862214 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1996, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: As a visiting professor at Oxford University, Homer Kelly expects a wonderful stay in England, but when the night watchman at Oxford's museum is murdered, Homer finds himself embroiled in a web of scholarship and deceit

Paperback:

9780140247954 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 1997), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: As a visiting professor at Oxford University, Homer Kelly expects a wonderful stay in England, but when the night watchman at Oxford's museum is murdered, Homer finds himself embroiled in a web of scholarship and deceit

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Product Description: In the midst of the traditional Christmas Revels in Cambridge, the jealous husband of an attractive stage director turns the pageantry into an unhappy affair, bringing Homer Kelly to the scene in his eleventh case. Tour.

Paperback:

9780140173772 | Penguin USA, November 1, 1996, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: In the midst of the traditional Christmas Revels in Cambridge, the jealous husband of an attractive stage director turns the pageantry into an unhappy affair, bringing Homer Kelly to the scene in his eleventh case.

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In the midst of the traditional Christmas Revels in Cambridge, the jealous husband of an attractive stage director turns the pageantry into an unhappy affair, bringing Homer Kelly to the scene in his eleventh case. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780670847105 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1995, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In the midst of the traditional Christmas Revels in Cambridge, the jealous husband of an attractive stage director turns the pageantry into an unhappy affair, bringing Homer Kelly to the scene to investigate

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Product Description: Jane Langton returns with her "most inventive and exhilarating Homer Kelly mystery" (New York Times Books Review). At a church in Boston, an abandoned baby suddenly appears. Who is he? Organist Alan Starr and Homer Kelly team up to find out--with possibly deadly results.

Hardcover:

9780670847099 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: When the First Church of the Commonwealth gets a new organ, Alan Starr, teaming up with Homer Kelly, learns that someone is willing to kill for the job of first organist

Paperback:

9780140173765 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Jane Langton returns with her "most inventive and exhilarating Homer Kelly mystery" (New York Times Books Review).

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A cruel and greedy king prizes a pearl necklace above all, but the kind-hearted young woman who becomes his wife gives the pearls away one by one to help the poor
By Jane Langton, Helena Nyblom and Ilse Plume (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780786800117 | Hyperion, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A cruel and greedy king prizes a pearl necklace above all, but the kind-hearted young woman who becomes his wife gives the pearls away one by one to help the poor

Library:

9780786820078 | Hyperion, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.49 | About this edition: A cruel and greedy king prizes a pearl necklace above all, but the kind-hearted young woman who becomes his wife gives the pearls away one by one to help the poor

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After the First Church of the Commonwealth gets a new organ, Alan Starr, teaming up with Homer Kelly, learns that someone is willing to kill for the job of first organist. Book available.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780453008884 | Highbridge Co, June 1, 1994, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When the First Church of the Commonwealth gets a new organ, Alan Starr, teaming up with Homer Kelly, learns that someone is willing to kill for the job of first organist.

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When the retirees of the trailer park community located on a choice piece of property begin to die mysterious deaths, Homer Kelly investigates, certain that their deaths are linked to the sudden interest in development in the town. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781560545347 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, January 1, 1993), cover price $19.95
9780670842605 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1992, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: When the elderly residents of Pond View, a retirement community in Concord, Massachusetts, begin dying systematically, retired detective and Concord resident Homer Kelly works overtime to save the surviving seniors from an unknown killer

Paperback:

9780140165944 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 1993), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: When the retirees of the trailer park community located on a choice piece of property begin to die mysterious deaths, Homer Kelly investigates, certain that their deaths are linked to the sudden interest in development in the town.

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Nantucket's peaceful ways are unsettled when poet Kitty Clark is found by ex-Lieutenant-Detective Homer Kelly kneeling by the body of murdered Helen Green, influential wife of the man whom Kitty once loved

Hardcover:

9780745186047 | Large print edition (John Curley & Assoc, January 1, 1993), cover price $16.50

Paperback:

9780140058369 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 1986), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Nantucket's peaceful ways are unsettled when poet Kitty Clark is found by ex-Lieutenant-Detective Homer Kelly kneeling by the body of murdered Helen Green, influential wife of the man whom Kitty once loved

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Ivan, the merchant's third son, having patience and an eye for opportunity, barters the cargo of his ship for a princess and a fortune

Hardcover:

9781562821784 | Hyperion, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Ivan, the merchant's third son, having patience and an eye for opportunity, barters the cargo of his ship for a princess and a fortune

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