Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Time by Jane Louise Curry

PARSLEY SAGE, ROSEMARY & TIME (Atheneum /Margaret K. The writing is good‐humored and romantic -perfect summer reading for bored 10‐year‐old girls who have re‐read their Nancy Drews beyond endurance. As it churns out, they didn't, and Margaret's ghost cannot rest until she reveals the truth to our contemporary heroine through automatic writing and a seance or two that lead her to explore a tide‐free cave at the base of the cliff.

THE HAUNTING OF ELLEN (Harper & Row, $5.95), by Catherine Sefton is a pleasant enough, if simple‐minded story set by the sea in Ireland, and the mystery revolves around the legend of two turn‐of‐the‐century lovers, Peader and Margaret, who presumably dashed themselves to death in the churning Atlantic. Gather round, ye witches and warlocks and hearers of dead voices, here are eight new books written for and about extra‐ordinary girls and boys, 9 and up.

Octagon Magic is the 2nd book in the Magic Sequence, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.I knew I was a witch when was 11, or surely an emissary from some remote and richer realm, and if I had come into this one not exactly railing clouds of glory, at least I had the power to cloud men's minds Most of us share and subsequently elinquish this sense of our special participation in the extraordinary, so you might think it would be a (super) natural for writers with the juvenile trade in mind. This adventure should not be missed by fantasy lovers! The dollhouse was beautifully furnished and seemed so ready-as if someone lived there! It drew Lorrie back into exciting adventures that she had to face with courage and daring! In one of them was a rocking horse and a large, eight-sided dollhouse-an exact miniature of the big house. The woman let Lorrie explore all the odd-shaped rooms. One day, she climbed the high iron gate and escaped into the garden to save a kitten from some cruel boys-and met the mysterious lady of the house. Lorrie discovers a strange and fascinating secret! Did a witch live in the eight-sided house? Was it haunted? There were lots of scary stories about the strange house-but none could match the secret Lorrie uncovered.

An orphan girl meets the inhabitants of the mysterious Octagon House-and discovers a portal to America's past-from the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy.

Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Time by Jane Louise Curry