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Carly Felty

Margaret Peterson Haddix - 0 views

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margaret haddix

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    • Carly Felty
      Carly Felty on 20 Apr 11
       
      she got many awards for her books
    • autumn holder
      autumn holder on 03 May 11
       
      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.
autumn holder

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

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margaret peterson haddix cjhs author

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      Carly Felty on 20 Apr 11
       
      Read on this has a lot of good info!!
    • autumn holder
      autumn holder on 04 May 11
       
      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
Bailee Carter

Lurlene McDaniel: Books | Other Fiction - 0 views

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    • Lindsay Thompson
      Lindsay Thompson on 20 Apr 11
       
      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!!
jarred hatchette

Gordon Korman (Author of One False Note) - 0 views

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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.
    • jared moore
      jared moore on 20 Apr 11
       
      He has written a lot of books.
MyrandaK (((:

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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    • Shelby Tomlinson
      Shelby Tomlinson on 25 Apr 11
       
      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.
justin moore

Gary Paulsen - 0 views

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cjhs author gary paulsen

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  • Notes from the Dog
  • Sometimes having company is not all
  • ylan. This summer he's hoping for a job where he doesn't have to talk to anyone except his pal Matthew. Then Johanna moves in next door
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  • s cracked up to be." Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog,
  • justin moore on 25 Apr 11
     
    some of the books that he wrote and it will tell how gary thinks of his books in his prospective.
Kaylee S

Sharon Draper's Blog - 0 views

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Out of My Mind

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      Kaylee S on 03 May 11
       
      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.
  • Kaylee S on 03 May 11
     
    book info.
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
  • Kaylee S on 02 May 11
     
    books of Sharon Draper
Kaylee S

Sharon Draper - 0 views

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about

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      Kaylee S on 04 May 11
       
      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.
  • Kaylee S on 04 May 11
     
    about Sharon Draper
William Reynolds Guerra

Rick Riordan's Favorite Childhood Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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rick cjhs

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  • Rick Riordan’s Favorite Childhood Books
  • When I was young, my favorite picture book was “Fletcher and Zenobia,” written by Edward Gorey
  • and illustrated by Victoria Chess
  • ricky winters on 06 May 11
     
    hello
MyrandaK (((:

Meg Cabot - Official UK site - 2 views

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the books she has writin and when! meg cabot

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      Madddie Minter(: on 05 May 11
       
      10 things you never knew about Meg Cabot(:
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      Madddie Minter(: on 05 May 11
       
      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.
    • MyrandaK (((:
      MyrandaK (((: on 06 May 11
       
      this was cool!!! and it will help me a lot! thanks Maddie!
Lindsay Thompson

TeacherTube Videos - BREATHLESS, by Lurlene McDaniel T - 0 views

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CJHS Author mcdaniel lurlene

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  • BREATHLESS, by Lurlene McDaniel
  • Lindsay Thompson on 05 May 11
     
    Book Trailer by Lurlene McDaniel!! It's about her book Breathless! :)
  • Bailee Carter on 06 May 11
     
    i saw that video it was awesome!!! (:
Kaylee S

Sharon M. Draper | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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facts

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  • She is also the author of many books for teens, including the New York Times bestsellers Copper Sun, the 2007 Coretta Scott King Award winner, and We Beat the Street. She also wrote Forged by Fire, the 1998 Coretta Scott King Award winner, as well as Tears of a Tiger, winner of the CSK/John Steptoe New Talent Award, and The Battle of Jericho and November Blues, both Coretta Scott King Honor books.
  • Ms. Draper explains how she came to write the Sassy series. “Several years ago I met a little girl, an avid reader, who was about eight or nine years old,” she says. “Something was missing in the books available to her.
  • I wanted to create a little girl with both spunk and sparkle, a child with grace and glitter. Sassy and her seemingly bottomless sack are ready to greet the world with power and pizzazz!”
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  • honored as the National Teacher of the Year and was selected as Ohio’s Outstanding High School Language Arts Educator and Ohio Teacher of the Year.
  • Kaylee S on 05 May 11
     
    facts
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Teenreads.com - THE CLIQUE Series by Lisi Harrison - 1 views

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author cjhs lisi harrison

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    • Whitney Gilliamm((:
      Whitney Gilliamm((: on 20 Apr 11
       
      She wrote her books about her childhood!! Well......mostly!
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      Mason McCord [: on 25 Apr 11
       
      Whitney you were here too! cool!!
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      Mason McCord [: on 25 Apr 11
       
      <3 mason
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      Mason McCord [: on 03 May 11
       
