Most Popular Books by Margaret Mahy

Seventeen-year-old Ellis has just graduated from prep school. In the next 24 hours, he will find an old friend, shave his head, get a tattoo, and help rescue a kidnapped baby.

A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE CHANGEOVER - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. ''A gorgeous, strange, unforgettable story . . . I more than loved it'' Laini Taylor - author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone ''A clammy hand pressed Laura down onto her knees beside Jacko''s bed. It was the hand of terror, nothing less.'' It was a warning. Laura felt it when she looked in the mirror that morning. There had been others: the day her father left home, the day she met Sorensen - the boy with the strange silver eyes. But nothing had prepared Laura for the horror of today. And now her little brother, Jacko, was fighting for his life after being sucked dry of his youth by the sinister Carmody Braque. Laura knows there is only one way to save Jacko; she must join Sorensen and use his supernatural powers to change over if there is to be any hope for her little brother. An unforgettable, supernatural romance.

A novel written for young adults by a New Zealander.

A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE HAUNTING - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. ''Strong and terrifying . . . The novel winds up like a spring. A psychological thriller'' - Times Literary Supplement Eight-year-old Barney has been haunted before. He thought it was something he''d just grow out of, like the imaginary friends his step-mother believes he has. But this time it''s different. Footsteps follow him, there''s a demanding voice barking orders and Barney begins to feel that sometimes his body is not his own at all . . . With the help of his sisters, Tabitha and Troy, Barney sets out to uncover the truth about their family secrets and to find out once and for all who it is who''s haunting him. A thrilling ghost story about a ''mostly ordinary'' family and a secret legacy.

Seventeen-year-old Ellis finds himself in a series of increasingly bizarre situations in the twenty-four hours following a chance meeting with a childhood acqaintance and three mysterious sisters.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.

On the fifth anniversary of his older sister''s death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident. Through a chance meeting with a senile old woman, he finds a way to free himself of the past.

When Dad loses his car keys, little Mary suggests they might be down the back of the chair. Join in the fun as Dad begins the search, finding everything from a hairy string to a diamond ring-and much, much more! Could the solution to all the family"s problems be down the back of the chair? A lively rhyming text and quirky art come together in this visual explosion of fun and imagination.

An international collection of ghost stories and spooky tales by such authors as Susan Cooper, Roberto Piumini, and Bjarne Reuter.

Mabel blows a bubble that captures Baby and wafts him away, resulting in a wild chase that involves the whole neighborhood.

Roland is intrigued that his classmate, the mysterious Jess, is studying alchemy. When a sinister magician from Roland''s past gets involved in the mystery surrounding Jess, Roland realizes he is trapped in a dangerous web of magic, power, and greed.

With humor and wit, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Mahy captures the courageous adventures of seven brothers who use their supernatural gifts to overpower a cruel emperor. This ALA Notable Book features beautifully executed illustrations full of historical detail. "Exceptional".--School Library Journal, starred review. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Hamilton family''s beachside Christmas holiday is strangely altered by the intrusion of three mysterious young men.

Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.

The goats bleat. The pigs squeal. Join the bun fight going on all over the top of the hill.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Sam has an ordinary life - but his mother used to be a pirate! One day at breakfast, they decide to go to sea and an amazing adventure begins. A brand new Early Reader edition of this hilarious story.

Seventeen kings and forty-two elephants romp with a variety of jungle animals during their journey through a wild, wet night. Suggested level: junior, primary.

As the only Bancroft in a family of Fortunes, Lolly has always felt left out of her Fortune cousins'' exclusive gang but when her parents separate Lolly discovers a new inner strength and aspects of kinship that go beyond names.

Baxter the dog wakes at the same time as his mistress and is eager and ready to go for a walk at the same time as she is. Suggested level: junior.

Though their Saturday morning walk is not as peaceful as planned, a group of children and their dogs, with one brave adult, enjoy themselves.

A legend is born. Heriot has always known that he was different with his terrifying dreams and psychic powers. Ripped from his family farm, he is forced to serve as the King''s magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his only friends are the ''mad prince'' Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush Diamond and its King. Heriot''s psychic abilities hide a deeper power that has the strength to bring Diamond''s enemies to their knees. But will he be able to control this power without becoming a monster himself? ''Margaret Mahy is outstanding in the richness of her ideas and in her great story-telling ability. She has a fresh and vivid imagination, which speaks directly to the imagination of the child and an ability to use language to increase the force of her imagery to great effect.'' Twentieth Century Children''s Writers ''The queen of children''s fiction...her plots are complex, her language is both rich and precise.'' Independent on Sunday ''A prolific and versatile writer.'' The Times ''Few writers can match Mahy in her ability to exploit the exuberant possibilities of the playfulness of words.'' Irish Times ''Mahy displays a deep understanding of the emotions and conflicts of growing up.'' Independent on Sunday ''Sympathetic, unsentimental, effortlessly funny.'' Jan Mark, TES

Good Baby gets a banana for pudding and, this time, he eats it all up. Boom-biddy-boom-biddy-yum-yum-yum!

This stunning repackage of an intense teen romance introduces confident Angela and intellectual Tycho, who seem an unlikely pair. They share a passion for deciphering the universe outside their own personal struggles. To Angela and Tycho, it seems the universe can be ordered; their own lives cannot. As their family struggles swirl around them, they are suddenly desperate to discover where they fit in.

Margaret Mahy is known throughout New Zealand as a brilliant and prolific children''s writer. Less widely known but equally remarkable are her commentaries on fiction, writing and the imagination. The sense of delight and careful attention which she brings to the writing of others has germinated many astute and fascinating talks and essays which are collected here for the first time.

A collection of short stories by the noted New Zealand author, including "The Giant''s Bath", "The Pumpkins of Witch Ginger", and "The Devil and the Corner Grocer".

Tessa Fortune and her cousins want to raise one hundred dollars for the New Zealand National Telethon.

A witch''s pill is supposed to cure Robert of the hippopotami who follow him home from school--but there is one disadvantage to the treatment.

Jake Raven, expecting to dislike her new stepsister and stepbrother, ends up helping them protect an alien from another dimension as he flees from mysterious pursuers with the ability to alter time.

When the wicked Miss Taffetanotorious cheater and blackmailer, and former trapeze artist and human cannonballopens a selective school for rich young ladies, everything seems perfectly normal. But as strange occurrences at the school begin to make the students suspicious, Headmistress Taffeta''s true identity comes into question.