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Fiction - Novel Genre
Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:
Mary in the Country (1955)
A young town girl moves to the country with her family.
Author(s):
Golden Gorse
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Minnow on the Say (1955)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Miss Posy Longlegs (1955)
Posy the long-legged calf proves to have a talent for jumping.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Moominsummer Madness (1955)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Operation Wild Goose (1955)
The three Islanders, Pat, Nick and Toby, are on a salmon fishing expedition to Iceland when they stumble on a nest of spies.
Author(s):
Roland Pertwee
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Philomena (1955)
When her Babushka dies, Philomena goes to Prague to find her aunt.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
San Francisco Boy (1955)
A story about a family of Chinese Americans who live in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Santiago (1955)
A Guatemalan boy of Indian descent must decide on his future career.
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Author(s):
Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Sun Slower Sun Faster (1955)
Cecilia and Rickie discover a time warp.
Author(s):
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Susan, Bill and the Golden Clock (1955)
In the fourth book of the series Bill and Susan are staying at Fraser’s farm. They explore the secret room above the granary and get involved with a mysterious artist.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the Vanishing Boy (1955)
While on a camping holiday our heroes are pulled into the mystery of a missing boy.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Viking's Dawn (1955)
A story of Viking explorations.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1956)
An omnibus edition illustrated by Norman Rockwell of these two classic novels. All of the original illustrations may not be present.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
The Amazing Vacation (1956)
Joanna and Ricky travel through a magic window to the Country Without a Name.
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Author(s):
Dan Wickenden
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
At the Back of the North Wind (1956)
Diamond is befriended by the North Wind who takes him on magical journeys.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Cousins (1956)
Margaret and Debbie want to grow up to be ladies.
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Author(s):
Evan Commager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Crime and Punishment (1956)
A young man murders an old woman for her money and is condemned to Siberia where he is redeemed by the love of a woman.
Author(s):
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Detectives in Togas (1956)
Seven Roman schoolboys help uncover a dangerous criminal in ancient Rome.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Kleinert
The Enchanted Castle (1956)
Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Enormous Egg (1956)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling