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What is Lisi Harrison's birthday (date,month,&year please)? - Yahoo! Answers - 0 views

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      Mason McCord [: on 04 May 11
       
      This highlighted section has good info too.
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      Btw the paragraph is at the bottom.
  • Lisi Harrison was born
  • Lisi Harrison was bo
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  • son wa
  • in the fashion capital of our neighbor to the north
  • Toronto,
  • Canada. She was the Queen Bee of many cliques and kept copious records of them in
  • the journals she always had with her --- a hobby she has to this day. After university,
  • Lisi moved to New York City where she began a career creating and developing shows for MTV, including "Room Raiders." Lisi also was the head writer for MTV Productions and a columnist for Jane magazine. Now that she has given up the glamour to write for teens full time, Lisi is currently at work on the next book in The Clique series with
  • hihuahua.
  • creative consulting done by Bee Bee, her fashionista C
MyrandaK (((:

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the books she has writin and when! meg cabot

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      10 things you never knew about Meg Cabot(:
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      1. She has a one-eyed cat called Henrietta. 2. Meg's cure for writer's block is eating cookies and watching TV for a few days in a row. Or until her Visa bill arrives. 3. Meg has written all her books in bed and she says the best thing about being a writer is that she can wear her pyjamas to work. 4. Her favourite food is plain cheese pizza. 5. Meg's biggest accomplishments so far include passing Algebra and owning her own house. 6. Star Wars changed her life when she was 11 years old. She says her greatest influence was the film's director George Lucas, because when she first saw Star Wars, she realized that you can actually make money from making stuff up. 7. Meg describes herself as "infectiously delightful", but she's sure there are others who would strongly disagree! 8. If Meg wasn't writing books she'd be a cartoonist or illustrator - she's got a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. 9. Two of Meg's books have been turned into films - The Princess Diaries and its sequel. Disney may also make All American Girl into a feature length film. 10. In her spare time (apart from watching TV and eating cookies!), Meg likes to go out and walk around New York City, which is where she lives as there is always something going on somewhere, and lots of nice things to eat while you are doing them.
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      MyrandaK (((: on 06 May 11
       
      this was cool!!! and it will help me a lot! thanks Maddie!
Sam Hughes

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  • L. Stine
  • Goosebumps® series,
  • catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestsellin
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  • sold more than 250 million copies
  • Stine was
  • His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold
  • R. L. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards
  • R. L. Stine
MyrandaK (((:

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  • Henrietta
  • I know you will think I am making this up, but at one point Gem actually climbed up onto my husband’s shoulders and sat there, leering down at poor Henrietta and purring, JUST TO SHOW OFF.
  • Of course, I’m not sure
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  • is a tortoiseshell. She fits the personality profile, but tortoiseshells, or “torties,” are cats with “mottled” fur, usually with patches of orange or cream and chocolate, black or blue (they differ from calicoes in that calicoes are predominantly white).
  • MyrandaK (((: on 05 May 11
     
    she has two cats now she did have like a dozen or more
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    by the way the other stuff infront of mine is stuff i highlighted
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    OMG!!!!!!!! It is sooo weird that Henrietta only has one eye!!!
jarred hatchette

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author gordon korman cjhs

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  • Korman wrote his first book, This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall, when he was 12 years old for a coach who suddenly found himself teaching 7th grade English. He later took that episode and created a book out of it, as well, in The Sixth Grade Nickname Game, where Mr. Huge was based on that 7th grade teacher. Korman moved to New York City where he studied film and film writing. While in New York, he also met his future wife, and they eventually married -- they now have three children. He and his wife live on Long Island with their three children. He has published more than 50 books.
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      He has written a lot of books.
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Meg Cabot Biography - life, children, parents, name, story, death, school, mother, young - 1 views

