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You're welcome, Blacklight. Your enthusiasm really made my day.

Maybe the Dinosaur Machines series, by Eve Bunting? "When one of them pulls the lever on the museum's dinosaur display, three children are transported back to a prehistoric dinosaur land."

The one set in Austin may be one of these: James Magnuson - Windfall Rick Riordan - The Devil Went Down to Austin

Maybe...The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper?

You might like the Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher (although these are urban fantasy novels.) "The Dresden Files is a series of fantasy/mystery novels written by Jim Butcher. He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, private investigator...

Maybe this one: The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone (Hardcover - 1976) It's also a play, a movie, and TV show.

The time travel part reminds me of the Time Scout series by Linda Evans and Robert Lynn Asprin, but I don’t think any one of these books is the one that you’re looking for. Here are some other books that combine time travel with invisibility: Elfin Ship, The, by James P. Blaylock...

Sweetie, The post from a few years ago has the book title: Someday Angeline.

Maybe this one? Virtual War by Gloria Skurzynski "Three genetically engineered children who have been raised in virtual reality boxes with no real human contact are teamed up to fight a virtual war for much-needed disease-free territory."

This is the story of Thrasybulus and (a messenger from) Periander from Herodotus's Histories.

There are many post-apocalyptic books, but you may be looking for this one: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien Pub. Date: April 1987 "Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden has been living on her own for a year, since the nuclear bombs turned everything surrounding her little valley into a...

Annnnnnnd....Book two (hopefully): Wish, Come True By Mary Q. Steele, Muriel Batherman "A ring that belonged to their great grandfather has more magical powers than Megan and her older brother realize." Published by Greenwillow Books, 1980 ISBN 0688802303, 9780688802301 115 pages

Maybe Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston? (It was also a TV movie starring Halle Berry and produced by Oprah Winfrey.)

Patricia Cornwell? Kathy Reichs?

I think the book you are looking for is The Color of Law: A Novel by Mark Gimenez. Published 2006 “A partner at a prominent law firm is forced to choose between his enviable lifestyle and doing the right thing. Former college football star Scott Fenney has worked his way to the top of the...

How about some of Pearl Buck's many books? She won the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth in 1932. It's about village life in China. By the way, I really enjoyed the mini-series The Jewel In The Crown. I know it has been re-released on DVD now. If you can find the first DVD at your local...

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, maybe?

Some more books you might like (the first book in the series is listed): Wolfwalker by Tara K. Harper The Ghatti's Tale: Book One: Finders-Seekers by Gayle Greeno Beastmaster by Andre Norton Rider at the Gate by C. J. Cherryh Summon the Keeper by Tara K. Harper

Maybe this one? Shadowland (The Mediator, Book 1) by Meg Cabot "Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot...

"The Cookie Monster" was originally published in the October 2003 Analog Science Fiction. It was republished in Science Fiction The Best of 2003, edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan, and also in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois...