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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults
& Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 286
PUBYAC Digest 286
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) STUMPER: Flying boy, skinny creatures
by Marci Davis <marcid@multcolib.org>
2) Stumper: Nuclear-powered gadgets
by Ellen Heaney <eheaney@nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca>
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From: Marci Davis <marcid@multcolib.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER: Flying boy, skinny creatures
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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:43:24 CDT
Hello, Pubyaccers ...
My friend Brad remebers a book he read as a child in Scotland 20 to 25
years ago. It may have been a British book, might have been American -
not certain. What he does recall is that there were creatures in the
woods that were very skinny - so skiny they could easily hide behind
trees. They may or may not have been evil. The main charachter was a
boy
who had a stick OR wings that allowed him to fly, possibly with something
else.
Brad recalls this as a really great book - he would love to find it
again, although he is (justifiably) half-afraid to because he is worried
that it will lose some luster in the re-reading.
So ... any brilliant ideas? I'd search for it in ref books or databases,
except I don't even know what keywords to start throwing out that would
even get me close.
Thanks for any leads you might be able to give me!
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Marci K. Davis Midland Regional Library
Youth Librarian 805 SE 122nd
Multnomah County Library Portland, OR 97233-1107
marcid@multcolib.org (503)988-5734
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From: Ellen Heaney <eheaney@nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Nuclear-powered gadgets
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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:45:09 CDT
A patron has asked us to find a book which neither of the children's
librarians here, with combined experience of over 55 years, can identify.
He did not have a plot summary, but remembered
- reading it around 1970
- possibly a British publication
- character named Volka
- nuclear-powered suit and night vision, which seemed very novel at the
time
We have thought of John Christopher, but have not cracked the code. Any
ideas?
Ellen Heaney
Head, Children's Services
New Westminster Public Library
New Westminster, British Columbia
eheaney@nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca
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End of PUBYAC Digest 286
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