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Castle of Yewby Lucy M. BostonISBN 014088162X (0-14-088162-X)
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The Children of Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Catherine Deeter, Peter BostonISBN 0152171517 (0-15-217151-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Green Knowe'Book summary:This is not an easy book, and therein lies its charm. L.M. Boston's classic is a sophisticated mood piece disguised as a children's ghost story. As young Toseland goes to live with his grandmother in the family's ancestral home, the reader is plunged immediately into the world of Green Knowe. Like Toseland, who actually rows up to his new home in the midst of a flood, we have a hard time finding our bearings. Toseland discovers a funny kind of grandmother awaiting him--one who speaks elliptically of the children and animals she keeps around the house: they might be memories, they might be ghosts. It's never quite clear where real life leaves off and magic begins. Toseland admires a deer: "A deer seems more magic than a horse." His grandmother is quick to respond: "Very beautiful fairy-tale magic, but a horse that thinks the same thoughts that you do is like strong magic wine, a love philtre for boys."
With this meshing of the magical and the real, Boston evokes a childlike world of wonder. She compounds the effect by combining gorgeous images and eerily evocative writing. Toseland goes out on a snowy morning: "In front of him, the world was an unbroken dazzling cloud of crystal stars, except for the moat, which looked like a strip of night that had somehow sinned and had no stars in it." The loosely plotted story is given more resonance still through liberal use of biblical imagery and Anglo-Saxon mythology. For those willing to suspend their disbelief and read carefully, the world of Green Knowe offers a wondrous escape. --Claire Dederer [via]
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The Children of Green Knowe: Library Editionby Lucy M. Boston , Catherine Deeter, Peter BostonISBN 0745106269 (0-7451-0626-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Chimneys of Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Peter BostonISBN 0952323338 (0-9523233-3-8)
Softcover, Oldknow Books
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Enemy at Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Peter BostonISBN 0952323354 (0-9523233-5-4)
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Guardians of the Houseby Lucy M. Boston , Peter BostonISBN 0905899091 (0-905899-09-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guardians of the House'Book summary:Thomas slips into an eccentric old lady's house while she is out and finds a number of carved faces that lead him into a series of frightening adventures. [via]
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Memoriesby Lucy M. Boston , Jill Paton WalshISBN 0905899059 (0-905899-05-9)
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The River at Green Knoweby Lucy M. BostonISBN 0152674500 (0-15-267450-0)
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Stones of Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Peter BostonISBN 0952323362 (0-9523233-6-2)
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Stranger at Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Diane Mowat, Jennifer Basset, Tricia HedgeISBN 0194229874 (0-19-422987-4)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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A Stranger at Green Knowe: Library Editionby Lucy M. Boston , Diane Mowat, Jennifer Basset, Tricia HedgeISBN 0152817557 (0-15-281755-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Stranger at Green Knowe: Library Edition'Book summary:A strange friendship develops between an orphaned Chinese refugee who is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the London Zoo. [via]
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Treasure of Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston , Diane Mowat, Jennifer Basset, Tricia HedgeISBN 0152899820 (0-15-289982-0)
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