My Birthday Books

I have read all but two of my Christmas books, and now I have unwrapped the Birthday books!  Here's what I got (plus bonus bit of cat of at the left.  I tried pushing the cat into the picture more, but she wouldn't stay.):

William and Mary, by Penelope Farmer (author of Charlotte Sometimes), which is about the magical undersea adventures of the titular characters.   It has been many years since I read this, but I remember finding it good back when I was young (it was one of the library books I looked forward to checking out when visiting my grandparents in the summer).  And it just now occurred to me to see if my library her has other children's books by her that I haven't read, and it does, so now I am awaiting the arrival of Year King....

Rose and the Lost Princess, by Holly Webb (sequel to Rose), and ordered all the way from the UK for me!  My 10 year old boy, who enjoyed Rose, was pleased to see it too....but will his interest survive the fact that the title includes the dreaded "p" word....

Katherine at Feather Ghyll, by Anne Bradley, which is an old one (1959) from the UK about a girl who spends her convalescence in an English country village in bed making crafts, and which so far is proving just as soothingly diverting as I had hoped.   I predict her recovery will be complete and her father will marry again.

Ondine--The Summer of Shambles, by Ebony McKenna   Here's Cat's review at Beyond Books from April 2011 that made me put this on my wish list...I'm glad to finally be about to read it!

The Sleeping Army, by Francesca Simon.  In a modern Britain where people still worship the Viking gods, a girl inadvertently brings 4 of the Lewis chessmen to life and they have to go quest etc. together.