Request #142

Looking for a book I read in the 1980s. It was probably YA, though it had some very adult moments. It was about 3 girls. I know one was from Scotland because I distinctly remember the description of the rocks and moss and how sad she was to leave it all. I believe one was from England and the other was from America (maybe). In the beginning, there was a chapter or chapters written from each girl’s perspective. They all were going away to boarding school in Switzerland (I think). None of them understood why they were going, or how it was being paid for. It turned out they were all sisters with a common unknown father who had paid for them to go.

Request #141

I have been searching for this book off and in for a few years now but I cannot find d it anywhere. I remember it being about a boy protagonist, most likely a teenager who goes to live with a family that seems completely perfect and happy. They have a daughter about the boys age and they go birdwatching together and are on the hunt for a specific bird. The boy realizes that the family is really strict and kind of controlling, and the daughter reveals that all the classic novels she reads are actually just magazines inserted into the bindings. The parents accuse the boy of being a bad influence on the girl but I don’t remember how it ends.

Request #140

 70s YA novel. Main character is a teenage girl named I think Star or Starr.  She’s a Rolling Stones fan, and often sings bits of the song Gimme Shelter. She also reads Rolling Stone Magazine. She spends her free time hanging out with these free-spirited/hippie types who have some mysterious coffee house. One of them wants her to pose for photographs. In contrast there are some mainstream high school students, one of whom is named Beth, who are Peter Frampton fans — that Frampton Comes Alive poster gets mentioned a lot. Beth’s boyfriend falls for Starr but doesn’t get anywhere. Starr tries to show them the hippie hangout but it’s empty and they think she’s weird. This is a very dreamy sort of novel where you’re not always sure what happens to Starr is real. Two Blocks Down by Jina Delton solved by Lost Classics reader Rhondda

Request #139

 I’m going crazy trying to remember a book series – I remember six books, each spanning a year, grades 6-12. A female main character chronicling her dating over the years. I think she ended up with a guy named Lenny or Lonny? I think it took place in New York. One book she tutors a blind kid who touched a painting with texture at a museum to “see” it.

Request #138

 I don’t have a lot to go on. But, I read this book in the late 80’s. I think the author’s name was Christopher Green or Christopher White.
I had 2 books by the same author. His name was embossed in gold on the cover.
A gifted boy, 15-17, was abducted and taken to an underground compound. Everyone wore jumpsuits, each colour had a different meaning. His best friend was a girl and she set out to find and rescue him.
She called him The Whiz, everyone thought it was because he was so smart, but it was because they had shown each other their ‘bits’.
She ended up finding him and they hooked up at the end.
Help me. I can’t rest until I find out the title, and hopefully find a copy of the book.  Egypt Green by Christopher Hyde, solved by Lost Classics reader Danielle

Request #137

I don’t have much to go on. A kid/YA book that I checked out from my grade school’s library. Between 87-92. I remember reading it in earlier years, and I read it more than once. It was about a young girl who was solving some kind of mystery. Not sure if it was a game or a real mystery. And she was cracking some kind of a code in an old house. Like on a lock or safe or something. And the book showed dashed lines for the code like _ _ _ _ etc. And every time she found a letter, the book filled in the letters. ____S____E___
The code ends up being Chrysanthemum. And it’s IMPOSSIBLE to search for this because there is a book called Chrysanthemum.

Request #135

I’ve been trying to track down this book for a couple of decades. All I remember was it was a paperback published sometime in the 1970s or 1980s, the narrator was a teen girl and she had a brother who was around preschool age and disabled. The brother would regularly have physical therapy sessions in their home. I only remember one quote, when the brother said something like “my damned fingers won’t/don’t work” and the sister tells him “you shouldn’t say damn.” Suggestion: A Boy Called Hopeless By MJ By David Melton 

Request #134

 I’m hoping to find a book I read scores ago. Teenage girl with a punk rock/rock best friend (Renee?) and this guy who liked her possibly unofficial boyfriend. One day she sees her dad with another woman. She follows him one day and calls his office and the Secretary mistakes him for the other woman and jokes with her before putting the call through to him. I thought it was called Daddy’s Girl but nothing comes up with that name (that would be considered YA) The cover was a girl ina denim jacket watching a couple from a distance on a sidewalk in front of a store.

Request #133

 There was a series i read back in middle school and the only thing I really remember is this girl moved to (i believe) chicago,started making friends,and dates one of their brothers.she is a medium,and at some point she goes into a coma of sorts,and finds out this dead woman that she has know for years is actually her birth mom,and that she was adopted.Her birth mom’s name started with a B,i think.She breaks up with her boyfriend,and at some point,in another book,her adopted mom sends her to therapy for everything she sees,because her adopted mom doesn’t really believe her.I think this may be before she goes into the coma,not sure.In another book,after she broke up with her ex,her adopted parents send her to some type of medium camp to be around people who understand how she feels.She ends up meeting a guy,who wears gloves for a touch to feeling reason,i think,and they end up getting together,but before they do,they help spirits in the forest who are trapped-in a sense-move beyond to the other side.I know there is another book after that,but i can’t remember it for the life of me.