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lucky wreck
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Ada Limón |
Poetry by Ada Limón. The winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize, selected by Jean Valentine.
"Ada’s new book has a smart clip of anger to some of the poems, edgy parameters of disappointment… |
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Meet Beverly Cleary
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S. Ward |
A simple biography of the prolific children's author, Beverly Cleary, whose prize-winning writing career spans fifty years. |
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My fair lazy
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Jen Lancaster |
It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on. Readers have followed Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 19… |
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Seeing the circle
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Joseph Bruchac |
The author tells how he learned about his own Native American background, how he became a writer, and how he spends his days. |
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Lucking out
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James Wolcott |
""How lucky I was, arriving in New York just as everything was about to go to hell." That would be in the autumn of 1972, when a very young and green James Wolcott arrived from Maryland, full of lit… |
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Without a map
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Meredith Hall |
"Meredith Hall grew up bonded to her insular New Hampshire community, comforted by the hallmarks of belonging: perfect attendance in Sunday school, classmates who seemed more like cousins, teachers w… |
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Wild
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Cheryl Strayed |
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed th… |
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Grace Lin
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Abby Colich |
"Presents the life and career of Grace Lin, including her childhood, education, and milestones as a best selling children's author"--Provided by publisher. |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Leslie Strudwick |
A biography of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who is best known for her "Little House" books, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. |
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Purple mountain majesties
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Barbara Younger |
A brief biography of the author and college professor whose travels across the United States inspired her to write the poem which became the song "America the Beautiful." |
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Wild
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Cheryl Strayed |
A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.
Cheryl Strayed recounts the i… |
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A house of my own
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Sandra Cisneros |
"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a… |
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Maurice Sendak
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Jennifer Hurtig |
Maurice Sendak has written and illustrated dozens of books in his career, including classics such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Sendak's beloved illustrations, honesty, and u… |
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This Side of Wild
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Gary Paulsen,Tim Jessell |
This book is about Gary Paulsen and his connection to the wild. He trains slay dogs, has a overprotective yet helpful poodle, befriends a dog who can talk, finds connections with the human world and … |
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Virginia Hamilton
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Deborah A. Marinelli |
Details the life of prominent, award-winning author, Virginia Hamilton, and discusses her work. |
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Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona
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Maya Christina Gonzalez,Gloria E. Anzaldúa |
Prietita, a young Mexican-American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman.
<small>from Google Books</small> |
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No Boundaries
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Ray Gonzalez |
Here is both a history and a projection of the contemporary American prose poem, gathered by one of our most knowledgeable editors. No anthology of contemporary prose poetry has ever presented such a… |
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After Aztlan
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Ray Gonzalez |
<em>After Aztlan: Latino Poetry of the Nineties</em> is the first comprehensive poetry anthology of Latin poets who write primarily in English. In this volume, they write of their heritage, their dri… |
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Extraordinary American writers
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John Tessitore |
Profiles over sixty United States authors representing different eras, cultures, and genres who have made their mark in history, including Benjamin Franklin, Emily Dickinson, and W.E.B. DuBois. |
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The boy on Fairfield Street
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Kathleen Krull |
Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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