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biography meg cabot

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      There is lots of info on Meg Cabot. I don't have enough time to read ALL of it!!
  • February 1, 1967 • Bloomington, Indiana Author
  • Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana. She was an avid reader from a very early age, at first gobbling up comic books and science fiction at the local library.
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  • At one point, Cabot, who began publishing in 1998, was pumping out a novel almost every month; by early 2006 she had published forty-four works of fiction.
  • At one point, Cabot, who began publishing in 1998, was pumping out a novel almost every month; by early 2006 she had published forty-four works of fiction.
  • In 2000, however, Cabot hit the jackpot when she penned The Princess Diaries, a young adult novel that quickly caught on with readers primarily because the wryly humorous author was able to accurately capture "teen-speak." In 2001, The Princess Diaries was adapted for the big screen by Disney and its popularity catapulted Cabot from writer to celebrity.
  • In 2004, the movie The Princess Diaries 2 was released, which further followed the escapades of Mia, the Princess of Genovia. A few months prior, Cabot signed a seven-figure deal with her publisher, HarperCollins, to continue writing the Princess series and to build on her other young adult series. As Cabot told Teenreads.com, "I hope to write about [Mia] as long as people want to keep reading about her."
  • s of fiction
  • While cooling off in the library, Cabot soon discovered classic literature, such as To Kill a Mockingbird, by southern writer Harper Lee (1926–), and Jane Eyre, written by English novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855). Jane Eyre, the story of the romance between a man and his daughter's nanny, in particular, had a lasting effect on young Cabot. As she explained in a 2004 interview with Christina Nunez, "It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have never left."
  • In addition to reading, Cabot was also obsessed with princesses.
  • "I was a traditional Disney-princess worshipper," she told Trudy Wyss of Borders. "You know, I had the Snow White birthday cake when I was six, drew Cinderella endlessly on my notepads." Cabot read about princesses (her favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast ) and fantasized about being a real-life princess, often telling her mom and dad that her "real" parents, the king and queen, would arrive one day in Indiana to find her.
  • "It's one thing to be
  • "I am living proof that it is possible to profit from being a high school freak."
  • princess of a kingdom; it is quite another to be princess of an entire planet!"
  • While in high school Cabot began to write her own stories because, as she claimed in an Onion Street online interview, there was absolutely nothing else to do.
  • In addition, Cabot wrote for the high school newspaper and kept detailed journals. She also was active in after-school activities, including choir, theater, and the art club.
  • Although she enjoyed writing Cabot never planned on becoming a professional author. Instead, she dreamed of being an actress or a veterinarian.
  • Unfortunately, she flunked algebra and did rather poorly on the math portion of her SATs.
  • Following graduation from high school, Cabot decided to study art at the University of Indiana, where she could attend tuition-free since her father was a professor.
  • In 1991, with a bachelor of fine arts degree in hand, the budding artist moved to New York City to pursue a career as an illustrator. Instead, she landed a job as a freshman dormitory assistant manager at New York University. It was not exactly her dream job, but there were periods when work was slow, which gave her plenty of free time to return to her early love: writing.
  • Seven years and thousands of rejection letters later (Cabot claims she has a mail bag full of rejections), her first novel was finally published. It was an historical romance called Where Roses Grow Wild (1998), and it was written under the pen name, or alias, of Patricia Cabot. Several more romances followed in 1999 and 2000. At the same time, Cabot was busy trying her hand at a novel, called The Princess Diaries, that was aimed at younger readers. Even though she was a published author, Cabot's young adult novel was rejected seventeen times before it was finally purchased by HarperCollins and released in 2000.
  • The inspiration for Princess came from an event that happened in Cabot's own life. After her father died her mother began dating her daughter's former art teacher. Cabot was so horrified that she began keeping a diary. She expanded the diary entries into a story about a ninth-grader named Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, also known as Mia, whose mother is dating her algebra teacher. Cabot also visited her old high school diaries to add a true teen voice to her character, a gangly, shy freshman being raised by her single mom in a Greenwich Village loft in New York City.
  • n addition to facing the trials and tribulations of teenage life, Mia's world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her father is actually the prince of a tiny European country called Genovia and that she is next in l
  • Critics gave mixed reviews to the The Princess Diaries, claiming that at times it was over the top and cartoonish.
  • "The reason girls are drawn to the book is an element of naughtiness—ooh, I'm reading something that's not supposed to be read."
  • A few reviewers, however, were troubled by some of the questionable situations that appear in the book. For example, Mia's parents were never married, and her mother has a boyfriend who sleeps over. In her All About Romance interview, Cabot speaks to the objection by saying The Princess Diaries is timely. "It really does reflect modern-day popular culture, as well as modern-day teen problems and concerns. Many librarians (and parents, as well as teachers) have pointed to those scenes in particular as examples of timely issues, considering how many kids now have single parents or have friends with single parents."
  • Regardless of the critics, readers were drawn to the book in huge groups.
  • In just a few short years The Princess Diaries had become a mini-dynasty with Meg Cabot as its queen
  • The Princess Diaries movies may not have been quite as successful if eighteen-year-old newcomer Anne Hathaway had not been chosen to play Mia Thermopolis, the nerdy American who is transformed into European royalty. In fact, even critics who panned the film consistently praised the fresh-faced, fledgling actress. As David DiCerto of the Catholic News Service wrote, "The mediocre material is elevated somewhat by the buoyant and beautiful Hathaway, whose sunny smile could light up a small kingdom of two."
  • nne Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982, in Brooklyn, New York, the middle child and only daughter of Gerald Hathaway, an attorney, and Kate McCauley, a singer and actress.
Lindsay Thompson

