User Sean Duggan

15 votes

1 answer

286 views

Juvenile literature about a group of children living in a castle, looking for a treasure

asked Jan 24, 2017 at 13:02

15 votes

1 answer

3k views

Limerick involves a pregnant Scottish woman and anagrams

asked Oct 19, 2022 at 13:08

13 votes

1 answer

2k views

A girl, told that it's wonderful to live in Wales, goes off to live in a whale

asked Feb 9, 2017 at 13:20

13 votes

1 answer

753 views

Ogden Nash poem on hiccups

asked Sep 12, 2021 at 15:24

11 votes

2 answers

300 views

A pair of children decide that their neighbor is a witch and convince her to try flying

asked Mar 1, 2017 at 19:04

11 votes

1 answer

335 views

Book about a boy who develops several accidentally destructive science projects

asked Sep 21, 2017 at 11:55

10 votes

1 answer

226 views

Drama, probably set in a hospital, where we know early on (from the blurb?) that someone is going to die due to a doctor's mistake

asked Mar 8, 2017 at 4:05

9 votes

2 answers

2k views

Book about a boy blinded by a firecracker

asked Apr 28, 2017 at 12:24

8 votes

1 answer

219 views

Short story where an older lady realizes that her new beau has been murdering his wives, but decides to go with it

asked Nov 10, 2019 at 21:46

7 votes

1 answer

310 views

Novel about a contract killer being pursued by other killers - Started with an icepick guy and ended with a Latino woman disguised as a cleaning lady

asked Mar 11, 2019 at 16:38

7 votes

1 answer

124 views

Book involving the apprentice of a ranger who fixes a dented canteen with swollen grain, learns to use that to break gates

asked Jan 19, 2018 at 4:05

7 votes

1 answer

73 views

Looking for a book (possibly a pair of them) with whimsical illustrations of misheard phrases

asked Jun 7, 2018 at 11:51

7 votes

1 answer

949 views

Horror novel involving teenagers killed at a beach party for their part in another's (accidental) death

asked Apr 14 at 3:18

6 votes

1 answer

167 views

A bank audit reveals embezzlement when money comes up $5 off (over?)

asked May 10 at 8:50

6 votes

1 answer

128 views

Book involving the president-elect dying in a horse accident and electoral college shenanigans

asked Nov 10, 2018 at 22:34

5 votes

0 answers

60 views

Book with stories continued on later pages with at least one misleading illustration due to the split involving a skeleton falling out of a closet

asked Aug 14, 2020 at 20:53

4 votes

1 answer

1k views

Humorous novel about a man in a religious order who is sent into the outside world by his order, and has his worldview changed by his experiences

asked Nov 15, 2020 at 16:27

4 votes

1 answer

319 views

Book about a mentally retarded girl being sexually assaulted by boys at her school, and one of them coming to grips with what he's done

asked Jan 17, 2021 at 5:20

4 votes

1 answer

57 views

Small hardback with illustrations about an inventive boy and the houses he makes for his friends

asked Jun 16, 2021 at 15:12

4 votes

2 answers

103 views

Boy on a farm thinks he may be experiencing a ghost of a boy who used to live on that farm

asked Dec 1, 2022 at 13:49

4 votes

1 answer

148 views

YA novel about a girl who gets caught stealing, and then has to deal with the social consequences

asked Mar 8 at 19:22

3 votes

1 answer

102 views

Novel about women searching for a document that proves that the Louisiana Purchase is not legit, pursued by a face-changing assassin

asked Feb 7, 2022 at 14:32

3 votes

1 answer

111 views

Play involving a writer being questioned by the police after children start dying in a way matching his stories

asked Feb 8, 2022 at 17:46

3 votes

1 answer

105 views

Thriller novel where the main character escapes an underground complex explosion by running up the stairs really fast

asked Jul 22, 2021 at 16:24

3 votes

1 answer

100 views

What are the changes between the touring version of "The Play That Goes Wrong" and the licensed stage version?

asked Oct 5, 2021 at 17:47

3 votes

1 answer

274 views

Female detective, former police. Dark and troubled past involving violently killing a house of criminals who were holding her hostage and abusing her

asked Jan 11, 2019 at 13:34

3 votes

1 answer

174 views

Novel with a spy/assassin who helps the grand-daughter of a Nazi hunter, speaks Basque from learning it from a book, escapes a cave through water

asked Jul 19, 2020 at 13:50

3 votes

0 answers

56 views

Adventure / Mystery book with a cool old lady and her house with automated amusements

asked Apr 19, 2019 at 15:31

2 votes

1 answer

321 views

Short story (or maybe a small book) about two students kidnapping a teacher

asked Jan 17, 2018 at 2:34

2 votes

1 answer

183 views

Short children's book about a Mexican boy who likes to make clay horses

asked Feb 2, 2020 at 17:32

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Juvenile literature about a group of children living in a castle, looking for a treasure

Limerick involves a pregnant Scottish woman and anagrams

A girl, told that it's wonderful to live in Wales, goes off to live in a whale

Ogden Nash poem on hiccups

A pair of children decide that their neighbor is a witch and convince her to try flying

Book about a boy who develops several accidentally destructive science projects

Drama, probably set in a hospital, where we know early on (from the blurb?) that someone is going to die due to a doctor's mistake

Book about a boy blinded by a firecracker

Short story where an older lady realizes that her new beau has been murdering his wives, but decides to go with it

Novel about a contract killer being pursued by other killers - Started with an icepick guy and ended with a Latino woman disguised as a cleaning lady

Book involving the apprentice of a ranger who fixes a dented canteen with swollen grain, learns to use that to break gates

Looking for a book (possibly a pair of them) with whimsical illustrations of misheard phrases

Horror novel involving teenagers killed at a beach party for their part in another's (accidental) death

A bank audit reveals embezzlement when money comes up $5 off (over?)

Book involving the president-elect dying in a horse accident and electoral college shenanigans

Book with stories continued on later pages with at least one misleading illustration due to the split involving a skeleton falling out of a closet

Humorous novel about a man in a religious order who is sent into the outside world by his order, and has his worldview changed by his experiences

Book about a mentally retarded girl being sexually assaulted by boys at her school, and one of them coming to grips with what he's done

Small hardback with illustrations about an inventive boy and the houses he makes for his friends

Boy on a farm thinks he may be experiencing a ghost of a boy who used to live on that farm

YA novel about a girl who gets caught stealing, and then has to deal with the social consequences

Novel about women searching for a document that proves that the Louisiana Purchase is not legit, pursued by a face-changing assassin

Play involving a writer being questioned by the police after children start dying in a way matching his stories

Thriller novel where the main character escapes an underground complex explosion by running up the stairs really fast

What are the changes between the touring version of "The Play That Goes Wrong" and the licensed stage version?

Female detective, former police. Dark and troubled past involving violently killing a house of criminals who were holding her hostage and abusing her

Novel with a spy/assassin who helps the grand-daughter of a Nazi hunter, speaks Basque from learning it from a book, escapes a cave through water

Adventure / Mystery book with a cool old lady and her house with automated amusements

Short story (or maybe a small book) about two students kidnapping a teacher

Short children's book about a Mexican boy who likes to make clay horses