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> I guess it all depends on what types of books you like to read. I think I tend to gravitate toward mysteries and science fiction. There is a great place to start looking, and that is this list on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Collecting-Scholastic-Books-Part-I-Intro-to-the-LISTS-/10000000004041567/g.html.
> I started there, looked up titles I remembered or thought looked good, and then looked in Goodwills, book stores, Amazon, etc. If I had to recommend a book to start an interest, I'd go with Homer Price. Classic, funny book that is hard to put down.

Thanks for posting; very helpful advice and resource!

Ceremony of Innocence by Daranna Gidel, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1991

Book Blurb:

> Love, tragedy, and intrigue are the magnetic forces masterfully employed by Gidel to captivate the reader's interest in her first novel. Though their backgrounds are dissimilar, Lucy, Ellis, and Juliana steadfastly pursue the elusive elixir which will satisfy their need to be loved. Raised in a Texas trailer park by dysfunctional parents, Lucy escapes from a misfit, good-ole-boy marriage to find fulfillment in the art world. Ellis, kidnapped by his militant father at a tender age, learns survival in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains as he seeks to rebuild his life. Born to a New York family of great wealth and status, Juliana struggles to capture parental love and the respect of her grandfather as heiress of the family empire. All survivors, the three protagonists are flung together by a plot spiked with passion and violence and laced with an element of surprise.

Has a character named Yvonne. https://books.google.com/books?id=oKP7hcRqTX8C&q=%22ceremony+of+innocence%22+yvonne&dq=%22ceremony+of+innocence%22+yvonne&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsk7GZpOPkAhVOs6wKHeNRBKkQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg

Looks to be out of print with no e-book versions, but good condition used hardbacks and paperbacks are a few bucks on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ceremony-Innocence-Daranna-Gidel/dp/0525933484

I guess it all depends on what types of books you like to read. I think I tend to gravitate toward mysteries and science fiction. There is a great place to start looking, and that is this list on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Collecting-Scholastic-Books-Part-I-Intro-to-the-LISTS-/10000000004041567/g.html.

I started there, looked up titles I remembered or thought looked good, and then looked in Goodwills, book stores, Amazon, etc. If I had to recommend a book to start an interest, I'd go with Homer Price. Classic, funny book that is hard to put down.

I know this! This is one of the fictional journals from the My Name is America series, The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty. I am super impressed you were able to remember that much about it.

As a bit of extra bonus knowledge, his sister also has a journal from the same time period in the girl's Dear America series.

This was originally published in 2000, but it sounds like Homeless Bird by Gloria Wheelan. According to the preview of this study guide, they hang out near a mango tree.

> Whenever they have a chance, the girls swing in the mango tree, and they love their afternoons alone in the courtyard for their...

Pretty sure it's Seeker by William Nicholson.

https://www.amazon.com/Seeker-william-nicholson/dp/140522665X

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I love this book hahaha

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters?
https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Girls-Women-Beloved-Sisters/dp/0393320464/ref=asc_df_0393320464/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312065522531&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5436919316565481038&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029145&hvtargid=pla-431994358942&psc=1

Thank you, you actually sparked my memory. I've been looking on Google with keywords all morning, but it was called "The strawberry book of Colors"... the bears were named Max, Jack, and Axle https://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Book-Colors-Richard-Hefter/dp/0884700143

I appreciate your help!

I actually found out what this is! It's "Cathy's Book"

https://www.amazon.com/Cathys-Book-Found-Call-266-8233/dp/0762433469

Thank you guys for the help though! :)

You're a genius, man. 3 out of 3 :)
Thanks to you, I found it: https://www.amazon.com/Flights-Icarus-Donald-Lehmkuhl/dp/0905895169


Thank you so, so much.

This really rings a bell with me, I think it might be Mystery of the Maya, a Choose Your Own Adventure:

https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Maya-Choose-Your-Adventure/dp/1933390050

I can't find a copy to confirm but I feel like it had all the elements you site, including the jai-alai game (I feel like that was where I learned about that sport).

ope, found it. It was actually a square of the sky in an otherwise black page.

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A friend recommended me it. For those interested:

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https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225

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My mom remembered the book, for anyone who cares it's Nobody's Mother Is in Second Grade.

Really cute kids book!

https://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Mother-Second-Grade-Pulver/dp/0803712103

Is it The Last of the Really Great Whangadoodles? I totally read this as a kid, but it's u/RiggSesamekesh's extra details that helped me find the name. I remember so distinctly the scene where he tells the kids to look up instead of looking down like everyone else, and that scene still crosses my mind when I'm walking around sometimes.

Ahh...found it. https://smile.amazon.com/How-Mow-Lawn-Lost-Being/dp/1552637662/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H553EAVJVNVS&keywords=how+to+mow+the+lawn+the+lost+art+of+being+a+man&qid=1566331848&s=gateway&sprefix=how+to+mow+t%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1

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I guess there was a reason that mowing the lawn was specifically remembered. Thanks for sparking the right search I needed.


Side note: Very cool book.

THANK YOU!!! With those questions and cue points I was able to remember something and looked up facial planes!!! I saw an example of a picture on it and was able to find an article that referenced it :D
https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Expressive-Portraits-Paul-Leveille/dp/1581802455/ref=asc_df_1581802455/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=316583153268&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8551695410403905598&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027730&hvtargid=pla-467247634534&psc=1 ;w;Thaknyou so much Casade!!!! ;;w;;

I ended up finding it! It's called "Cooking Know-How", Link here: https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Know-How-Techniques-Step-Step/dp/0470180803/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cooking+know-how&qid=1574578372&sr=8-1

P.S. WorldCat is awesome.

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles?

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Really-Great-Whangdoodles-Anniversary/dp/0064403149/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479268301&sr=8-1&keywords=the+last+of+the+really+great+whangdoodles

I'm sure there are a good number of nonfiction books about hurricanes. This one is written by a friend of mine, her brother, and her husband.

The Terrible Storms of 2005: Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-terrible-storms-of-2005-trent-angers/1122299204

https://www.amazon.com/Terrible-Storms-2005-Hurricane-Katrina/dp/0925417947

Maybe Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan?

It's middle grade and some of the reviews published on Amazon sound like your book: Arranged marriage, husband quickly dies, lives with her mother-in-law.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NRNITY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Some possibilities,

Fearless Girls, Wise Women

Wise Women

Not one damsel in distress