Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

It’s December of 1931, and Maisie finds herself working with Scotland Yard to profile and locate a disturbed veteran of the Great War who is writing threatening letters, and carrying out acts of escalating evil. If you’ve read this series, you know that Maisie is a “psychologist and investigator,” and that she and her assistant [...]

The Crazy School by Cornelia Read

Santangelo Academy , a school for troubled teens, is known in the area as the Crazy School. The name seems appropriate – most of the students are on meds for a variety of mental conditions, the teachers are a strange group, and the school’s policies often seem bizarre. But are any of the teens crazy [...]

The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip

Cyan Dag discovers that his king has married a changeling and sets out to rescue the true Lady of Skye from a tower where she is imprisoned. The knight’s quest becomes more complicated when he discovers that there are many magical towers in the land of Skye and one is guarded by a dragon!
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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Princess Leia a drug addict and a drunk? It’s all in this brief volume–Fisher seems to hold back nothing as she takes us through her life, humorously dealing with many things which ordinarily wouldn’t be funny. Two divorces–sure! A dad that deserted his wife and two toddlers–how could we not laugh! Substance abuse–hilarious! Thieving stepfathers–what [...]