E.L. Konigsburg

• 1967
• / General Fiction
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"Witches never lose anything," said Jennifer. Almost true, Elizabeth decided, as she became Jennifer's apprentice witch. Before Jennifer, Elizabeth had been the loneliest only child in the whole U.S. of A. After Jennifer, there was no time to be lone...

• 1968
• / Suspense
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When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would live in comfort -- at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She invited her brother Jamie ...

• Jan-1970
• / General Fiction
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Only two people knew that George was the funniest little man in the whole world and that he used foul language. Benjamin Dickinson Carr knew because George lived inside of him, and Ben's brother Howard knew because outside of Ben, he was the only ...

• Mar-1971
• / General Fiction
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Four funny and perceptive short stories in which young people cope with difficult situations and in doing so learn something that changes their lives....

• Feb-1973
• / General Fiction
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Mark Setzer thought studying for his Bar Mitzvah and having his best friend move away created enough aggravation in his life. But then his mother becomes the new manager of his Little League team and drags his older brother, Spencer, along as coach. ...

• Jul-1973
• / General Fiction
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Eleanor of Acquitaine has been waiting in Heaven for a long time to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. Finally, the day has come when Henry will be judged for admission--and while Eleanor waits, three people close to her during...

• Jan-1975
• / General Fiction
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Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on painting the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? In E. L. Konigsburg's intriguing novel, the answer lies with the complex relati...

• Jul-1976
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• 1985
• / General Fiction
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The Camel-Keeper's Son Maxmillian (also known as Bo) Stubbs's mother has just married a very rich man. Bo is looking forward to moving into his stepfather's big house and attending the snooty Fortnum School in the fall. Everything about Bo's new l...

• May-1986
• / Fantasy
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Jeanmarie and Malcolm meet Tallulah, the ghost of a once-famous actress, who sends them on a quest to find the Regina Stone--the diamond she wore until it was stolen when she died. But they soon find more than they bargained for....

• May-1988
• / Suspense
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Andy's not your average resident of exclusive Foxmeadow -- whenever he sits down to draw something, it turns out to be a dragon. And he wants to be a detective when he grows up -- not just an ordinary, everyday police detective, but a tough, cool, fa...

• Nov-1992
• / General Fiction
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During her visit to her New York City grandmother, Amy Elizabeth anticipates a shopping trip at Bloomingdale's, but each day, something new and interesting--from a protest march to a trip to the Empire State Building--interferes with her plans....

• Sep-1996
• / General Fiction
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MEET THE SOULS --Noah, who quite by accident was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather --Nadia, a hybrid with a halo of red hair, a dog that's a genius, and a fondness for baby turtles --Ethan, the silent second so...

• Sep-1999
• / General Fiction
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What's Your Favorite color? Samuel Todd likes colors, colors of all kinds. Colors are full of surprises: A pumpkin is all orange, but not all orange is a pumpkin. And if pink is supposed to be for little girls, why are boy flamingos just as pink as g...

• Sep-1999
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Meet Samuel Todd When he wakes up, Samuel Todd looks in the mirror to make sure he's still Samuel Todd. The mirror is just the first of the great inventions that Samuel Todd celebrates every day. From the belt loops and Velcro that make it ea...

• Oct-2000
• / General Fiction
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SPEECHLESS Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioral center, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tel...

• Dec-2005
• / General Fiction
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I Prefer Not To. . . . That's Margaret Rose Kane's response to every activity she's asked to participate in at the summer camp to which she's been exiled while her parents are in Peru. So Margaret Rose is delighted when her beloved uncles rescue h...

• Aug-2007
• / General Fiction
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* A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber * A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting * A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan * A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in ...

• Mar-2008
• / General Fiction
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Poor Little Rich Boy Winston Carmichael has it all: a big house, servants, vacations in Palm Beach, and a fancy private school. But with overprotective parents and a sense of responsibility for his younger sister, Heidi, Winston sometimes feels more...

• Jun-2008
• / General Fiction
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Give the Unexpected a Chance That's the advice Chloe gets from her stepfather before she heads off to Florida to spend the summer with her aunt Bernadette. It turns out to be excellent advice, because everything about Bernadette is unexpected:...

• Mar-2009
• / General Fiction
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Discoveries Amedeo Kaplan dreams of discovering something -- some treasure no one realizes is there until he finds it. And he would like to discover a true friend to share this with. Improbably, he finds the friend in aloof, edgy William Wilcox. ...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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In TalkTalk E. L. Konigsburg presents a selection of speeches she has given over a period of 25 years. In her introduction to the first speech, and to the book as a whole, she explains:"While each of my books has been written because I had a story I ...