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The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Published annually 1964-1968
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Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms
by Lissa Evans
2012
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The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
by Terry Pratchett
2001
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The Children of Green Knowe
by L.M. Boston
1954
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by e.l. konigsburg
1967
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Saffy's Angel
by Hilary McKay
2001
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Madame Pamplemousse and her Incredible Edibles
by Rupert Kingfisher
2008
Personal pile of treasure books that always call me back. Excavate yourself a reading nest and dig on in. Mind the mice and candy wrappers.
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Which Witch
by Eva Ibbotsen
1979 
(sorry the "look inside doesn't work. You'd have to go to Amazon for that.)

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Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
1916
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Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
1908
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The Teddy Bear Habit or How I Became a Winner
by James Lincoln Collier
1967
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I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
1948
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Thursday's Child
by Noel Streatfield
1970
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Nancy and Plum
by Betty MacDonald
1952
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The Four-Story Mistake
by Elizabeth Enright
1942
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Mistress Masham's Repose
by T.H. White
1946
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The Penderwicks
by Jeane Birdsall
2005
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The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshoned Junior High School Witch
Wallace Hildick
1973
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Witch Week
by Diana Wynne Jones
1982
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King of the Wind
 by Marguerite Henry
1948
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The Happy Orpheline
by Natalie Savage Carlson
1957