Alexander Key

The Forgotten Door (1986)

Does anybody remember the old reading books they used to pass out in elementary school? It was a big, fat, textbook sized chunk of awesomeness that the teachers handed out every year, along with math and language books. The reading books were stuffed full of poems — mostly boring — and stories an...

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

I grew up with this book and have loved it all my life, so it’s hard for me to tell how well it’s aged. I can say that it was a lot of fun to reread in the Harry Potter era. A few pages in, I started checking “hero” characteristics off in my mind.Here. Take this handy quiz – maybe you have what i...

The Case of the Vanishing Boy (1979)

Sprockets: A Little Robot (1999)

The Golden Enemy (1968)

The Preposterous Adventures of Swimmer (1972)