Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire | 
Warbreaker
by Brandon Sanderson | 
Battle Mage
by Peter A. Flannery | 
Life Reset: EvP
by Shemer Kuznits | 
Little, Big
by John Crowley | 
Tailchaser's Song
by Tad Williams | 
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue | 
The Goblin Emperor
by Katherine Addison | 
Kingdoms and Chaos
by Kel Kade | 
The Emperor's Blades
by Brian Staveley | 
The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner
by S. D. Smith | 
The Shadow of What Was Lost
by James Islington | 
Valor
by Sever Bronny | 
The Magic Thief
by Sarah Prineas | 
The Inner World Adventure
by Wayne Reinagel | 
Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night
by Charles de Lint | 
Feathers
by Debora Geary | 
Fortress of Shadows
by Carrie Summers | 
Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches
by Michel Guyon | 
The Misanthrope
by S. M. Boyce |
It is a rainy Saturday and Rachel is bored - bored with having a cold and having to stay in bed. If only something unlikely or unexpected would happen for a change. Winner of the Children's Book of the Year Award in 1987.