Janet Taylor Lisle

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1984
  • Latest Book:
    May 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Investigators of the Unknown

1 - The Gold Dust Letters (Apr-1994)
2 - Looking for Juliette (Oct-1994)
3 - A Message from the Match Girl (Oct-1995)
4 - Angela's Aliens (Sep-1996)

Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • The Dancing Cats of Applesap

    In order to save Rigg's Drug Store from going out of business, Melba Morris convinces Miss Toonie to lead a parade featuring the store's one hundred dancing cats in the hopes that it will draw customers....

  • Sirens and Spies

    The Past Has its Secrets Mary and her sister Elsie's violin teacher, the flamboyant Miss Fitch, lies in the hospital, recovering from a brutal attack. Elsie, Miss Fitch's favored, talented student, refuses to visit her, declaring her a fraud, and wo...

  • The Great Dimpole Oak

    For centuries, people buried treasures around and carved their name into the special Great Dimpole Oak, thus when it is decided to have an event in honor of the tree, people came from far and wide to share in the celebration. Reprint....

  • Afternoon of the Elves

    EVERYONE WARNED HILLARY about Sara-Kate Connolly, the sullen, too-thin girl who lived in a dilapidated house down the hill. "She's too old for you," her friends said. "She's definitely not a person you can trust. Stay away from her." But how could H...

  • The Lampfish of Twill

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    “They come and go between the worlds. . . “ Everyone has always hunted the strange and beautiful lampfish. It is the way of the village. Eric has always felt a little weird about the hunt, but he never really knew why. Until he met Zeke Can...

  • Forest

    Taking refuge in the beautiful forest world near her home, Amber discovers inner peace and makes a new friend, but the forest is threatened by people who want to clear out the land, and Amber has to think fast in order to save it. Reprint....

  • The Gold Dust Letters

    Investigators of the Unknown - 1

    Mystified by the strange sparkly messages they receive on the mantel every night, Angela and her friends learn the story of a lonely fairy who longs to communicate with humans, and the girls plan an investigative sleepover party. Reprint....

  • Looking for Juliette

    Investigators of the Unknown - 2

    The magic-minded Investigators of the Unknown are a member short when Angela moves to Mexico for a year, leaving her cat Juliette behind, but when Juliette disappears, the gang uses a Ouija Board to learn her whereabouts and discovers that their new ...

  • A Message from the Match Girl

    Investigators of the Unknown - 3

    Nine-year-old Walter has no memory of his mother who died when he was a baby, yet Walter is sure she is speaking to him. The voice of her ghost comes softly to him at first...almost like thoughts running through his head. Then, magically, she speaks ...



  • Angela's Aliens

    Investigators of the Unknown - 4

    When their best friend changes drastically, the Investigators suspect extraterrestrial trouble Georgina and Poco should not be climbing an apple tree in the dark. But Poco, who talks to animals, has recently developed a serious crush on a robin, a...

  • The Lost Flower Children

    Sisters Olivia and Nellie uncover a teacup in Great Aunt Minty's wildly overgrown garden, which they learn is linked to an old story about eight children who were turned into flowers by a fairy spell. Reprint....

  • The Art of Keeping Cool

    February 1942. Robert and his mother, unable to work their Ohio farm without his father, a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, relocate to his dad's family compound on the Rhode. Island coast. There he meets his strange but artistically gifted co...

  • How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive

    Winner of Italy’s 2006 Premio Andersen Award: A young writer’s fantasy world becomes dangerously entangled with realityEleven-year-old Archie and his six-year-old brother, Oggie, are constantly going back and forth between their moth...

  • The Crying Rocks

    From Newbery Honor author Janet Taylor Lisle comes a lyrical story about one girl’s discovery of her startling past -- and her search to understand her complicated present.Joelle’s height and dark skin set her apart from everyone in Marshfield. I...

  • Black Duck

    It is spring 1929, and Prohibition is in full swing. So when Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body washed up on the shore of their small coastal Rhode Island town, they are sure it has something to do with smuggling liquor. Soon the boys, along with Jeddy...

  • Highway Cats

    The cats holed up in Potter's woods are a tough bunch. Thrown out on the highway, forced to fight for scraps, they're long past expecting any favors from the world. So when three tiny kittens arrive, miraculously escaping a deadly highway crossing, t...

  • Quicksand Pond

    Newbery Honor winner Janet Taylor Lisle’s gorgeous and profound new novel about a pivotal summer in two girls’ lives explores the convictions we form, the judgments we make, and the values we hold. The pond is called Quicksand Pond. It’s ...

Award-Winning Books by Janet Taylor Lisle

The Art of Keeping Cool
2001 Children's Books of Distinction Award -- Fiction
2001 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction -- Historical Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Janet Taylor Lisle has published 17 books.

Janet Taylor Lisle does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Quicksand Pond, was published in May 2017.

The first book by Janet Taylor Lisle, The Dancing Cats of Applesap, was published in May 1984.

Yes. Janet Taylor Lisle has 1 series.
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