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Carly Felty

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margaret haddix

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  • Critics noted that Haddix relies on a much more familiar set-up for her second novel, placing Tish Bonner, the main character in Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, in an English class where she is required to keep a journal, giving the reader an insider's view of her troubles.
  • . The same writer further described this second book as a "tough-edged if familiar story of a beleaguered high school girl" who confides all her difficulties in her diary.
  • After becoming the mother of two children, Meredith and Connor, Haddix admitted "amuse(ment) that I felt like I didn't have enough time to write before they were born. It's much harder now. . . . And a lot of times when I'm doing the ordinary things that go along with having two kids, a husband, and a house . . . I'm listening to a voice in my head insisting, 'Write about me!' or suggesting things like, 'What if Dorry's dad confronts her before she goes to the mall?' Now, I'll be the first to admit that it sounds a little weird to have voices talking in my head, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
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  • Critics responded positively to the theme of this futuristic novel, applauding, as did a Publishers Weekly contributor, for example, "the unsettling, thought-provoking premise (which) should suffice to keep readers hooked."
  • Born April 9, 1964, in Washington Court House, OH; daughter of John Albert (a farmer) and Marilee Grace (a nurse; maiden name, Greshel) Peterson; married Doug Haddix (a newspaper editor), October 3, 1987; children: Meredith, Connor. Avocation: Travel. Education: Miami University, B.A. (English; summa cum laude), 1986. Religion: Presbyterian. Memberships: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Phi Beta Kappa. Addresses: Agent--Tracey Adams, McIntoch & Otis, 353 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016.
  • Carly Felty on 02 May 11
     
    More about her life.
Kaylee S

sharon draper - Google Search - 0 views

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books by Sharon Draper

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      Kaylee S on 02 May 11
       
      all the books Sharon Draper has written
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    books of Sharon Draper
justin moore

Books for Teaching Imagery with Gary Paulsen | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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cjhs author gary paulsen

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      may like dogs don't now yet.
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      loves to give dogs for the ididorad.
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      doesnt have any kids at all
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      needs to bee under stood.
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    gary paulsen doing some kind of auther talk with weird kids about imagery..
chelan mcgee

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CJHS Author draper sharon

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      five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary award
  • But Sharon Draper, bestselling author and five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award, is among the group of writers who has such a passion for both her professions that she remains active in both in ways that would have most waving the white flag of surrender.
  • Her accomplishments are many and her literary prowess is well-documented with powerful stories of loss
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  • BBS: Can you tell me a little bit more about the infamous Draper Paper. What made it so tough? So tough students who have passed it donned “I Survived The Draper Pape
  • The “Draper Paper” was simply a ten-page research paper that my seniors had to complete. It required several library visits and lots of planning and note-taking, and outlining, etc. In short, they learned the skills necessary to do a college research assignment.
  • When I was in school we learned grammar. We learned sentence structure, then learned to use those sentences in paragraphs, and then to put paragraphs into longer written works. Many schools no longer do that. They have even divided what we used to call “English” classes into Reading classes and Language Arts classes, with little or no team teaching between those teachers.
  • Those of us who wish to help students on a more individual basis can help by reading to students, reading with students, and letting students read to us.
  • BBS: Although it’s taken some time to see an increase in the type of fiction available to young African American readers, we are seeing it. However, there are some who feel that offering a “Black” Gossip Girls could have a negative impact on literature for young African American readers. As more commercial and trendy books feature Black characters, where do you see the state of YA fiction for young Black readers in five or ten years?
  • I would hope that young Black readers would demand quality. We so often stoop to the lowest common denominator, like purchasing music which denigrates our women in the name of culture.
  • BBS: You have the Hazelwood High trilogy and the Jericho trilogy. What attracts you to trilogies?
  • I did the first trilogy by accident. I wrote Tears of a Tiger, and it ended up being quite successful.
  • BBS: What is the release date for Just Another Hero?
  • Just Another Hero should be out in late May or early June.
  • BBS: Your next release is Sassy. It looks like a middle grade novel. Do you enjoy writing one over the other when it comes to MG and YA? Why or why no preference?
  • Sassy is geared to grades 3-4-5. Since I have the very successful books that feature young Black males in the six Ziggy books, I decided to focus on the younger girls in the Sassy books.
  • BBS: When the fatigue sets in, the deadlines loom large what keeps you writing?
  • I love this. Writing makes me happy. It’s not a job—it’s a passion. I’m very blessed.
  • BBS: If you had one wish for young African American readers, what would it be?
  • Read all the time. Read for pleasure and read for knowledge.
  • Kaylee S on 02 May 11
     