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  • "I write the kind of books I write because I want to help kids understand that nobody gets to pick what life dishes out to them. What you do get to choose is how you respond to what life gives you. No matter what happens, life is a gift. And always worth living." —Lurlene McDaniel
  • She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned a B.A. in English.
  • To make certain that her books are medically accurate, McDaniel conducts extensive research. She interviews health care professionals and works with appropriate medical groups and hospice organizations, as well as the Tennessee Organ Donor Services. "I study medicine and traditional grief therapy techniques to give the novels a sense of serious medical reality," she says. "I also study the Bible to instill the human element --- the values and ethics often overlooked by the coldness of technology."
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  • McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3. His illness changed the lives of everyone in her family forever. "I saw what life was like for someone who was chronically ill, and I experienced how it affected the dynamics of the family," says McDaniel. She says she found that writing about the trauma and its effects was therapeutic
  • In addition to her popular YA novels, McDaniel has written radio and television scripts, promotional and advertising copy, and a magazine column. She is a frequent speaker at schools, writers' conferences, and conventions.
  • Three of her novels were selected by children as IRA-CBC Children's Choices: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, TOO YOUNG TO DIE, and GOODBYE DOESN'T MEAN FOREVER. SIX MONTHS TO LIVE has been placed in a literary time capsule at the Library of Congress, to be opened in the year 2089.
  • McDaniel's works include TO LIVE AGAIN, one of the Dawn Rochelle books; ANGEL OF MERCY, the companion to ANGEL OF HOPE; and HOW DO I LOVE THEE, three stories about young couples who are inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's beautiful sonnet. In her novel, TELLING CHRISTINA GOODBYE, McDaniel shows that everything can change in the blink of an eye.
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    Lurlene's biography
Leslie Blankenship

