Category: Name That Book Request

I’m looking for a young adult novel I read in the 1980s or early 90s. I think the book itself was from the 70s or 80s but could have been as old as the 60s. The story took place in a seaside town in England–I remember a lot of coastal imagery. The protagonist (I believe her name was Lindy?) is interested in sewing and fashion design. At one point, she refashions a nightgown and puts it on a mannequin, which is referred to as a “guy.” An old man is offended because he believes mannequin is somehow meant to mock him. At one point, Lindy is praised for catching a sea bream fish. This is all I can remember.

Hi! I read a book in the late 70’s/early 80’s about a girl who goes to a new foster home, and while there takes a tumbling class and discovers a talent and love of gymnastics. I thought the name of the book was called Tumbling, but can’t find it anywhere. I think my 11 year old would love it…Help!

Additional info: I want to add that the foster care parent was an older woman. it was just the two of them i think. The cover of the book was purple with a sketch of a girl doing gymnastics. Suggestion from Lost Classics Reader Kate: Try at Tumbling by Dorothy Kayser French

I am looking for a book I read in the 90s. It was about two children and one child realizes the other one might be special needs then they cannot keep toothpaste in their mouth while brushing their teeth. I remember so little about books I read as a child, but this one sticks out so vividly in my mind.

The other book I’m looking for also from probably the 80s or 90s – All I remember is a scene where two girls have to pain rooms and they have different ideas of how to paint them. One girl wants yellows, sun and rainbow – the other girl wants purples and black and stars like night

I’m looking for a pre-teen book with a maroon cover. I believe it was a mystery. The main character (Deena or Dana) definitely lost her snow boots – I’m pretty sure it was written in the 80’s or 90’s

I know this is very vague, but it’s driving me bonkers! I’m looking for a book I read as a kid in the 90s. I don’t remember too much about it, but I know at the time it affected me quite a bit (probably because I related to her). I remember it was a hardback cover…grey in color. I want to say “me” was part of the title. It was a female protagonist who didn’t like herself very much and struggled with relationships. I’m thinking she was overweight or plain and didn’t like the way she looked. She lived in the city.Suggestions: Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! By ME Kerr, Me and Fat Glenda by Lila Perl

A portal fantasy (late 90s, but more likely 00s. Before 2010.), set in either the UK or USA, with a teenage (high school aged) male. His mother has been missing for years, there’s a portal in the forest (a fallen tree trunk) that only opens every decade(?), and he meets a student or substitute teacher (young and female) who is somehow aware of the portal/other world. They train together in sword-fighting/fencing, in preparation to enter the barbarian world on the other end of the portal to rescue the missing mother. They are immediately enslaved and separated, forced to do manual labour (clay pots feature?), and then there is a rescue by another group of warriors. There is a battle with wooden(?) airships (steampunk/Zeppelin/pirate ship-like?), and monolithic God(s). The main character is returned to his own spacetime but love interest (the young teacher) is trapped or left behind somehow (and we don’t recall what happens with the mother). THANK YOU for ANY suggestions – we are utterly stumped with this. Suggestion: The Beginning Place by Ursula K. LeGuin
Solved: “Flight of the Mariner” by Paul Ware

I’m looking for a book. Not sure when it took place but it’s old, 40’s or even earlier probably. The only thing I remember were girls walking to a dance and they had their dancing shoes in carrying bags. Thanks! Suggstions: one of the later Besty-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace,  Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. 

 I read a book about 6 years ago that i’ve been looking for this whole time. It’s about this girl who stays in a beach house on the east coast, she gets taken back in time and meets this boy who she falls in love with. I wanna say early 1900s and his family knows something and is trying to sabotage her. I love this book but I haven’t been able to find it for a long time, it’s kinda deep and sad because she goes back in time and never sees him again.

I was wondering if you can help me find a book based on very scant info that I remember.  I am pretty sure this was an 80s book and a girl was upset and listening to a Joni Mitchell record while she cried.  I think her friend’s dad was a perv and she was upset by that.  I also think here friend was a very pretty brunette described in the book also, but can’t remember for sure.

I’ve hunted high and low with no luck, so hopefully one of your readers remembers this one! Suggestion: Troy Nesbit’s Wilderness Mysteries series