    Sharon Draper winnings
nick wood

Oak View Middle School Readers - 0 views

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  • the book ireviewed is called a Boy No More by Harry Mazer. Its about a boy named Adam, it thakes place in 1941. davi who is Adams friend and is Japanese wants Adaam to give his dad a letter who is in a interment camp, but when Adam gets there he finds Davi and the rest of his family there als. Adam finds out how racist people are to Japanenes at that time. i like this book beacuse it takes place during world war 2 and it shows what life was like at the home front. it takes place in californa.
  • A boy at war is about a teenager named Adam who’s growing up in a military family. His dad is in the navy so the house is run like a ship. Since he’s a navy brat who travels he’s always been to schools where there were other military families, but now since he’s in Hawaii he’s surrounded by civilians. He has it rough fur the first few days, but this kid named Davi starts picking on him a little and oddly enough they end up being buds. So they start hanging around with all the other Hawaiian kids. You know, play football and go fishing. It seemed like it was going good but when he told his dad, he said that he didn’t want him to be hanging around them because there was a lot of friction between the U.S. and Japan and since over half of the population was Japanese that his dad didn’t want to take any chances. One day he doesn’t listen to his dad and goes fishing with Davi and one of his other Hawaiian friends. They decided to go fishing in Pearl Harbor. They were going to go fishing off the shore but they find a boat in the bushes. So they go out in the ocean and coincidentally the Japanese decide to attack while they are in the ocean. But that’s just the beginning. See where the war tales Adam from there…..
  • The book I reviewed was called "Heroes Don't Run" by Harry Mazer. It's about a boy named Adam, who after Pearl Harbor joins the Marines and is shipped out to Okinawa and finds out what the war was really like. The book takes place mainly in South Carolina and Okinawa. I like it because it shows how daily life was for soldiers in the Pacific. I liked this book because it's a semi short book (at 112 pages) but it still has a great story line. It's a great war book so if you want a not long book this is it.
  • nick wood on 02 May 11
     
    these are some books that he has wrought and the oak view middle school has rated them
Lindsay Thompson

» Blog Archive » PREY Named to "Young Adults' Choices 2010″ Booklist - 0 views

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cjhs author mcdaniel lurlene

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  • My novel, PREY, has been chosen as part of the International Reading Association’s Young Adults’ Choices 2010 booklist!
  • les on the list
  • Here’s the official letter from the IRA, as well as a link to all the book tit
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  • The fully annotated list will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.
  • Lindsay Thompson on 04 May 11
     
    Lurlene's book Prey was chosen to be part as the International Reading Association's Young Adults' Choices 2010 book list!
Bryan Soles

