I've been waiting for a couple of decades to read this book again.

I want to see how this holds up: "Melusine" by Lynne Reid Banks

I first read it when I was in junior high. I believe I read at least part of it in California, too. So I must have taken it with me on a "vacation." I found a used copy and ordered it off the internet when I was a young adult living in Illinois, but it never came. I just gave up on it because it was so cheap. It was probably a scam. But this one wasn't a scam, and the book actually arrived.

Oh, it might be signed by the author! That's a pretty name. I've never gotten a signed book as a surprise before.