Dido and Pa

Joan Aiken. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $16 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-618-19624-1

Simon, first met in Aiken's The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, meets up with Dido Twite in Dido and Pa (1986), which PW called ""a tempestuous and atmospheric sequel to The Stolen Lake."" Here, Dido returns to England only to be sucked into her father's dangerous plot to usurp the King's power. ""Almost nonstop, the story's thrilling actions rush onward.""

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