E. L. Konigsburg, Author . S&S/Atheneum $16.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-689-86636-4
This elegant, absorbing novel focuses on Margaret, half-sister of Connor (the narrator of Silent to the Bone
) the summer she is 12, in 1983 (long before Connor's birth). As the novel opens, Margaret's Hungarian immigrant great-uncle Alex...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author . S&S/Simon Pulse $5.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-689-86715-6
"This middle-grade novel combines a plot loosely based on a real case with a taut psychological mystery. The author inlays the story with tantalizing facts and peoples it with her hallmark idiosyncratic characters and joins every element...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $4.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-82679-5
PW highly recommended both of these novels by the two-time Newbery Medalist--the first, ""a grand performance,"" describes a boy who looks forward to the perks of his mother's remarriage to a wealthy man but who must first spend a month with his...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author . S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (296p) ISBN 978-0-689-86637-1
Margaret, who played a supporting role in Silent to the Bone
, here helps her uncles save their prized towers. In our Best Books citation, PW
wrote, "The author once again ably demonstrates how one young person can make a difference." Ages
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author . Atheneum/Seo $16.99 (244p) ISBN 978-1-4169-4972-5
This complex work has all the trappings of vintage Konigsburg: unusually articulate children considering the adult world and trying to stake their claim on it; an art history–related mystery; a headlines-inspired story line; eccentric grown-ups
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $17.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-80993-4
Glowing with humor and dusted with magic, this contemporary novel explores the ties that bind the four members of a championship academic quiz-bowl team. Sixth-grade teacher/coach Mrs. Olinski, teaching for the first time since becoming paraplegic,...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-81721-2
This 1996 Newbery Medal winner charts the ties that bind four members of an extraordinarily successful 6th-grade quiz bowl team. In a starred review, PW called it ""glowing with humor and dusted with magic."" Ages 8-12. (Feb.)
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $17.99 (162p) ISBN 978-0-689-85322-7
For 35 years, even readers who have never traveled to New York City have visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, courtesy of Claudia Kincaid, heroine of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Winner of the 1968 ...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $17 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-31194-9
Konigsburg delivers a witty, fast-paced story of two likable, headstrong children, who encounter the ghost of an old actress. Jeanmarie and Malcolm are plummeted into the magic underground world of flamboyant, red-haired, cigarette-puffing Tallulah.
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author . S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (261p) ISBN 978-0-689-83602-2
"This middle-grade novel combines a plot loosely based on a real case with a taut psychological mystery. The author inlays the story with tantalizing facts and peoples it with her hallmark idiosyncratic characters—and joins every element
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-31766-8
Newbery Medalist Konigsburg ( From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ), who featured her grandson, Samuel Todd, in two prior picture books, here names her heroine after her granddaughter. Youngsters may miss the irony of the title,...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $16 (272p) ISBN 978-0-689-83601-5
HWith this impeccably crafted novel two-time Newbery Medalist Konigsburg (The View from Saturday) again demonstrates her keen insight into the needs and tastes of a middle-grade audience. Here she ventures into what seemsDfor herDunusually dark...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-31855-9
Newbery Medal winner Konigsburg introduces another of her typically saturnine heroines in this tart, smart novel. Suburban New Jerseyite Chloe is spending the summer in Florida with her aunt Bernadette. A one-time commune dweller, Bernadette is like
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-82328-2
In the first of these two works by a consummately witty writer, a suburban kid who wants to be a detective teams up with a lonely bride; in the second, a famous but dead actress sends two social outcasts on a quest. Ages 8-12; 10-up. (Nov.)
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, Konigsburg, Author Atheneum Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31593-0
In the Newbery Medalist's first picture book, simple paintings--mostly of fruits, vegetables and animals--introduce colors to young readers. Accompanying each illustration are several lines of text, which range from the banal (``A pumpkin is all...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, E. L. Konigsburg, Illustrator Atheneum Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31680-7
This Newbery winner's second picture book, after Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors , again centers on her oldest grandchild. Here, the bespectacled Samuel muses on familiar items he considers worthwhile inventions. The genial child shares his views
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, E. L. Konigsburg, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83201-7
Sidetracked by such attractions as the Empire State Building and a Broadway musical, the visiting narrator and her New Yorker grandmother never make it to Bloomie's. ""A vivid portrait of a distraction-filled city--and of a most affectionate...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, E. L. Konigsburg, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83218-5
Simple paintings introduce a spectrum of colors in the first title; in the other, Samuel makes astute observations about the genius of Velcro, backpacks, training wheels and more. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, Howard McGillin, Read by Listening Library $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-6165-1
The latest from Newbery Medalist Konigsburg--a taut novel with the momentum of a detective story--never catches fire in this ultimately disappointing audio adaptation. When his infant half sister Nikki appears unconscious, 13-year-old Branwell...
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E. L. Konigsburg, Author, Molly Ringwald, Read by , read by Molly Ringwald. Listening Library $26 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-2325-3
Ringwald, who knows a thing or two about portraying teen girls dealing with big life issues, is a fine choice to narrate the story of wise-beyond-her-years Margaret Rose's 12th summer. In a tone that's blasé and disaffected when...
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