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  • Lurlene McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3. His illness changed the lives of everyone in her family forever. “I saw what life was like for someone who was chronically ill, and I experienced how it affected the dynamics of the family,” says McDaniel. She says she found that writing about the trauma and its effects was therapeutic. She has written over 40 novels about kids who face life-threatening illnesses. To find out more about her, visit her websites:
  • My path was pure blessing, luck, right place-right time. I wrote ad/pr copy on the side and one day met a woman at a photo shoot and we struck up a conversation. When she discovered I was a writer, she invited me to try my hand at a children's book because her father owned a publishing company---School Book Fairs (now Darby Press). They bought 23 books from me before I moved on to Bantam/Random House.
  • Letters from my readers usually captivate me with their stories of overcoming great odds and struggles to make the best out of what life hands them.
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  • I love the label. It was invented by librarians (I think) and it differentiates me from other YA writers.
  • No...readers tell me they like the endings because they reflect "real life." Some readers are disappointed when the boy/girl don't get together in an ending, however.
  • Fan mail still arrives, but the Web is where today's teen resides. That's why I have four Web contact points. I don't depend on snail mail anymore. Many letters have touched me. I have a "keeper" file of my best letters and sometimes read from it when I do public speaking.
  • That book was sold and in movie form before I was informed it had been filmed. Certainly I was paid, but I had no input about content. I was a little disappointed in the (not mine) ending (so were fans!), but I was glad it made it onto the screen at all because so many books get "optioned", but never produced. I'd still like one to go to the big screen, though.
  • Once again, longevity has been a major blessing. SIX MONTHS TO LIVE was first published in 1985, but it's still selling. Publishing today is harder than ever because the industry is in flux. Sales across the industry have fallen and no one quite knows how to fix it. Also the YA shelves are glutted with material and writers are fighting for shelf space. The YA rage now is fantasy, vampires, the supernatural. When I started with Bantam/Random House, the shelves were loaded with romance and horror. Styles change, but I will always write what I feel comfortable writing---teens handling life-altering events with a positive message about the wonder of living.
  • Write for the sheer pleasure of writing. Keep journals. Get an education. Submit. Focus on story, voice, style, structure, not on "being published."
  • I'm working on HEART 2 HEART, a story about a heart transplant and human connections. My newest, BREATHLESS, will come out in May 2009. It takes 4-6 months for me to write a book---if I don't procrastinate too much.
  • YA writing rocks!!! My agent and many readers have asked me to write for the adult market, but adults bore me. I love writing for teens and pre-teens.
autumn holder

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      good
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      She has 2 kids see i was so close sep for i said she had 3...... maybe
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      it hink it is cool how she followed here dream to become an author
    • autumn holder
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      also on this page there is some books she has made...... and some information in the paragraph above
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    information about where she grew up.... and what collage she went to.... and more
Leslie Blankenship

Lurlene McDaniel: About Lurlene - 1 views

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cjhs mcdaniel lurlene

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  • Everyone loves a good cry, and no one delivers heartwrenching stories better than Lurlene McDaniel.
  • written over 40 novel
  • Some readersÿfdand their parentsÿfdhave wondered why McDaniel chooses to write about sad situations. ÿfdI tell them that sometimes tragedy hits peopleÿfdkids, too. They want answers
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  • These are books that challenge you and make you think
  • McDaniel began writing about young adults when her son Sean was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3
  • To make certain that her books are medically accurate, McDaniel conducts extensive research.
  • She interviews health care professionals and works with appropriate medical groups and hospice organizations, as well as the Tennessee Organ Donor Services
  • Growing up, McDaniel lived in different parts of the country because her father was in the Navy. Eventually her family settled in Florida
  • . She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she earned a B.A. in English. She now lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • In addition to her popular YA novels, McDaniel has written radio and television scripts, promotional and advertising copy, and a magazine column. She is a frequent speaker at schools, writersÿfd conferences, and conventions.
  • McDanielÿfds books have been named to several bestseller lists, including Publishers Weekly
  • Three of her novels were selected by children as IRAÿfdCBC Childrenÿfds Choices: Somewhere Between Life and Death, Too Young to Die, and Goodbye Doesnÿfdt Mean Forever. Six Months to Live has been placed in a literary time capsule at the Library of Congress, to be opened in the year 2089.
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      lots of good info
Leslie Blankenship

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mcdaniel lurlene cjhs

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  • (born 1944 in Canada, although she has lived in the U.S. for most of her life) is an author who has written over 60 young adult books.
  • Her characters have grappled with cancer, diabetes, organ failure, and the deaths of loved ones through disease or suicide.
jarred hatchette

