Lost Classics of Teen Lit: Name That Book!

I came upon your website as I was searching for a teen lit novel I read, probably in the 1980s about a teenager (boy?) who adopts a bat, which changes his life and the perceptions his friends and family have about bats.

 I remember reading this book in the early 2000s. it was about a rich couple, I think the wife wanted to be a singer and perform. there were many mentions of a briefcase if I remember correctly. there was a driver with a town car, I think a rolls Royce or Bentley.

please help! thank you in advance!

 Hoping someone will remember this one! It’s a historical mystery that takes place somewhere in Scotland. The main character’s name is Phoebe, and she goes to visit (or possibly live with) her sheep-farmer relatives in the Highlands. She has twin cousins named (I think) Ronald and Gavin. There’s a mystery about a castle on a nearby mountain where a Very Bad Man called (I think) the Monster of Something-or-Other used to live, and he either stole all the money belonging to everyone in the surrounding village or forced them to give it to him. Everyone is now extremely poor. The castle is either haunted or they think the Monster still lives there… anyway, everyone is terrified of it and stays far away at all times. Phoebe’s cousins have been absolutely forbidden to even mention it, but of course they do. When Phoebe hears the story, naturally all she wants to do is visit the castle and solve the mystery, even though her cousins try their best to talk her out of it. They do end up solving the mystery. I don’t remember all the details, but one part I remember vividly is that they find the Monster’s skeleton sitting on top of a chest containing all the missing money. I believe there’s also a section where Phoebe’s aunt teaches her to use a spinning wheel. The version I had was a paperback, and I read it sometime in the mid-70s. If anyone remembers this, I would love to track it down and reread it. Thanks!

I read a novel in the early 1970s about a white teacher who moves to the inner city to teach at the all Black high school, He is a single dad with a high school age daughter who will attend the high school. It is about the friends she makes, living as the only white people Suggestion: Hey, White Girl by Susan Gregory

 I am looking for a book I read in the late 80s-early 90s. It was about a 6th grade (I think) class that was terrible. They ran over teachers, subs, etc. until this teacher came in and turned thing da round using magic. Almost like a Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee situation. I remember crazy situations about spitballs or something similar and snippets of old childhood songs like “row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, throw your teacher overboard…” and “miss Suzy had steam boat, the steamboat went to…hello operator, give me number 9…” please help! Reader Suggestion: Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub By Jamie Gilson.  Update from requestor: the suggested title is, sadly, not the book I am thinking of. Another detail that I seem to remember is that it wasn’t just a sub. I seem to remember that it might have been a husband/wife sub duo???? Maybe…. UPDATED SUGGESTION: The Trouble with Miss Switch by Barbara Brooks Wallace  Update from requestor: not Miss Switch either, keep the suggestions coming! 

I read it in 7th grade lol.its about a girl,I can’t remember if she was a spy or had abilities,but some powerful people find her and she runs.finding out that the guy she likes isn’t who she thought and neither is she.i remeber reading that they stop and play a jukebox at a diner. Suggestion: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix Update Lost Classics reader Cathie is confident this is not the title- keep searching!

Suggestion from Lost Classics reader Tamara: The Girl with Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts

Looking for a teen reader book from 70’s
The girl was coming of age, “Freddie” for short for Fredericka. Went on vacation for the Summer to the beach, Mother paints. A SECOND reader is looking for this book as well and has provided these additional details: 

I’m also looking for #55! Freddie Brewer & family drive to Long Island to their summer house on the beach. Grandmother brings along a potted chicken. They are joined by Freddie’s aunt and an uncle; the aunt kisses Freddie’s dad while she watches them, hiding behind a freshly-watered bush, ruining the hem of her tangerine dress. Freddie has just returned from her date, where guy put his hand on her breast while kissing her — very racy reading for a 12-year-old in 1971-72! A few other details might jog someone’s memory: Freddie writes poetry with a special pen. She buys a one-piece swimsuit (wisp of fabric) that stretches to fit her developing figure. She can remember herself as a toddler, with her mother as she paints on the dunes, trying to pick out the dark purple center of a Queen Anne’s lace blossom. I believe the word “Seventeen” might be the title, or part of the title, but all of my searching turns up the WRONG books — not Maureen Daly, Booth Tarkington, etc. What I especially remember is the cover illustration (art, not photo) of paperback (probably Scholastic): closeup of girl with long, straight, possibly sun-bleached hair, windblown, eyes downcast so we see her upper lashes (not her eyes) as she faces the reader, with beach/ocean in background. [I have to wonder if this book might have been banned due to that racy scene? Every other book I ever bought from Scholastic is out there in cyberspace, but NOT the one with Freddie Brewer!] I’ve searched titles, topics, genres, location, and Freddie as a character to no avail. Even extended perusals of cover images on Google, Etsy, ebay, etc. came up blank. I KNOW this book is real, and #55 query proves it!!! I read it school year 71-72, but it could date from 60s; that racy scene appears too contemporary for 50s. Anyone???

A THIRD reader remembers this one too, and adds: 
 I remember that they went to Moriches on Long Island and they made a joke about the mosquito bites and “more itches” 

Can anyone track this book down? Set during the Great Depression. Main character is a girl (Meg?) who becomes friends with a new neighbor (possibly Gwendolyn?) who is very snooty because her father has a good job. She has a fancy dollhouse with furniture and a scrapbook of the British princesses (Elizabeth and Margaret) they are both obsessed with. Later in the book, it gets found out her father’s good job was something illegal and he gets arrested, so they have to sell their belongings, are very poor, and leave the town in disgrace. Before leaving, she gives the doll house icebox and scrapbook to her friend, and apologizes for being so snooty.
I read this in the 80s, but it was an old book so could have been published in the 60s or 70s. Suggestion: The Majesty of Grace by June Langton