Query: 1996 American children's books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Islands of Intrigue
Merlin Book 1: The Lost Years
The Fire Pony
The Music of Dolphins
Child of the Wolves
The Search for the Snow Leopard
The View from Saturday
Tornado (novel)
The Moorchild
Frindle
A City in Winter
Evidence from documents: Islands of Intrigue: a Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Supermystery crossover novel, published in 1996.
Merlin Book 1: The Lost Years: '''''The Lost Years''''' (originally entitled '''''The Lost Years of Merlin)''''' is a novel by T. A. Barron, published by Penguin Group USA about the legendary wizard Merlin's youth.
The Fire Pony: '''''The Fire Pony''''' is a children's novel written by Rodman Philbrick, first published in the United States in 1996 by Blue Sky Press. It is titled '''''Fire Pony''''' in the UK, where it was first published in 2005 by Usborne Publishing.
The Music of Dolphins: '''''The Music of Dolphins''''', by Karen Hesse, is a children's book that follows the story of Mila, a feral child raised by a pod of dolphins around the Florida Keys and Caribbean.
Child of the Wolves: '''''Child of the Wolves''''' is a children's novel, published in 1996, about a Siberian husky puppy that joins a wolf pack. It was written by Elizabeth Hall, wife of ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' author, Scott O'Dell.
Granite is born on a snowy April day in Alaska. For the first weeks of his life, he lives in the kennels, playing with his siblings Digger, Cricket, and Nugget. Even though their mother Seppala gets sick, life is good there. His owners, Tim and Kate, take good care of him. Granite differs from the other pups. He is not eager to train to be a sled dog.
The Search for the Snow Leopard: '''''The Search for the Snow Leopard''''' is a Hardy Boys Digest novel, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It is the 139th volume in the Hardy Boys series of detective/adventure books and was published in 1996.
The View from Saturday: '''''The View from Saturday''''' is a children's novel by E. L. Konigsburg, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 1996.
Tornado (novel): '''''Tornado''''' (1996) is a children's book by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami.
To calm the fears of his boss's sons as they wait out a tornado in a storm cellar, Pete tells some well-worn stories of his childhood dog, Tornado: how he arrived intact in his doghouse during another tornado; how he could do a card trick; how he met the cat Five-Thirty; how he was reunited with his previous owners. Other stories will have to wait for another storm.
The Moorchild: '''''The Moorchild''''' is a 1996 children's novel by Eloise McGraw that centers on the life of a changeling girl. The novel draws heavily on Irish and European folklore about changelings, leprechauns, and fairies.
'''Moql/Saaski''': the protagonist, half-folk, an elfin creature, and half-human. Raised as a young elfish creature, one of the "moorfolk," she is exchanged against her will with a human child when she doesn't fit in with the other moorfolk children. She is described as "eldritch" and "freaky-odd" by the people of the village. She is not interested in the other children of the village, whom she describes as dull and primitive. Saaski has a different appearance from other villagers; she has brownish skin and pale, wild hair, and slanted, color-changing eyes.
Frindle: '''''Frindle''''' is an American children's novel written by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Brian Selznick, and published by the company Aladdin in 1996
A City in Winter: '''''A City in Winter''''' is a novel by American writer Mark Helprin, first published in 1996. Considered a children's novel, it is mixture of war novel and a satire of bureaucracy, telling the story of a 10-year-old queen's quest to regain her throne.