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    Gordon Korman was born in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in the Toronto area. Since he had no brothers, sisters, or pets, he started writing to keep himself entertained. Then his 7th-grade English teacher gave the class an exciting assignment: "He gave us four months-45 minutes a day!-to work on the story of our choice. My project was This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, which became my first published book. I happened to be the class monitor for the Scholastic TAB Book Club, so I figured I was practically a Scholastic employee already! I sent my novel to the address on the TAB flyer, and a few days after my 14th birthday, I had a book contract with Scholastic." By the time Korman graduated from high school, he had published five other novels and several articles for Canadian newspapers. He then moved to New York City, where he studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. Known for his funny, realistic novels for children and young adults, Korman has also collaborated with his mother on two books of poetry written by the fictional character Jeremy Bloom. Never short for ideas, Korman is grateful to the real kids he meets for inspiration: "The best place to get ideas is at the schools I visit. No matter how inventive we writers try to be, the real characters are always the best ones." Gordon Korman lives in Great Neck, New York, with his wife and son.
nick wood

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  • (born May 31, 1925 in New York City) is an American author of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his “realistic” novels. He has written twenty-two novels, including The Solid Gold Kid,
  • The Island Keeper, Heroes Don't Run, and Snow Bound,
  • which was adapted as an NBC after school special, as well as one work of poetry and a few short stories.[1]
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  • After attending the Bronx High School of Science Mazer served in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943–45. He became a sergeant, and he received a Purple Heart and an Air Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters after his B-17 bomber was shot down over Czechoslovakia in April 1945. His wartime experiences eventually inspired several works of historical fiction, including The Last Mission and A Boy at War. After returning to the U.S., Mazer went to Union College, where he earned a BA in 1948. From 1950 to 1955 he was a railroad brakeman and switchtender for New York Central. He was an English teacher in upstate New York at the
  • Central Square School for a year, in 1959. In 1960 he received a M.A. from Syracuse University. He has won numerous awards including several 'Best Books' designations from the American Library Association, The Knickerbocker Award from the New York Library Association (2001), and The ALAN Award for Contributions to Young Adult Literature (2003). Mazer co-authored three books with his late wife, Norma Fox Mazer. He is the father of author Anne Mazer.
  • nick wood on 03 May 11
     
    this is about harry mazer were he went to school and born etc.
Kaylee S

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  • 2006 - 192 pages - Google eBook - PreviewIn one horrifying night, Andy's life changed forever.books.google.com - More editions
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      Kaylee S on 03 May 11
       
      cool books to read
  • Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.
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  • Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.
  • Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
  • 2010 - 304 pages - Google eBook - PreviewFrom award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl that no one knows about because she cannot speak or write.books.google.com
  • Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
  • A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin, who gives up a promising music career to play football during his senior year in high school.
  • As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.
  • Includes facts about hurricanes and sea turtles (p. 104-106).
  • hree eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the ...
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    books
Damon Lahar

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  • Tal, a young Chosen boy, is climbing the Red Tower with his shadowguard to steal a Sunstone. He reaches just below the Veil when he hears a cry far below. For a moment, Tal thinks he has been caught, only to realize the scream was from his little brother, who has secretly followed him. It was he that was caught by a Spiritshadow. Tal decides it would be too risky to climb back down to help his little brother, so he proceeds to climb the Veil. He arrives above the Veil only to meet a Spiritshadow without a master, calling itself the 'Keeper'. After briefly fighting with it, it eventually sends Tal falling off the Red Tower.
  • Before
Sam Hughes

