From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
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Two fifth-grade girls, one of whom is the first black child in a middle-income suburb, play at being apprentice witches.
The Black Pearl
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In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.
The Fearsome Inn
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Two witches, who practice their evil trade on lost travelers, are banished through the wisdom of a student of the holy cabala, and the power of his magic chalk.
The Egypt Game
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A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.