What's the Name of That Book??? Discussions Mentioning Peter Dickinson

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YA, 90s, set in stone age, female protagonist [s] 11 780 Aug 29, 2020 02:08PM  
young adult lit with unique writing! 43 1052 Mar 29, 2022 08:41PM  
Books where title is woman's name? 264 4605 Sep 07, 2025 07:05PM  
SOLVED. Y/A science fiction...strange weather. [s] 44 469 Nov 01, 2016 11:28AM  
Childrens / YA - Early Humans by the sea, young girl /s 9 38 Jun 11, 2013 08:02AM  
SOLVED. Brother and Sister in the future, have grown up on the Moon, get to visit Earth. [s] 67 1354 Dec 03, 2019 06:22AM  
SOLVED. Children’s/YA Historical Fiction about children in an ancient Greek society training to be warriors/ amazons - might be originally in german? [s] 35 1478 Jul 30, 2023 09:21AM  
ABANDONED. YA Fantasy - the weather has been terrible so a girl goes to find who is stealing it. Spoilers ahead. 9 539 Nov 27, 2024 01:48PM  
ABANDONED. Juvenile/ MG Historical fiction. Young boy (probably slave, no older than 10 or 11) intended for human sacrifice (by fire?). Ancient Rome? definitely somewhere in ancient Europe or Middle East (perhaps Carthage/Moloch). Read in 1970s. 69 1136 Sep 04, 2022 12:39PM  
Children's Picture book: Folktale about lost brother and sister avoiding/confronting local evil giant monster. Island, cliff? Non-Western tale? Read in 1990s. 7 24 Jun 14, 2020 06:00AM  
Canadian novel. Lord of the Flies theme. Read in mid-1980's. 7 23 Nov 14, 2020 11:19AM  
Dystopian. Very wealthy family pays for their youth and health through life extending medications. Predicts the role of online influencers on politics. Spoiler ahead. 5 43 Dec 09, 2020 12:18PM  
Teen/ YA SciFi, Dark. Dystopian collective farm that grows corn, possibly on space station. Workers must confess to & report all petty crimes. Read in late 1980s/early 1990s. 208 1932 Aug 17, 2025 03:21AM  
Children's/ YA Fantasy novel. Novice priest in closed Egypt-like desert valley finds a way out. Loosely based on ancient Egypt. Read in late 1970s. 9 45 Jan 03, 2022 09:42PM  
Children's/ Teen Sci Fi: Boy protagonist sent through a maze on futuristic space station that keeps getting harder - as punishment for transgressing society's laws. Possibly initiation into adulthood, contains punishments. Read in 1980s. 138 2018 Sep 04, 2025 03:51AM  
SOLVED. Historical fiction. About an archaeologist who finds a fossil in the present but story goes back in time to tell the story of who the fossil belonged to. [s] 5 33 Sep 30, 2022 01:21PM  
ABANDONED. elementary/tween book read ~1980 about 2 kids (brother and sister?) that got 'real life' injuries from nightmares. The song "Green Grow the Rushes O" played a major role in it. 51 659 Feb 09, 2024 09:35AM  
SOLVED. Adult Sci Fi/ Dystopian Future novel by mostly Mystery writer (American male). Post disaster. Violent gang of 4-6 male criminals/ bandits, mentally challenged boy is main character but not leader. Home invasion. Published in 1980s to early 2000s. 427 3768 Mar 10, 2025 03:26AM  
Sci-Fi novel. Teen/ pre-feen boy begins to develop powers, bends a silver dollar. Contemporary setting. Read in early 1980s. 7 121 Aug 01, 2025 12:37PM  
SOLVED. Young Adult book about a boy with an imaginary friend (or alter ego) named "Bear", who meets a girl with a small smile who is being portrayed as a messiah figure, by a cult. Read in 1990's. 7 27 Apr 25, 2025 03:35PM