Margaret Mahy
Mahy, Margaret.
Margaret Mahy (born in Whakatane, New Zealand) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. Her books "The Haunting" and "The Changeover" both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent "Alchemy" in 2002. Among her children's books, "A Lion in the Meadow", "The Seven Chinese Brothers", and "The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate" are considered national classics.
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The witch in the cherry tree
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There's a King in the Cupboard
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The boy with two shadows
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L Enlevement De La Bibliothecaire
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The horribly haunted school
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Aunt Nasty (Early Reader)
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Moon and Farmer Mcphee
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Tale of a Tail
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Nonstop nonsense
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The Great White Man-Eating Shark
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Boom, Baby, boom, boom!
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The Boy Who Made Things Up
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Chocolate porridge
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Witch Dog : (Early Reader)
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Wild Blackberries
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A lion in the meadow
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The green bath
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Mister Whistler
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Footsteps Through the Fog
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Stories of my wonderful aunt
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The man whose mother was a pirate
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The man from the land of Fandango
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Margaret Mahy Treasury
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Great piratical rumbustification
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The witch in the cherry tree
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There's a King in the Cupboard
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The boy with two shadows
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L Enlevement De La Bibliothecaire
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The horribly haunted school
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Aunt Nasty (Early Reader)
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Moon and Farmer Mcphee
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Tale of a Tail
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Nonstop nonsense
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The Great White Man-Eating Shark
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Boom, Baby, boom, boom!
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The Boy Who Made Things Up
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Chocolate porridge
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Witch Dog : (Early Reader)
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Wild Blackberries
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A lion in the meadow
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The green bath
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Mister Whistler
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Footsteps Through the Fog
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Stories of my wonderful aunt
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The man whose mother was a pirate
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The man from the land of Fandango
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Margaret Mahy Treasury
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Great piratical rumbustification