Hall Family Chronicles Series by Jane Langton

3.76 · 65 ratings
  • The Diamond in the Window (Hall Family Chronicles #1)
    #1

    The Diamond in the Window (Hall Family Chronicles #1)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1962

    A very unusual house...Eddy and Eleanor Hall have always known that their family was a bit out of the ordinary. After all, they live in one of the most remarkable houses in all of Concord. But they never guessed just how extraordinary their house really is, or what tremendous secrets about their family's past it holds... more

  • The Swing in the Summerhouse (Hall Family Chronicles #2)
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    The Swing in the Summerhouse (Hall Family Chronicles #2)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1967

    When Prince Krishna is called away, he leaves behind some strict instructions for the Hall children about one of the openings in the mysterious summerhouse: Keep Out! As Eddy and Eleanor swing through each of the other openings, they refuse to break the rule, even as their temptation grows. But when Oliver and little Georgie disappear through the forbidden archway, Eleanor and Eddy know that they must either break their promise or risk never seeing their friends again.

  • The Astonishing Stereoscope (Hall Family Chronicles #3)
    #3

    The Astonishing Stereoscope (Hall Family Chronicles #3)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1971

    When Eddy Hall receives five cards for his stereoscope, he and his sister, Eleanor, can't wait to see what exotic places they reveal maybe Stonehenge, or a centuries-old European cathedral. But instead, when they look through the stereoscope, Eddy and Eleanor see some very strange things. An odd-looking rope hangs from the sky down into every picture. A marmalade coloured cat that looks suspiciously like Herm, the family cat, also appears... more

  • The Fledgling (Hall Family Chronicles #4)
    #4

    The Fledgling (Hall Family Chronicles #4)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1980

    An alternate cover edition exists here.If there's one thing Georgie Hall has always been, it's determined.So when her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy tell her that she can't fly, Georgie doesn't get discouraged -- she just tries harder She feels a peculiar lightness when she leaps from the top of the staircase, and is even more certain of her seemingly impossible ability when she jumps from the porch and soars to the rooftop before landing safely on the ground... more

  • The Fragile Flag (Hall Family Chronicles #5)
    #5

    The Fragile Flag (Hall Family Chronicles #5)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1984

    Everything depends on them....When Georgie Hall decides to walk from Concord, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., with a letter to the President and an old flag capable of producing magical visions, no one doubts that she has the will or ability to do it. Along with her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy, Georgie begins the Children's Crusade to stop the President from building a globally fatal nuclear bomb, known as the Peace Missile... more

  • The Time Bike (Hall Family Chronicles #6)
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    The Time Bike (Hall Family Chronicles #6)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 2000

    The strangest things seem to happen to the Hall family. Now their adventure is with time itself. It starts when Eddy receives an unusually large packing crate from his uncle, Prince Krishna, containing an old-fashioned bicycle complete with wicker basket. The bike has more than that, though: It possesses the ability to travel through time! An accelerated Reader(R) Title

  • The Mysterious Circus (Hall Family Chronicles #7)
    #7

    The Mysterious Circus (Hall Family Chronicles #7)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2005

    Life in the Halls' house in Concord is many things, but it is never boring. Even something as simple as having a family friend come for a visit can lead to the unexpected, the enchanted, the mysterious -- in this case, the most amazing, most mysterious circus ever... more

  • The Dragon Tree (Hall Family Chronicles #8)
    #8

    The Dragon Tree (Hall Family Chronicles #8)

    Jane Langton

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2008

    One mystical tree. One dangerous neighbor.Strange and magical things continually occur at the Hall family's home at 40 Walden Street. Now there's a terrible sound throughout the town of Concord—the buzzing of a chain saw. Only one thing is worse for Eddy and Georgie Hall than that noise: the man who causes it, Mortimer Moon. When all the trees in town are falling to his hand and he threatens the mysterious tree sprouting in the Halls' backyard, Georgie and Eddy will do anything to stop him... more

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