wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (08/05/85)
According to my book list, *From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* was written by E.L. Konigsburg. I found my copy at a library book sale, along with *Harriet the Spy*, Lorrie McLaughlin's *Cinnamon Hill Mystery*, and a few of Gertrude C. Warner's Boxcar Children books. If you've always wanted to find a copy of that book you read as a child, library book sales are a good place to look. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat
rachel@ada-uts.UUCP (08/05/85)
I'm no help with the second book, but the first is "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,", by E.L. Konigsburg. She's written a number of other very good books for junior high school age, all of which I've enjoyed (and reread at well past that age as well). The titles that come to mind are "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth", "About the B'nai Bagels", and "George". I believe there are others. ima!inmet!ada-uts!rachel Rachel
cathleen@ism70.UUCP (08/11/85)
The woman who wrote "Harriet the Spy," Louise Fitzhugh, has written
two other books that I've read: "The Long Secret" and "Sport." Both these
books are sort of sequels to "Harriet the Spy," in as far as they are the
stories about some of Harriet's friends.
"The Long Secret" was the first sequel to be published and it tells
the story of Harriet and her friend Beth Ellen (remember, she's the quiet girl
who was chauffeured around in a limousine) during a summer vacation at a quiet
beach town called Water Mill. The town is plagued by a rash of disturbing
anonymous notes being left all over town, and Harriet and Beth Ellen decide to
find out who's writing them.
"Sport," which was published after Ms. Fitzhugh's death, follows the
adventures of Harriet's friend Sport (the one who takes care of his author
father). Sport inherits a lot of money from his maternal grandfather and his
crazy, greedy mother reappears on the scene trying to grab the money for
herself. I just happened on "Sport" last year and was so thrilled to see it!
I liked Sport from "Harriet the Spy" and wanted to find out more about what he
was like. It would have been great to read more about Janie, too! The
copyright for "Sport" was in 1979 "by Lois Morehead as Executrix for the
Estate of Lousie Fitzhugh".
My favorite of the three books is "Harriet the Spy," "Sport" comes in
second. I read "The Long Secret" a couple of times, but never enjoyed it
nearly as much as "Harriet the Spy" (which I've read zillions of times). I
remember being in a club in grade school where each member ran around with a
notebook and spied on people! One of the rules for joining was to have read
"Harriet the Spy."
Cathleen Hoche.
INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
Santa Monica, California
ihnp4!vortex!ism780!cathleenrachel@ada-uts.UUCP (08/27/85)
The children's book that you describe, about a boy whogoes and lives in the woods is called "My Side Of the Mountain". I don't remember the author either. Rachel ima!inmet!ada-uts!rachel
ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades) (09/01/85)
> > The children's book that you describe, about a boy whogoes > and lives in the woods is called "My Side Of the Mountain". I don't > remember the author either. > > Rachel Jean George is the author of "My Side of the Mountain." Ellen -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Who's been repeating all that hard stuff to you?" "I read it in a book," said Alice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - tektronix!reed!ellen OR tektronix!reed!motel6!ellen