Request #508 From Sarah

I can remember a book that I read in grade school very vaguely and it has been plaguing me for years. All I really can remember is that it was a kind of utopian/futuristic book with robots. There was a younger robot and an older robot that was kind of like a butler, who ‘died’ toward the end. I remember that it seemed like a pretty thick book for a 5th or 6th grader. I feel like the title was pretty simple, like one word or something. And it had a pretty simple and muted cover, maybe lots of light gray? I know this isn’t much to go off of, but I’ve tried searching everywhere!

Request #506 From Olivia

I have been looking for a children’s short story for about ten years that I think was in a collection of stories, all about teddy bears/bears. I can barely remember it, but what I do remember is this: the story revolved around a village where there was a dark castle on a hill. This woman lived there who barely visited the village and no one ever saw her, they were all frightened of her because they thought she was a witch. Then one day I think some village kids wanted to see what she was like and so they made this young village girl go up to the castle and stay there. Or maybe this old witch kidnapped the girl I can’t be sure but for some reason she ended up at this castle and I think she was sleeping there. She brought her teddy with her which is really important in the story. she saw this old woman crying I think or something but when the old woman saw this little girl’s teddy she was happy because I think it turns out that her son died or something and all she wanted was a friend, she was so lonely after he died which is why she locked herself up in the castle. So this little girl gives her the teddy bear as a comfort and suddenly the old woman is really happy again and her castle turns colourful and she becomes friends with the village people and all because she was given a teddy bear.

Request #503 From Jess

read it in the 2nd grade. Or rather, our 2nd grade teacher read it aloud to all of us. This was maybe 1995, 1996, 1997. So would have had to be out in that timeframe, maybe hot amongst the school librarian crowd. There’s a girl in it named Angel (I think?!) & maybe she lives in a swamp? She wears glasses but THERE IS NO GLASS IN THEM THEY ARE FAKE but the narrator is mega impressed that she wears them just for personality. CAN YOU HELP ME FIND THE BOOK?!

Request #502 From Gabrielle

 I am 25 and I believe I read this book series in middle school. All I can remember is the background of each book was white and there was maybe a picture of a girl on the cover (possibly in pinks and purples). The premise of the books was these children(?) that were transported to another place and they were only accepted if they were “pretty”. so they would get surgeries done to alter their appearance. I want to also say in the first book there was a helicopter that dropped them off?? I honestly don’t remember much more or if that even made any sense but I wanted to give it a shot!

Request #501 From Vin

I’ve been wanting to find a book I read maybe 10 or so years ago. It was about a girl who I think maybe died and was put in a robot body by her parents, but they didn’t tell her. The only scene I remember in detail is one where she scrapes her knee at a pond and she bleeds white, at some stage she goes inside and maybe finds a computer with a chip in it. I know this isn’t a lot to go off of but I’d love to find it again 

Request #499 From Amelie

It’s a book for 10-13 year olds I would say, it’s got kind of a dark gothic setting and I think it’s about a pair of siblings who go to this school. I remember one scene where one of the characters is walking across the football field after school and a bully or something comes up to them and is mean to them. That’s literally all I can remember.