      Wow that is cool she had a lot of drama in her childhood! lol
  • Author Information Lisi Harrison was born 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 creative consulting done by Bee Bee, her fashionista Chihuahua.
  • Author Information Lisi Harrison was born 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 creative consulting done by Bee Bee, her fashionista Chihuahua.
  • Nicole Hicks on 18 Apr 11
     
    Great information about Lisi Harrison, author of The Clique Series.
  • Whitney Gilliamm((: on 11 May 11
     
    I love you mason
Bryan Soles

Garth Nix .net - Biography, Pictures, Videos, & Quotes - 4 views

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garth

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  • Garth Nix Biography
  • Garth Nix is a renowned author of fantasy novels who lives in Australia. Old Kingdom series, The Keys to the Kingdom and The Seventh Tower series are among Garth Nix’s most notable writings. Garth Nix was born on 19th July 1963 in the Melbourne city of Australia. Garth left Melbourne and shifted to Canberra with his parents in his childhood. He lived in Canberra till the age of nineteen. Garth left for a UK tour with a bag packed with all kinds of books. He later returned to Australia to complete his studies. From 1984 to 1986 Garth attended the University of Canberra to study for Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of professional writing. After receiving his degree Garth worked in a bookshop. Later on Nix worked as a book publicist then as a sales representative for a book publisher. After moving to Sydney Nix worked as a senior editor in 1991 with Harper Collins Australia. Garth Nix along with these jobs worked as a part time soldier for four years in Assault Pioneer platoon a division of Australian Army.
    • Bryan Soles
      Bryan Soles on 04 May 11
       
      A golden duck!
  • Nicole Hicks on 18 Apr 11
     
    This gives a lot of information about Garth Nix.
  • Bryan Soles on 04 May 11
     
    bio again
jared moore

Gordon Korman Biography - 0 views

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Gordon Korman's Biography

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  • His first book found a home with Scholastic, who also published his next 20 or so books, including six more Bruno and Boots titles, and several award winning young adult titles, among them my personal favorite, Son of Interflux. Scholastic still publishes many of Gordon's titles, though Hyperion Press is also now printing some of Gordon's stories.
  • He now lives on Long Island, outside of New York City, has approximately 55 books to his credit, and is currently contracted for several more, including the six volume On the Run adventure series, and new young adult and childrens' titles.
  • Nicole Hicks on 18 Apr 11
     
    Biography information about Gordon Korman.
  • jared moore on 20 Apr 11
     
    Tells a little about his life.
William Reynolds Guerra

Rick Riordan talks to ReadingZone.com - Bing Videos - 0 views

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rick cjhs

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      William Reynolds Guerra on 20 Apr 11
       
      this is a video of rick Riordan talking about the Percy Jackson books
  • William Reynolds Guerra on 20 Apr 11
     
    this is a video of rick Riordan talking about the Percy Jackson books
Sam Hughes

RL Stine .org - Biography, Pictures, Videos, & Quotes - 0 views

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cjhs

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    • Sam Hughes
      Sam Hughes on 20 Apr 11
       
      R.L. Stine's first book he ever wrote was Blind Date.
  • In 1990 R L Stine joined the parachute press and wrote Fear Street,
    • Sam Hughes
      Sam Hughes on 20 Apr 11
       
      In 1990 R. L. Stine joined the parachute press and wrote Fear Street. :)
    • Sam Hughes
      Sam Hughes on 20 Apr 11
       
      His books are available in 32 languages!!!!!!! :O
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  • Today. R L Stine’s books are available in 32 languages and sales figures have crossed over 300 million copies across the globe.
  • Blind Date was the first teen horror novel which R L Stine wrote in 1987
  • followed by Hit and Run, Beach House and The Girl friend.
William Reynolds Guerra

BEYONDERS: A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES Book Trailer - Bing Videos - 1 views

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  • William Reynolds Guerra on 20 Apr 11
     
    i rick Riordan video
jarred hatchette

Kidsreads.com - Author Profile: Gordon Korman - 0 views

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author gordon korman cjhs

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  • Gordon Korman
  • Gordon Korman was born October 23, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. He wrote his first book when he was 12 years old. “It wasn't on purpose.” Gordon says, “In my school, the track and field coach had to teach language arts, and for writing, he just told us to work on whatever we wanted for the rest of the year.” As the class monitor for Arrow Book Club, he sent his manuscript to Scholastic. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING AT MCDONALD HALL was published i
  • 1978, when Gordon was fourteen. He now has 65 novels to his credit, most recently The Juvie Three. Future projects include a SWINDLE s
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  • equel and the second book in the Scholastic series The 39 Clues.
  • jared moore on 26 Apr 11
     
    A BIO of his life. Also, an author talk.
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