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Ohio Reading Road Trip | Margaret Peterson Haddix Biography - 1 views

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margaret peterson haddix cjhs author

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      Read on this has a lot of good info!!
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      wow this has really a lot of information i think i might use it..... and i didn't even know you were using it i just looked it up and boom it was there.... lol
  • loved if she became a journalist. So when she attended college at Miami University in Oxford, Haddix majored in English and began writing for the school newspaper by the end of her freshman year.
  • (two brothers and one sister),
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  • "What I hated was not any particular subject, but anything that reeked of busy work; all the pointless assignments that took a lot of time but taught me nothing.
  • e wild and entertaining
  • Though her dad's stories sparked an interest in writing, life in a small town afforded
  • addix grew up on a farm in Washington Courthouse, Ohio - the same small town where her family has lived since the early 1800s.
  • l the while, though, Haddix worried that her rising career in journalism was distracting her from her true calling: that of a fiction writer.
  • offer in Illinois, Haddix quit her job at the Indianapolis News and moved north with him. There, she worked various part-time and temporary jobs, including English teacher at a community college in Danville, in order to start he
  • as two ch
  • novels, including the first three of seven books in the "Among the…" series (Among the Barons, Among the Betrayed, and Among the Imposters). She's currently working on book four, Among the Brave, and another, nonseries title, called Say What? She has won an International Reading Association Children's Book Award, and the American Library Association has na
  • es writing for young audiences, Haddix replied: "Teenagers are naturally such good characters in books. They hav
  • Her father was a farmer and her mother, a nurse; her time as a young woman was equally split between home and farm chores with her three siblings
Lindsay Thompson

Answers.com - What are some interesting facts about Lurlene Mcdaniel - 0 views

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cjhs author mcdaniel lurlene

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  • She was born in
  • She is also a aries
  • Philedelphia Pennsylvania
  • Lindsay Thompson on 02 May 11
     
    This is the year Lurlene was born, and where she was born. Also, it is her birth sign.
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
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harrison lisi author cjhs

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    She has a blog that she updates
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    Awesome stuff!!!!!!!!
Bailee Carter

Lurlene McDaniel: Books | Other Fiction - 0 views

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      The Highlighted books are ones I would recommend.
  • Breathless
  • Prey Paperback March 2010 | $6.99 A teacher is supposed to impart a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. It’s a bit different with Ms. Lori Settles. All the kids are talking about how hot she is–and she is especially interested in Ryan Piccoli. When she starts giving Ryan extra attention, he’s feeling more
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  • Hit and Run
  • Briana's Gift
  • Angels in Pink: Holly's Story
  • Telling Christina Goodbye
  • Angels in Pink: Kathleen's Story
  • The Time Capsule
  • How Do I Love Thee
  • Angels in Pink: Raina's Story
    • Bailee Carter
      Bailee Carter on 02 May 11
       
      look you can go were it says ''read chapter one'' then you can read chapter one of any book you would like for free!! (:
  • Lindsay Thompson on 20 Apr 11
     
    List of books and ones to read!!
Bailee Carter

Lurlene McDaniel: Author of Hope | Suite101.com - 0 views

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      wow this is a good site:) love it (:
  • She attended University of South Florida, receiving her degree in English, and currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. McDaniel has moved on now, not just as an author, but also a public speaker, traveling the nation speaking at high schools and conventions.
  • Lurlene McDaniel, born in 1948, has been writing books for young adults since her son, Sean, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3. She realized how drastically it was changing her world, and wanted to create a way for other people, particularly teens, to deal with tragic issues in their own lives. As a child, McDaniel moved around all over the country, as her father was in the Navy
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  • She attended University of South Florida, receiving her degree in English, and currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. McDaniel has moved on now, not just as an author, but also a public speaker, traveling the nation speaking at high schools and conventions.
Leslie Blankenship

Do Lurlene Mcdaniel have any hobbies? Does she have any children? | ChaCha Answers - 0 views

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  • Bailee Carter on 02 May 11
     