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  • Robert Lawrence Stine
  • 8-Oct-1943
  • Son: Matt Daniel Stine (b. 7-Jun-1980)
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    birth, birthplace, and he has a son
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  • Harry Mazer is still alive. Harry Mazer (born May 31, 1925 in New York City) is an American author of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his “realistic” novels. He has written twenty-two novels. ChaCha!
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  • Mr. Paulsen is a prolific writer who has given us many treasures, probably the best known of which is Hatchet (Penguin, 1988 ISBN 0-14-032724-X). His books often deal with a character in isolation who goes through a sort of rite of manhood through survival in that isolation. Gary Paulsen lives in northern Minnesota, and Foxman as well as many of his others are set in that area. While it deals with isolation, it is primarily a book about the horrors of war and the various ways we deal with it.
  • The book does have some sexual references although they are far from explicit. They are alluded to rather than experienced and they are not the focal poin
  • In Foxman the narrator and his cousin find the Foxman, a recluse with a horribly disfigured face, in a remote cabin in Northern Minnesota. The narrator has been sent to live with relatives in Minnesota because of the violence of his alcoholic parents. The relatives have accepted him and made a place for him in their lives, including him in the storytelling on winter evenings or, rather, including him in the audience for storytelling. It is two of the men who tell stories each night and their stories are always about their adventures in World War I. The audience is expected to laugh at many of them and the narrator finds nothing to laugh at, feeling instead the horror of war. As the boy's relationship with the Foxman grows, he becomes aware of the contrast between the Foxman's handling of the war experience and that of his two uncles.
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  • Things to Notice and Talk About
  • You'll want to focus on the Foxman as the book does. What caused his disfigurement? Notice the ways in which he deals with it, living away from society, hiding his face even hiding himself so that the boys don't have to look at him. Find examples of his behavior which show his constant awareness of his physical appearance. Imagine the horror of being horrible to look at.
  • Look at some of the minor characters here. The uncle is concerned about the boy. He asks if he is happy and if he knows the woods well enough now so that the uncle can relax a bit when the boy is gone for long periods of time. Does the uncle know about the Foxman?
  • What about the person who brings the supplies once a year to the Foxman? What does he/she know? How does that person deal with it? How was the routine established? Did the Foxman go to town once?
  • The Foxman says at one point, "Science kills beauty." What does he mean? What is his example of knowledge ruining wonder? What are some other examples? Talk about the effects on both boys of knowing the Foxman. Why is Carl's reaction different than his cousin's? What will change in the boy's life after this book? Will he stay in the north? with the family? alone? Will he go back to his alcoholic parents? Finally, there is the burning of the cabin with the Foxman and all he owns inside. Is that what Foxman wanted? Why did the boy take only the fox pelt? Was he right?
  • Another quote says that the storytellers are "plucking roses from manure." What about that one? Can you cite examples of it in the book and in life? There is violence throughout this anti-war novel. Pick out the references to it and debate their cause and effects. Speaking of alcoholism, investigate Alanon and Alateen. Could they have helped the boy? The battle of Verdun in World War I is talked about in the book. Find out what you can about it. We're hearing a lot about poison gas now in the Middle East. What was said about it then? Why was it outlawed? Can there be rules to war? Who makes the rules? The work on the farm is important to the book. Everyone does his or her share, even the animals. Talk about the draft horses. Do some research on the different breeds and their particular strengths. The cold plays a part in this story. He talks about the blue of cold. What does he mean? Frostbite is dealt with. Is rubbing snow on frostbite recommended? At one point the boy is freezing to death. Are his experiences consistent with those of real people in the cold? What about snow-blindness? Is it a real thing? Talk to an eye doctor about it. How would the author have known about such things?
  • A distinction is made in the book between killing and hunting animals. How do you feel about it? Is hunting still necessary? Is there a connection between the killing of animals and the killing during war in Foxman? Is trapping necessary? Why? Is there a humane trap? Contact animal rights organizations and furriers to get their sides of the debate. There are some pretty graphic descriptions in the book of preparing killed animals for food. Who prepares the meat you eat? There are other disfigured characters in literature and in real life: the Elephant Man, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, the boy in "Mask." Compare their handling of the problem with that of Foxman. What would you do?
  • Related Books
  • Tree by Leaf by Cynthia Voigt Macmillan, 1988 ISBN 0-689-31403-5. Compare the Foxman to the father in Tree by Leaf. The father was also gassed and is hiding out in the boathouse rather than facing his family. Collected Stories by Richard Kennedy Harper, 1987 ISBN 0-06-023256-0. This book contains a story called "Oliver Hyde's Dishcloth Concert". In that story Oliver hides his face with a dishcloth, not because of a physical disfigurement, but because of an emotional one. Fireweed by Jill Paton Walsh Farrar, 1988 ISBN 0-374-42316-4 This novel deals with war more directly Keeper of the Doves by Betsy Byars Viking, 2002 ISBN 0670035769 Another novel which focuses on an outcast.
  • Other works by Gary Paulsen Read some of his other books (they're all good) and see if you can decide what his values are. Related Areas of Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
  • US History. Featured Subject with related books, activities and links. Farms in Children's Literature. Featured Subject with related books, activities and links. Work and Occupations. Featured Subject with related books, activities and links. Alida's Song by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. Call Me Francis Tucket by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. The Monument by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen. Book Review. Woodsong by Gary Paulsen. Book Review.
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      Kaylee S on 02 May 11
       
