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Guts
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Gary Paulsen |
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson. |
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The times of my life
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Brent K. Ashabranner |
The prolific author describes how his interest in writing developed as he was growing up in the Oklahoma of the Depression and chronicles his years after World War II as a government worker in Africa… |
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Sandra Cisneros
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Karen Clemens Warrick |
"Discusses the life of Latina author Sandra Cisneros, including her childhood in Chicago, her path to becoming an accomplished author, and her work in the Latino community"--Provided by publisher. |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Zachary Kent |
"[E]xamines the life of the writer whose work, which includes such masterpieces as "The raven" and "The tell-tale heart," remains among the most memorable in the history of American literature"--P. [… |
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Meet Daniel Pinkwater
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McGinty, Alice B. |
A short biography of the author of more than seventy books for children, Daniel Pinkwater. |
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Charles Dickens and the street children of London
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Andrea Warren |
Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor,… |
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Roald Dahl
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Charlotte Guillain |
"This series introduces young readers to some of their favourite authors. Each book looks at one author's life, inspiration and most famous works. This book is about Roald Dahl, author of Fantastic M… |
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Henry David Thoreau for Kids
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Corinne Hosfeld Smith |
American author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for living two years along the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, and writing about his experiences in *Walden; or, Life… |
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The pigman & me
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Paul Zindel |
An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or mentor. |
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Christopher Paul Curtis
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Michelle Parker-Rock |
"A biography of Christopher Paul Curtis based on a one-on-one interview between Curtis and the author"--Provided by publisher. |
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Maya Angelou
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Lisbeth Kaiser |
The book follows Maya Angelou, from her early traumatic childhood to her time as a singer, actress, civil rights campaigner and, eventually, one of America's most beloved writers. This inspiring and … |
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Kadir Nelson
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Lisa M. B. Simons |
Explore the life and career of Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King-awarded author and illustrator Kadir Nelson. |
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Brave Jane Austen
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Lisa Pliscou |
1 volume (unpaged) : 29 cm |
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James Baldwin
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Susan Henneberg |
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Wallace Stegner
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Joanne Mattern |
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Stegner's childhood in the United States and Canada, his education at the University of Utah and the Iowa Writers Workshop, his wife and son, and … |
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Cynthia Kadohata
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Jill C. Wheeler |
This book traces the author's childhood, education, and career plus it will take a look at what inspired her to become a children's author. |
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My dear Noel
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Jane Johnson |
A letter from Beatrix Potter to a young friend who is ill marks the origin of her famous tales. |
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Deborah Cannarella |
Profiles Zora Neale Hurston, whose childhood love of stories led her to a successful career as a folklorist and author of poems, novels, short stories, and plays. |
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The Tenement Writer
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Ben Sonder,Alex Haley,Meryl Rosner |
The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant’s Story follows a young Jewish immigrant from Poland as she struggles to build a new life in America and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer.
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Rascal
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Sterling North |
The author's carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal. |
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