youngadult

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Teenager Patrick Gates considers himself a future millionaire and irresistible to girls. When suddenly Mum moves out, things change. Paper tanning, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A young Jewish girl from a middle-class Russian family recalls the events of her childhood, both good and bad, in a small village just before the Revolution of 1917. Though classed as fiction, this reads more like a vivid memoir of the author's childhood. B&w drawings by Gennady Schikarioff.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 2nd pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 173 pages, b&w illustrations by John Schoenherr. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 153 pages. Dust jacket color illustration by Ruth Bowen. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 170 pages. During her first term at boarding school, fifteen-year-old Flanders tries to cope with a variety of unusual people and situations and come to terms with her conflicting emotions about her recently separated parents. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 130 pages, Hardcover with dust jacekt. SIGNED BY FLEISCHMAN on title-page. Black & white illustrations by Jos. A. Smith. Spine faded, therwise clean, tight copy.

NY, Lodestar/Dutton, 2nd pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Despite the disapproval of her mother and three sisters, Katie Thorne persists in her search for a husband, approaching her goal along an open road of initially promising but ultimately unsuitable candidates

Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, J M Dent and Sons, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 191 pages, color frontis, endpaper map and b&w drawings by Marcia Lane Foster. Some charming and ordinary youngsters visit an aunt in Beirut, where the general mystery of the Middle East is heightened by ghost music, defective servants, hostile villagers, and a few unsavory characters. Hinges cracked, name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 153 pages. The story of a twelve year old girl who always wanted to live on an island and who goes camping with two friends where shocking and suspenseful events combine to destroy their friendship. A realistic story for young adults from this British author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 247 pages. INSCRIBED BY RYAN on the title page. Maximiliano Cordoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow. If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if he'd make Santa Maria's celebrated futbol team and whether he'd ever meet his mother, who disappeared when he was a baby. He longs to know more about her, but Papa won't talk. So when Max uncovers a buried family secret--involving an underground network of guardians who lead people fleeing a neighboring country to safety--he decides to seek answers on his own. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 2nd pr., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. 139 pages.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. 139 pages.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co., 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Wondering at her mother's stories that her father, who deserted the family when she was a baby, was a leather-clad hero, fourteen-year-old Jessie Wells becomes determined to learn the truth and meet the man she has never known. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color frontispiece, b&w drawings, endpaper map by H.M. Brock. Green cloth with spine slightly darkened. Foxing to endpapers. Else very good.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 166 pages, illustrated in b&w by Marvin Friedman. Small previous owner's stamp on front fly leaf otherwise very good in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Great b/w illustrations by Deborah Kogan Ray. Tale of a young girl in Massachusetts during WW II, who moves to a French-Canadian neighborhood where she meets Kathleen O'Hara & learns about Catholicism. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 213 pages. hardcover. Deckled edge. Pages yellowed with age, Dust jacket shows some age wear, but still intact. Pages and edges yellowed with some foxing. Adolescent/teen reader of some age and in good shape.

Hardcover. New York , The Viking Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 189 pages, decorations by Lynd Ward. Dust jacket with minor edgewear, creases, tears at spine, price clipped - still Good. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Boston, Crosby and Nichols, 1st US, 1864, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, textured light blue cloth, gilt lettering and design on spine, 7 x 5 inches, frontispiece engraving of a young woman feeding a child on her lap with a spoon, a young lad seated at the table; three additional plates. 344 pages. Fifteen stories, each intending to teach moral precepts. They are Youth, Intellect, Beauty, Favor, Ambition, Pleasure, Friendship, Love, Godliness, Kindliness, Fashion, The Life of Pride and Levity, The Life of Sense and Heaviness, The Life of Sarcasm and Bitterness, Consolations."Sarah Tytler" was the pen name of Henrietta Keddie (1827-1914), a Scottish novelist. "Her domestic realism became popular with women, as did her conduct books for girls." - wikipedia. The artist, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), became a celebrated English painter, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Covers with light soil.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 137 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with only minor rubbing to dust jacket top.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. The story of an America teenage girl who comes to visit her family's relatives in a Turkish village. Fourteen-year-old Perihan's journal reflects her growing maturity as she records her impressions of her Turkish friends and their fascinating way of life. Clean copy.