Lateral Learning Speakers' Agency - 2 views

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garth

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  • GARTH NIX
  • Garth has worked as a public servant, bookseller, book editor and literary agent. In 2002, following his outstanding international success, Garth returned to full-time writing (despite his belief that this contributes to the strange behaviour of many authors!). Garth lives in Sydney with his wife Anna, who is a publisher, and their sons Thomas and Edward. His highly inventive stories set in vivid, compelling worlds have been critically acclaimed and are popular around the world with readers of all ages. The rights to his Old Kingdom Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael & Abhorsen) have been sold to over 12 countries. To date, Garth's books have sold in excess of 1,600,000 copies internationally, with Abhorsen reaching No.3 on the New York Times best seller list.
  • abriel and Shade's Children, have won major awards in the areas of both children's literature and the fantasy genre - they have been named as CBC Notable Books and shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards, with Sabriel winning two awards in this prestigious Australian Science Fiction Prize. More recently, Mister Monday, the first book in Garth's The Keys to the Kingdom series, was an Honour Book (Older Readers Category) in the 2004 CBCA Awards and shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards (2003). Continuing The Keys to the Kingdom series, Grim Tuesday and Drowned Wednesday, Sir Thursday, Lady Friday and Superior Saturday have now been published, with children and adults alike eagerly awaiting the final installment, Lord Sunday, which will be published early in 2010.
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  • Garth is also the author of three booklets for Very Clever Babies - a series of 'easy readers' for three-month-old babies who are familiar with words such as 'perfidious' and 'icthyology'. His other achievements include a novelisation of one of the 'X-files' episodes and some 'proper' early readers - Bill the Inventor and Blackbeard the Pirate, and a book in the Aussie Bites series, Serena Smith and the Sea Serpent.
Kaylee S

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      more cool facts on Sharon Draper
  • Her father worked as the head waiter of a hotel, while her mother worked for the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a classified advertising manager. From an early age, little Sharon was exposed to books. Books were located throughout the house. Catherine Mills would read to her three children every night.
  • Sharon Draper was born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, the oldest child of Victor and Catherine Mills.
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  • She described herself as someone who "inhaled books and knowledge."
  • According to Draper, "When I was a little girl, my parents saw me, and my brother and sister, as one of those bright flames of possibility.
  • Sharon grew up teaching anyone or anything she could find, from the kids in the neighborhood to her dogs and her dolls. When she reached fifth grade, Sharon was especially influenced by her teacher, Mrs. Kathadaza Mann, who taught Black history in the classroom as well as art, music, and classic literature. Sharon looked upon her fifth grade teacher as a role model.
  • she was a straight-A student who tackled almost all the books in her school library.
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    about Sharon Draper
hunter hooten

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harry mazer

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  • Harry Mazer's The Last Mission is drawn closely from his experiences as a seventeen-year-old in the Army Air Corps. Like Jack, he was a Jewish boy from the Bronx full of fantasies about heroism, and like Jack, he became a waist gunner and never fired his guns. He remembers, "I was scared every time we flew....On our 26th mission we flew over Pilzen, Czechoslovakia, to bomb the Skoda Munitions Works. We missed our target, turned over the target again, and were hit. I saw Mike, who was our radio operator, frozen in the door of the radio room. He never made it out of the plane. Only three of us parachuted....No one in the plane lived." ( ALAN Review, Fall 1980) Harry Mazer is the editor of Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories About Guns, where twelve authors explore the extreme emotions that guns provoke in all of us. Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Richard Peck and other well-known authors create a riveting collection of short fiction that explores the emotion-driven world of guns.
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    a little about harry mazer
hunter hooten

Teachers@Random Catalog | Snow Bound by Harry Mazer - 0 views

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Harry mazer

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  • At fifteen, Tony Laporte is what many people would call a throughly spoiled kid. He gets away with a lot because his parents want him to have all the things they never had. But when they surprise him by refusing to let him keep a stray dog he has found, Tony decides to teach them a lesson by running off in his mother's old Plymouth. Driving without a license in the middle of a severe snowstorm, he picks up a hitchhiker named Cindy Reichert, an aloof girl who has always had difficulty forming friendships. To impress Cindy, Tony tries to show off his driving skills and ends up wrecking the car in a very desolated area far from the main highway. After spending precious days bickering with each other and waiting for rescue that never comes, they finally realize that their lives are at stake and they must cooperate to survive. The question is--can they survive?
  • hunter hooten on 06 May 11
     
    about the book snow bound
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