Shadows and Moonshine
 Strange and Whimsical Stories: I had picked up another collection of Joan Aiken stories, A Necklace of Raindrops, at the library, and liked it enough to want to read more, so I ordered Shadows and Moonshine. (Joan Aiken is best known for her wonderful [... more]
$10.95
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A Small Pinch of Weather
Expensive, and worth every penny: My sister gave me a copy of this book when I was 11, and I read it over and over and over, reducing it to rags. Many years went by before I even saw another copy. In fact, my sister gave it to me just last week - and [... more]
$19.98
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Arabel and Mortimer
Author: Joan Aiken Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9781593161514 ISBN: 1593161514 Publication Date: 2008-12-01 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 [... more]
$27.95
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Lady Catherine's Necklace (A Jane Austen entertainment)
Fun reading but not up to Aiken's usual high standards: Joan Aiken is the only writer whose Jane Austen sequels I enjoy reading. Her "Jane Fairfax" was superb. This one was something of a disappointment, though. For one thing, it's a little [... more]
$14.45
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Whispering Mountain
A good quest derailed: Joan Delano Aiken is a prolific British author of adult and young adult fantasy, mysteries, and gothic romances. "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase," which won the 1965 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is probably her best known [... more]
$4.95
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Eliza's Daughter: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Sense and ...
Aiken's first Austen sequel: Have you ever read a totally unfavorable book review so full of acrimony that it left you wondering if you would have the same reaction? I have, and am often hooked into trying out a book to see if I agree. So when I read a [... more]
$14.95
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The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories ...
When the Family Pet Is a Unicorn: This is old-fashioned story telling at its finest, reminding me why so few books manage to stick in my head these days. The best books are great because they are truly creative, as opposed to predictable and mundane. Of [... more]
$20.00
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Touch of Chill, A
the cover is misleading: If you're approaching Joan Aiken stories as horror stories, you'll be disappointed. the beauty of her writing is that she takes the ordinary and gives it a fantasy twist. Totally worth it for the slightly twisted young adult [... more]
$3.25
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The Kingdom under the Sea and Other Stories (Puffin Books)
Author: Joan Aiken Author: Jan Pienkowski Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398.210947 EAN: 9780140306415 ISBN: 0140306412 Number Of Pages: 103 Publication Date: 1986-08-05 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 [... more]
$3.95
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The Youngest Miss Ward
A readable if somewhat melodramatic and mediocre historical novel: This purports to chronicle the hard-times of Harriet Ward, the fourth Ward sister; intimidated by Mrs. Norris, the narrator of Mansfield Park left her out. The woes of Fanny Price pale in [... more]
$23.95
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The Smile of the Stranger
Another great work from Aiken: This novel starts off as a romantic fiction, but becomes more of a typical Joan Aiken mystery and adventure as you read on through it. You see the story from Juliana's point, little realising the plots and schemes being [... more]
$1.75
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The Witch of Clatteringshaws (Wolves Chronicles)
A subdued conclusion to a rollicking series: On its own, The Witches of Clatteringshaws is a fun, fast-moving, but not overly memorable book. But it's almost impossible to rate the book on its own--indeed, if this is a reader's introduction to the Wolves [... more]
$5.99
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