Abby

When we weren't watching General Conference last weekend

this is where I found

Abby. 

Or here

Reading

The Mysterious Benedict Society 

I promised her a list of other books she might like:



Barron, T. A.Heartlight. New York : Philomel Books, 1990.

Kate and her grandfather use one of his inventions to travel faster than the speed of light on a mission to save the sun from a premature death.

Hale, Shannon. Book of a thousand days. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books :, 2007.

Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.

Hale, Shannon. Forest born. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.

When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.

Hale, Shannon. The goose girl. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury ;, 2003.

Princess Anidori, on her way to marry a prince she has never met, is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.

Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books :, 2005.

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

Hale, Shannon. River secrets. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury :, 2006.

Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A wrinkle in time/ Book #1. New York : Farrar, 1989.

Three extra-terrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world.

Lowry, Lois. The giver. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Lowry, Lois. Gathering blue. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000.

Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

Lowry, Lois.Messenger. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

Lowry, Lois. Gossamer. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

Can't wait to see how you like these books, Abby.  They are as adventurous as the Harry Potter books you love.