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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Much Obliged, Jeeves (2004)

Brinkley Manor is overwhelmed with guests for the by election in Market Snodsbury and Bertie and Jeeves are in attendance to try to sort things out. The sacred Book of Revelations of the Junior Ganymede Club is in peril but -- Jeeves to the rescue.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Piccadilly Jim (2004)

Jimmy Crocker’s father has married into money and he gets too large an allowance for his own good. Fortunately Ann Chester arrives from America and takes him in hand.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Queen Zixi of Ix (2004)

The evil witch Queen Zixi tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

Quick Service (2004)

J.B. Duff, proprietor of the Paramount Ham wants the portrait of his old flame for an advertisement. Plenty of people fall all over themselves trying to steal it for him and a couple of them end up falling in love.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Ring for Jeeves (2004)

Bertie Wooster is off learning to fend for himself while Jeeves fills in the time as a bookie of the silver ring. Those without money connect with them what does and sundered hearts beat as one. This novel is derived from a play written by Plum and G... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Sabre Pilot (2004)

Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Polgreen

Spring Fever (2004)

The Earl of Shortlands (who looks like a butler) and his butler (who, naturally, looks like an Earl) are competing for the hand of Mrs. Punter, the cook. There are two other couples at the Castle and Hollywood comes into it. Wodehouse made this novel... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Uncle Fred in the Springtime (2004)

The potty Duke of Dunstable turns up at Blandings Castle, and this time demands that Lord Emsworth make him a gift of the Empress of Blandings. Knowing his limitations Lord Emsworth reaches out to Uncle Fred and is not disappointed in the results.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Uneasy Money (2004)

Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda (2005)

This omnibus edition contain Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Christianna Brand
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Coming of Bill (2005)

The story of Ruth and Kirk and their offspring Bill and how they overcame riches and a particularly poisonous busybody Aunt to find happiness.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (2005)

Bond’s Bank has been rendered insolvent and the inspectors are due, so Mike Bond hires a butler to burgle the Bank to throw the inspectors off. Little does he know that the butler is actually one of America’s hottest gangsters. Read onlin... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Jill the Reckless (2005)

Jill loses her money and her fiance, goes to America, makes some money, invests it in a play that fails, Wally Mason, who has loved her since she was a child, fixes it and she has a successful play and a husband.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont (2005)

When the famous Anglo Indian author and poet married an American bride, he spent several years living in Vermont. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Money in the Bank (2005)

Lord Uffenham has forgotten where he put the diamonds. Meanwhile he is working as a butler for his tenant who has turned Shipley Hall into a health farm. His niece Anne is engaged to the wrong man, but finds Jeff in the end. This novel was written wh... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Old African (2005)

Jaja, the Old African, leads his fellow slaves, walking across the ocean to Africa.

Author(s): Julius Lester
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Railway Children (2005)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock
Paul O. Zelinsky

The Buckboard Stranger (2006)

When a smooth-talking stranger with a fast rig comes to town, Chuck and Barney are in for a summer of mystery and excitement.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Paul Calle

Clear for Action! (2006)

In 1912 Jeff Robbins is pressed into service with the British Navy. His subsequent adventures aboard a man-o-war and escape make for a thrilling sea story.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Frank Beaudouin

Everglades Adventure (2006)

Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War where he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

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