I have no idea whether it holds up, because I reread it through blurry nostalgia so I can't tell, but The Power of the Rellard by Carolyn F. Logan is a book I have never heard anyone else mention. Lightning strikes, precognitive comic books, fun sibling relationships.
I think I'm the only person I know who's read Wilanne Schneider Belden (though I've handed her to a few people), besides Laura Miller, who bonded with me at Readercon about it. I only own Mind-Find but they do all hold up and I need to track the others down, including the two non-series books.
A book I recall scaring me immensely in first grade was also the first place I encountered a lot of folklore, such as the entire seventh son of a seventh son idea, except it was daughter in the book so when I heard it as son later I was confused. I can't say for certain but the internet seems to tell me it is Gypsy Summer by Wilma Yeo. Less than no idea how that holds up.
And it took me ten years to obtain a copy of Barbara Brooks Wallace's The Interesting Thing That Happened At Perfect Acres, Inc., but I still like it.
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I think I'm the only person I know who's read Wilanne Schneider Belden (though I've handed her to a few people), besides Laura Miller, who bonded with me at Readercon about it. I only own Mind-Find but they do all hold up and I need to track the others down, including the two non-series books.
A book I recall scaring me immensely in first grade was also the first place I encountered a lot of folklore, such as the entire seventh son of a seventh son idea, except it was daughter in the book so when I heard it as son later I was confused. I can't say for certain but the internet seems to tell me it is Gypsy Summer by Wilma Yeo. Less than no idea how that holds up.
And it took me ten years to obtain a copy of Barbara Brooks Wallace's The Interesting Thing That Happened At Perfect Acres, Inc., but I still like it.