    Did you know she has kids but they were adopted!?!
Kaylee S

Sharon Draper's Blog - 0 views

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Out of My Mind

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      about the book "Out of My Mind"
  • Melody, a 10 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy so severe that she can neither speak nor move independently.
  • is a brilliant mind with a cutting wit.
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  • Her world suddenly opens up when she gets a computer with a voice program that allows her to speak for the first time.
  • she is perceived by other kids and adults, including teachers.
  • This is more than a book about a girl with special needs.
  • It holds up a mirror for all of us to see how we react to people with disabilities that make us uncomfortable.
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    book info.
Shelby Tomlinson

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meg cabot cjhs author

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      Her favorite color is red. This is not included in her biography.
  • What are some of Meg Cabot's pen name's?
  • Meg Cabot also writes under the names Meggin Cabot, Patricia Cabot, and Jenny Carroll. She has published more than 50 books under these names.
chelan mcgee

Interview with Sharon Draper | TitleTales | A Service of Book Wholesalers, Inc. - 0 views

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      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.
  • could b
  • 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
  • ort or not
  • 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.
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    interview with Sharon Draper
autumn holder

Margaret Peterson Haddix books | Layla.Miltsov.org - 0 views

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      i think just reading about this book people should read these types of book that are by Margaret Haddix
  • Double Identity. The setting of this story is simpler and with fewer surprises than some of Haddix’ other novels.
  • such as what makes us human, what causes our suffering even if on the surface things may seem as if they’re being done with love and best intentions.
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  • where one day parents or our closest people whom we trust suddenly become inexplicable enigmas and the havoc and fear that come with the change.
  • detective story that is about self, love, trust, mourning, and hope as the early teen girl sets out to find why her parents act weird, hide secrets and end up going into hiding themselves,
  • leaving her with a mysterious aunt of whom she had never heard before.
  • Margaret Peterson Haddix Don’t You Dare Read this Mrs. Dunphry!
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      autumn holder on 20 Apr 11
       
      This book sound like a really good book because it tells you like this girl is curious about her parent and why they are acting weird and hiding secrets, so she sets out to find out why they are acting the way they are.
  • Running out of Time
  • Science and capital are so organised that if someone refuses the unjust standards, even in an attempt to escape, they are forced to rely on the capitalist that destroys those attempts.
  • idealist parents who, in an attempt to escape the cruelty of the contemporary megalomaniac and criminal world, attempt to build a utopia in a Clifton Village.
  • important point of the book is that there seems to be no
  • utopia fails.
  • scape.
  • the death of a dream is as tragic as the death of children: without his dream, the father will never be the same and Jessie and her mother know this.
Lindsay Thompson

Lurlene McDaniel - Contact Information, Biography, Books, and Pictures - 0 views

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  • I'm Lurlene McDaniel and I've been writing for this market for a l-o-n-g time, and am still loving it. I'm called the "crying and dying" lady by librarians, and I write bittersweet stories, mostly about medical issues.
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    What she is called by librarians
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Lisi Harrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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lisi harrison cjhs author

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  • Background
  • Books
  • Born Elyse E. Harrison
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  • By June in 2004, she had quit her job and was planning to write full time. In January, 2007 Lisi left New York City and moved to Laguna Beach, CA, where she currently resides.
  • Lisi Harrison was born in Toronto, Canada
  • The Clique Summer Collection
  • Other Clique Titles
  • Monster High Series
  • The Clique Series
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      What is here date of birth, because I don't think that this is right.
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    I am aware that Wikipedia is not very reliable but from the other things that I have read it sounds good.
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cjhs author harrison lisi

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      She is really pretty is anybody else doing Lisi??
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      She is a great author
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    This is what Lisi Harrison looks like.
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.
Lindsay Thompson

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  • Growing up, Lurlene 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.
  • Lindsay Thompson on 03 May 11
     
    About Lurlene growing up
autumn holder

TeacherTube Videos - Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix - 0 views

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    about one book that she made and some info about her
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Margaret Peterson Haddix - 0 views

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      i totally did not know she wrote the series 39 Clues
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    You will learn about lots of books by Margaret Peterson Haddix on this site.
Carly Felty

Margaret Peterson Haddix - 0 views

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margaret haddix

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      she got many awards for her books
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      ohh ya
  • Her books for young readers include Running Out of Time, Among the Hidden, Among the Impostors, Among the Betrayed, and The Girl with 500 Middle Names.
  • Her work has been honored with the International Reading Association Children's Book Award, American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers citations, and several state Readers' Choice Awards. Margaret Peterson Haddix lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio.
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