      an interview of Sharon Draper
  • You were supposed to be fifteen, but I had already read all the elementary things and was bored. The librarian knew me really well and so she gave me the special card, but she would check every time to make sure that I didn’t check out anything that was too mature for my tender years, but she was absent on Thursdays!
  • in the lives of the characters. Kids ask me all the time what’s my favorite book from childhood, but I don’t really remember because I read so many books.
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  • “I don’t want to sound like one of the 15-year-olds who write to me, but gee, I like your writing!” I really did sound like a kid when I wrote it.
  • my mother used to read to me every single day.
  • That stack of books by everyone’s bed—I have that same stack: books I’ve read, books I’m going to read, books I need to read, books that people have told me are good books to read. My favorite author right now is Diane McKinney-Whetstone.
  • When did you first discover that you had writing talent? SD: I’m not sure. I was always a good writer in school. I have always gotten good grades in writing classes; I have always gotten an A in English.
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  • Do you find that you have to put yourself on a writing schedule?
  • I like to write when inspiration hits me, but sometimes I’m in an airp
  • to have blocks of time.
  • But in order to write, I have
  • all the time, and I’m always thinking about new stories.
  • I keep a little notebook with me, and I jot down things
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  • at home when that happens.
  • Can you talk a little bit about how teaching has affected your writing, or if it has enhanced it?
  • I’ve retired, but I’m in schools quite often, so I may as well be teaching. I think I understand kids’ mindset.
  • : Why did you choose to write about slavery in the 18th century instead of the 19th?
  • There’s more written about the 19th century and the pre-Civil War because by then slavery was an established institution.
  • Were Amari and Polly based on real-life people, or were they composites of people you found in your research?
  • Amari and Polly are composites of people, but I believe that Amari or someone very much like her lived at one time.
  • when they were taken out, there was a door called the Door of No Return.
  • You can’t stand up like a real human being; you have to crawl.
  • With Polly, I wanted to bring out a little bit about the plight of an indentured servant.
  • : You talked about the females not having any power, but there are lots of strong female characters in the book. Even the females with small roles are very well-drawn. Can you talk a bit about creating those characters?
  • : As Polly is listening to Mr. Derby discuss buying and selling slaves at the dinner table, we catch a glimpse of the banality of evil, while so much of your story offers a vision of an active evil. Would you talk about your decision to include the different types?
  • The theme of hope is clear throughout your book. Can you talk about your understanding of hope and its role in surviving traumatic events?
  • Well, I’m always conscious of having a strong girl for my girls to read about and connect with. Boys have lots of books with strong boys, and I think it’s important that girls have strong female characters.
  • When you’re writing a story, you don’t pre-plan that a certain section is going to deal with the philosophical ethics of slavery; it just evolves and emerges.
  • I think if a human being doesn’t have hope, that person cannot survive. It doesn’t matter whether you’re going through traumatic experiences or just day-to-day life.
  • I: About young people: How do you think they’re doing? You offer advice to teachers on your website, but what about librarians—especially in the digital age? I think that might fit in with how you think young people are doing today.
  • I’m working on three books at once, and one is an educational book. A main section/thrust of that book is librarians, because they’re my main supporters.
  • Kaylee S on 02 May 11
     
    interview with Sharon Draper
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