Most Popular Books by Margaret Mahy

After a brief acquaintance with the Villain who lives in the big tree next to her family''s new house, Julia concludes that There''s nothing like a Villain to keep things interesting.

Crocodile saves the day when Sally O''Mally cannot dance Swan Lake.

Relates how the young hero Tai was born to a strong, hairy sea captain and the sister of the moon.

Angela has begun asking questions about her unknown father but her mother''s answers are always vague. The only person in whom she can confide is Tycho Potter and he has problems of his own.

Lolly Bancroft, whose mother was a Fortune, has always wanted to be a member of the Good Fortunes Gang, and when her father leaves home, Lolly welcomes it as an opportunity to be a real Fortune --at first ... Suggested level: primary.

A ghost decides to do something about the lighthouse which keeps blinking all night.

A fiddle provides more effective protection than a gun; a wobbly table gets fixed; a giant''s daughter saves the day when school is flooded; the residents of Number 10 Timber Lane form a band, using kitchen utensils as instruments, as well as two short poems. Suggested level: junior, primary.

During his first twenty-four hours after finishing high school, seventeen-year-old Ellis unexpectedly becomes part of an inner-city world far different from his comfortable life, which helps deal with his best friend''s recent suicide.