AuthorExplorationPPT_PART 1
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6th Grade AUTHOR STUDY
Young Adult Authors2013
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Also known as. . .
2013
The Mighty Minds
Author
Exploration
Extravaganza !
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Candace Fleming
Supernatural Fiction: • On the Day I Died: Stories from the
Grave
Contemporary Fiction:• The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop
Elementary School book trailer Tip: Allow Windows Media Player and view 2nd video. Once it starts to play, right click on it and zoom to full screen.
Biography:• The Great and Only Barnum
• Amelia Lost: The Life & Disappearance of Amelia Earharthttp://www.candacefleming.com/press.html
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Helen Frost
Novels in Verse:• Salt: A Story of Friendship in a
Time of War
• Hidden book trailer
• Diamond Willow book trailer
http://helenfrost.net/section.php?section=bio
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti
http://academic.keystone.edu/thegathering/bartoletti.html
Historical Fiction• Down the Rabbit Hole: Diary of
Pringle Rose (Dear America)
• The Boy Who Dared book trailer
Non-Fiction• Hitler Youth: Growing up in
Hitler’s Shadow (Newbery honor)
• They Called themselves the K.K.K. book trailer (intense subject matter)
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Gennifer Choldenko
Historical Fiction• Al Capone Does My Shirts –
series book 1 (Newbery Honor)
Contemporary Fiction • Notes from a Liar and Her
Dog
Fantasy• No Passengers Beyond this
Point book trailer
http://www.choldenko.com/
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Andrew Clements
Contemporary Fiction• Lost and Found
Science Fiction• Things Not Seen (series, book 1)
book trailer
Survival• A Week in the Woods book trailer
MysteryBenjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the
School series• Fear Itself, Book 2
http://www.andrewclements.net/
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Caroline B. Cooney
Suspense/Contemporary Fiction• Code Orange (Lone Star) book trailer
• The Lost Songs• Janie Face to Face book trailer
Mythology Fiction• Goddess of Yesterday
http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com/author/forthepress.html
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John Coy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coy
Sports Fiction• Crackback • Box Out book trailer
• Eyes on the Goal, series 4 for 4: book 2
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Jennifer HolmHistorical Fiction:• Penny from Heaven (Newbery honor)
• Turtle in Paradise (Newbery honor, Bluebonnet) book trailer
• The Trouble with May Amelia
Boston Jane Series• An Adventure – book 1
Graphic Format• Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
http://www.jenniferholm.com/
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Frances O’Roark Dowell
Realistic / Contemporary Fiction• Falling In book trailer
• The Secret Language of Girls• Shooting the Moon• The Second Life of Abigail Walker• Ten Miles Past Normal (not on cart)
book trailer
http://www.francesdowell.com/biography/
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John Feinstein
Sports Fiction / Mystery
• Rush for the Gold• Last Shot (Lone Star) book trailer
• The Rivalry
Sportswriter, Columnist, Broadcaster, Sports commentator
http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/John-Feinstein.cfm?Spea_ID=318
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Lisa Graff
Fiction
• Umbrella Summer book trailer
• The Thing About Georgie
• Double Dog Dare book trailer
• A Tangle of Knots
http://www.lisagraff.com/about-lisa-graff.html
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Margaret Peterson HaddixScience Fiction• The Always War book trailer
• Game Changer
The Shadow Children Series• Among the Hidden, book 1
(Lone Star)
The Missing Series• Torn, book 4
Fantasy• Palace of Mirrors
39 Clues Book 10• Into the Gauntlethttp://authors.simonandschuster.com/
Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/20539155
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Sy Montgomery
Non-fiction• Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An
Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Siebert Honor
• Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot
• Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
http://jillsbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/nonfiction-nuggets-whats-soft-mossy-green-smells-like-honey-booms-chings-and-waddles/sy-montgomery/
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Will Hobbs
Contemporary Fiction (Adventure & Sci-Fi)
• Jackie’s Wild Seattle• Never Say Die – new!
• Take Me to the River (Lone Star)
• Go Big or Go Home
http://www.watchnewspapers.com/pages/full_story/push?articleauthor+Will+Hobbs+Speaks+at+Anasazi+Heritage+Center+Sunday%20&id=8566390&instance=1st_right
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Anthony HorowitzAlex Rider Adventures• Scorpia Rising: The Final Mission
book trailer
• Russian Roulette-The Story of an Assassin (prequel) book trailer
Diamond Brother’s Mysteries• The Greek Who Stole Christmas
Supernatural• The Switch
Historical Fiction• The House of Silk: A Sherlock
Holmes Novel book trailer
http://www.topnews.in/renowned-writer-anthony-horowitz
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Deborah Wiles
Contemporary Fiction• Each Little Bird That Sings (Bluebonnet)
• Love, Ruby Lavender• Aurora County All-Stars
Historical Fiction Documentary Novel
• Sixties Trilogy: Countdown, book 1 (Lone Star) - book trailer
http://deborahwiles.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/lowresdebwiles.jpg
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Peg Kehret
Adventure • Escaping the Giant Wave book trailer
Realistic Thriller• Runaway Twin book trailer
Suspense• Ghost Dog Secrets
Non-Fiction• Shelter Dogs
Autobiography• Small Steps: The Year I got Polio
rascofromrif.org
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Stay tuned for more author
excitement on Monday!