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TeachingBooks.net Meet-the-Author Program | Sharon M. Draper - 1 views

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      Great video because it has sharon herself, and she talks about her books that I am doing for my report.
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    Finally found a video with Sharon Draper in it. It talks about her books including the ones I am doing for my report!
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TeacherTube Videos - Tears of a Tiger - 0 views

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tears of a tiger video draper

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    Video over Tears of a Tiger but again, Sharon Draper is not in it!
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TeacherTube Videos - Copper Sun - 0 views

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video copper sun draper

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    Video of Copper Sun by Sharon Draper. Sharon is not really in it though.
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sharon draper image 2 picture

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      Sharon Draper is A LOT older in this picture.
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    #2 Picture of Sharon m. draper.
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      First picture I found of Sharon Draper.
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    Picture of Sharon Draper #1
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Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 0 views

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draper sharon questions silly facts

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      This website is full of fun facts about Sharon Draper
  • Four or five AM if I'm writing. Seven or eight if I'm not.
  • What's your favorite color? Navy blue
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  • Fun Facts & Silly Questions
  • What do you usually have for breakfast? Yogurt and walnuts and bananas
  • What else do you like to do besides write? I like to read. I read dozens of books each year
  • What does the M. stand for in your name? Mills. It was my name before I got married.
  • Favorite ice cream? Vanilla
  • I'm allergic to chocolate.
  • What time do you go to sleep at night? Around midnight.
  • I drink a gallon of water a day.
  • Can you swim? No
  • What is your favorite sport? Basketball
  • What is the silliest pet you've ever owned? A duck
  • What is the stupidest pet you've ever owned? A bird that said, "Here, Kitty, Kitty." One day the cat answered, and that was the end of the bird!
  • . Do you collect anything? Apples. I have over 300 apples
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Sharon M. Draper Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Sharon ... - 0 views

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sharon draper books facts

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      Everything you need to know about Sharon M. Draper.
  • children: Wendy, Damon, Crystal, Cory.
  • Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH,
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  • Public speaker, poet, educator, and author.
  • All Draper's books have been recorded on audiocassette by Recorded Books
  • I read every single book in the elementary school library, all of them. I did not plan to be a writer until much, much later.
  • Reading is input. Writing is output.
  • Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Draper was the eldest of three children raised in a family where education was a given.
  • She entered Cleveland Public Schools in the 1950s
  • Draper attended Pepperdine University as a National Merit scholar
  • , majoring in English.
  • graduation in 1971, she returned to Ohio where she married and assumed a teaching position in the Cincinnati Public Schools.
  • Draper's first young-adult novel, and the first volume in her "Hazelwood High" trilogy, Tears of a Tiger
  • Darkness before Dawn
  • One of Draper's most acclaimed novels, Copper Sun
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Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 0 views

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sharon draper author biography

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      This site shows her books and awards and when they were published.
  • Tears of a Tiger has received numerous awards, including the American Library Association/Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for an outstanding new book, and was also honored as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
  • Actively involved in encouraging and motivating all teachers and their students as well, she has worked all over the United States, as well as in Russia, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bermuda, and Guam, spreading the word about the power of accomplished teaching and excellence in education.
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  • Her literary recognition began when, as a challenge from one of her students, she entered and won first prize in a literary contest, for which she was awarded $5000 and the publication of her short story
  • Tears of a Tiger (Simon and Schuster, 1994
  • The Battle of Jericho (Simon and Schuster, 2003)
  • Copper Sun (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
  • November Blues (Simon and Schuster, 2007)
  • November Blues 2008 Coretta Scott King Literature award 2008 New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age. 2008 Young Adult Choice Books --International Reading Association
  • The Battle of Jericho is the 2004 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, one of the New York Public Library's Book for the Teen Age, and is one of the 2005 Young Adult Choice Books named by the International Reading Association
  • November Blues received the 2008 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Literary Award
  • Education Awards
  • Tears of a Tiger 1995 American Library Association/Coretta Scott King Genesis Award ALA Best Book for Young Adults for 1995 Best Book 1995 --Children's Book Council Best Books for the Teen Age--1995 --New York City Library Recommended Best--1995--Bank Street College Best Book--1995 National Council for Social Studies Best of the Best by VOYA and the American Library Association One of the top 100 books for young adults for the millennium
  • The Battle of Jericho 2004 Coretta Scott King Honor Book New York Public Library's Book for the Teen Age 2005 Young Adult Choice Books --International Reading Association
  • Copper Sun 2007 Coretta Scott King Literature award 2007 Ohioana Award for Young Adult Literature Top Ten Historical Fiction Books for Youth by Booklist Nominated for the 2007 NAACP Image Award for Literature IRA Notable Book for a Global Society Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal Listed on the New York Times Bestseller List Chosen by the National Underground Railroad Freedom center as a major museum exhibit Chosen by the International Reading Association, the United States State Department, and Reading Across Continents as the novel to be read by students from the US and Africa. A true international, intercontintental, multi-cultural literary experience!
  • Classical music, art museums, and ballet are sources of inspiration, as well as blues music and dim cafes.
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Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 1 views

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question sharon draper writing

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      40+ questions to ask Sharon Draper.
  • I was always a good writer in school.
  • I sent it to 25 publishing companies and got 24 rejection notices.
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  • Tears of a Tiger, my first book, was released in 1994.
  • The publishing company chooses the cover. I have very little say-so in that decision.
  • I got started when I had a student said to me, "Why don't you write something sometime?"
  • I made them up
  • What inspires you to write now? My students
  • We are what we write.
  • Criticism is always disappointing, but to me, it's never a deterrent. Sometimes criticism is good because it challenges me to do better.
  • I would absolutely LOVE to have one of my books made into a movie!
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Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 1 views

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just another hero draper sharon book

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      Just Another hero. book by Sharon Draper.
  • Just Another Hero
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Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 0 views

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Battle Jericho Draper sharon book

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      The battle of Jericho written by Sharon Draper is her latest book she has published.
  • The Battle of Jericho
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November Blues Draper book sharon

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      Sharon Draper: November Blues
  • November Blues
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Sharon Draper Biography - life, family, children, parents, story, history, school, youn... - 0 views

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      Sharon Draper was considered a "book worm" before she started school.
  • In 1994 the dedicated teacher became an author, releasing her first children's book, Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs.
  • In 1997 she received the highest honor an educator can be given
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  • For thirty years Sharon Draper was an English teacher in the Cincinnati, Ohio, public school
  • Sharon Draper credits her parents for introducing her to the world of books.
  • born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio
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