Bibliography

Charmed

(Atheneum, 1990)

Twelve-year-old Miranda and her invisible fenine friend, Bastable, who looks much like an upright cat, must join forces with several other beings from different worlds to defeat the evil Charmer.

Storm Ryder, age seventeen, a talented young pianist with a difficult home life, falls in love with his employer, a mysterious twenty-eight-year-old electrician named Jocelyn Sayers, who turns out to have supernormal powers.

The Hoax On You

(Harper & Row, 1989)

Is the new foreign exchange student a thief? Or is she something – someone – else? Sam and Dave do some sleuthing to find out. Illustrations by Richard Williams.

The Case of the Fixed Election

(Harper & Row, 1989)
Dave is the victim of a crime when someone fixes the election for Student Council president.
Illustrations by Richard Williams.

Minnie’s Yom Kippur Birthday

(Harper & Row, 1989)
A little girl’s birthday falls on Yom Kippur, and it turns out to be a very different one indeed.
Illustrated by Ruth Rosner.

Turtle in July

(Macmillan, 1989)
Animal poems, one for each month of the year.
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

Solomon Sneezes

(HarperCollins, 1999)
Solomon Snorkel has a very big sneeze! A picture book in verse.
Illustrated by Brian Floca.

Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls

(Scholastic, 1998)

An anthology of short stories compiled and edited by Marilyn, featuring her story “The Magic Bow,” as well as stories by M.E.Kerr, Norma Fox Mazer, Rita Williams-Garcia, Marion De Booy Wentzien, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Anne Mazer, Marian Flandrick Bray, Peni R. Griffin, Jennifer Armstrong and C. Drew Lamm.

Good Day, Good Night

(Marshall Cavendish, 1998)
A picture book in verse about daytime and nighttime animals.
Illustrated by Ponder Goembel.

Prairie Dogs Kiss and Lobsters Wave: How Animals Say Hello

(Holt, 1998)
And whales whistle and giraffes lick and chimps hug and zebras chew.
Illustrated by Normand Chartier.

Deal with a Ghost

(Holt, 1997) and (Avon Tempest, 1999)

Forced to live with her cold, disapproving grandmother, sixteen-year-old Deal McCarthy plays the Dating Game to win – even if it means stealing other girls’ boyfriends, then breaking their hearts. Two things can help her break through old patterns and old secrets, if she’ll let them. One is a boy named Laurie Lorber. The other is a ghost.

Bottoms Up! A Book About Rear Ends

(Holt, 1997)
Animal rear ends and their many uses – from cats marking their territory to sea cucumbers housing pearl fish to spiders spinning silk.
Illustrated by Patrick O’Brien.