Curry, Jane Louise

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The ice ghosts mystery

The three Bird children become involved in a plot that could be literally earth shaking when they fly to Austria with their mother in search of the missing Mr. Bird.

The magical cupboard

1976
Ten-year-old Felicity's existence in a dreadful eighteenth-century orphanage, owned and run for profit by Parson Grout, is changed forever when the Parson steals a sturdy wooden cupboard believing it to be magical.
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Down from the lonely mountain

A collection of twelve California Indian legends "about the early days of the world...All the characters are animals, with highly individual and colorful personalities"--Publisher's note.

The ice ghosts mystery

The three Bird children become involved in a plot that could be literally earth shaking when they fly to Austria with their mother in search of the missing Mr. Bird.

The sleepers

A prophecy inscribed on stone, a bronze Celtic bell, a fabled tree, and a long, straight passageway beneath a hill-threatened by a drilling company and a woman who strangely resembles Morgan Le Fay--lead four children into a stitch in time and to the Sleepers, an early Celtic King Arthur, and his men.

The daybreakers

While exploring what they think is an underground passage, three children are transported back in time to an ancient Indian civilization.

Brave Cloelia

retold from the account in The history of early Rome by the Roman historian Titus Livius
2004
Based on a historical account, this book tells the story of Cloelia and her family, taken as Roman hostages during the Etruscan siege.

Poor Tom's ghost

1977
When they inherit a house built in 1603, a contemporary London family is drawn into a real Shakespearian tragedy.

The watchers

1975
Rebellious and unhappy at being shipped off to live with strange kinfolk in the mountains of West Virginia, a young boy is drawn into an ancient conflict that moves back and forth in time.

The lost farm

1974
When their farm and everything on it is reduced to miniature by a mysterious machine, Pete and his grandmother do all they can to keep themselves and their farm from being lost forever.

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