(Part 3) Top products from r/whatsthatbook

I answered this over at /r/tipofmytongue as well -

It might be Dead Water Zone, by Kenneth Oppel

>A well-realized world of rotting docks and ramshackle buildings on the shore of a polluted lake forms the setting for this haunting character study. Summoned by his brilliant but frail brother Sam, Paul leaves his comfortable suburban neighborhood for unsavory Watertown--and finds that both he and his brother are being hunted by the quasi-legal Cityweb: Sam has discovered a mutated microorganism in the lake that, though eventually toxic, greatly enhances physical ability. But despite plenty of danger, narrow scrapes, and a lurid, violent climax, outward events seem almost incidental compared to Paul's inner struggles. Once complacent in his role as protective older brother, he's angry to see Sam growing up and away from him and racked by guilt to feel so; his turmoil increases when he meets a new Sam--preternaturally fast and strong, exultantly freed from his former metabolic disorder. Oppel explores the brothers' dependent love-hate relationship with some sensitivity, though the confessional tone gets heavy at times. Glamorous but deadly, the microorganism is like a drug, so the story can be read on that level, too; indeed, Oppel adds a subplot involving a streetwise young Watertowner searching for her lake water-addicted mother. A thoughtful story with an unusual combination of ingredients

I found it. It's "The Weaving of a Dream" https://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Dream-Picture-Puffins/dp/0140505288

Now I just need to find that one picture. THanks a million!!

This book may be Weaving of a Dream by Marilee Heyer.

If not, this seems to be a Chinese tale called 'The Magic Brocade'.

Cheers!

Sounds like Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-A-Novel/dp/0307887448

Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney?

The girl "falls through time" at a beach near an old Victorian mansion, and meets Strat, a rich 1800s guy, and his mom and sister, who think that she's improper.

Rimwalkers by Vicki Grove. Owned and read it a lot as a kid. :)

Sounds like Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

I'm pretty sure this isn't your book, but there is a character in Shade's Children who can see into the very near future -- like moments away. If I recall, his name is Gold-Eye. There is also a scene in a bus, but I don't think it's moving anywhere. There are no zombies (which is why it's probably not your book), but there are weird mutant creatures.

https://www.amazon.com/Shades-Children-Garth-Nix/dp/0064471969

The Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were?
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Things-That-Never-Were/dp/0670816078/

This one, maybe?
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Things-That-Never-Were/dp/0670816078/

Vicki Grove's Rimwalkers?

Is this it? Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons by Ernest Drake?

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763623296/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g4cPCbHM6WVH4

The Roar by Emma Clayton?

Raven's Gate?

Ready Player One?

Journey to the River Sea fits some of those details.

Deepwater Black maybe?

http://www.amazon.com/Earthquake-Terror-Puffin-Novel-Kehret/dp/0140383433

I've read this before. Sounds similar but it has been a while since I read it.

Seedfolks? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0064472078/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_usS3DbBP2NPSB

Possibly https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X or https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Fairy-Alfred-Perceval-Graves/dp/1596050470/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

It was! It was A Big Ball of String.

Seedfolks is about a vacant lot that begins with a young girl planting some beans and turns into a community garden through other residents perspectives.

Thinking about books I read when I was younger(more than 25 years ago)that were for middle readers are
The Ghost of Emma Louise or the Haunting With Louisa series.
Other middle reader authors with similar themes would be Mary Downing Hahn or Betty Ren Wright.

A House Called Awful End?

Is it Dead Water Zone by Kenneth Oppel?

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Water-Zone-Kenneth-Oppel/dp/0316651028