I had a great experience using goodreads.com to help me find a book. There is a discussion group called "What's The Name of That Book???". I posted my query on August 7, 2013 and was reunited with the title on April 25, 2014.
I remembered so, so much of the plot, but was so, so clueless of title and author. When the author turned out to be Florence Parry Heide, it clicked. I met and fell in love with
The Shrinking of Treehorn a few years ago, and her name sounded very familiar. Turns out that
Time's Up is the reason!
Similarly, I came to admire illustrator Marilyn Hafner through other books, not realizing I'd seen her in
Time's Up. In the edition I read, she did not draw the cover, but her interior drawings were there. I have yet to get a copy and re-read as a grown-up, but I will, eventually.
