6th Grade AUTHOR STUDY

Young Adult Authors2014

M.T. Anderson

Adventure / HumorPals in Peril Series

• Whales on Stilts!• He Laughed with His Other

Mouths

Adventure / FantasyNorumbegan Quartet• The Game of Sunken Places -

book 1 book talk

http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/assets/images/autogen/MTAnderson-S.jpg

Mac Barnett

Mystery / HumorBrixton Brothers Series

• The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, book 1 book trailer

• Danger Goes Berserk, book 4

http://www.texasbookfestival.org/images/authors/MacBarnett--PhotoSmall.jpg

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)

Gennifer Choldenko

Historical Fiction• Al Capone Does My

Homework – series book 3 book trailer

Contemporary Fiction • Notes from a Liar and Her

Dog

Fantasy• No Passengers Beyond this

Point book trailer

http://www.choldenko.com/

Matt Christopher

http://www.amazon.com/Matt-Christopher/e/B000APFXQQ/ref=sr_tc_ep?qid=1317491721

Sports Fiction / Contemporary Fiction• Perfect Game – Little League series

Biography• On the Mound with Greg Maddux

Non-fiction• Great Moments in the Summer

Olympics

Andrew Clements

Contemporary Fiction• Troublemaker

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• We Hold These Truths, Book 5

http://www.andrewclements.net/

Caroline B. Cooney

Suspense/Contemporary Fiction• Code Orange (Lone Star) book trailer

• The Lost Songs• Mythology Fiction• Goddess of Yesterday book trailer

http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com/author/forthepress.html

John Coy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coy

Sports Fiction• Crackback • Box Out book trailer

• Top of the Order, series 4 for 4: book 1

Frances O’Roark Dowell

Realistic / Contemporary Fiction• The Second Life of Abigail Walker• Dovey Coe book trailer

• Anybody Shining – new!

• Ten Miles Past Normal book trailer

http://www.francesdowell.com/biography/

John Feinstein

Sports Fiction / Mystery

• Cover-Up book trailer

• Rush for the Gold• Last Shot (Lone Star) book trailer

Sportswriter, Columnist, Broadcaster, Sports commentatorhttp://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/John-

Feinstein.cfm?Spea_ID=318

Candace Fleming

Supernatural Fiction: • On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave book trailer

Contemporary Fiction:• The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop

Elementary School

Biography:• The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and

the Fall of Imperial Russia – new! book trailer

• Amelia Lost: The Life & Disappearance of Amelia Earhart book trailer

http://www.candacefleming.com/press.html

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

Lisa Graff

Fiction

• Umbrella Summer book trailer

• The Thing About Georgie

• Absolutely Almost – new!

• A Tangle of Knots – book trailer

http://www.lisagraff.com/about-lisa-graff.html

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Science FictionThe Shadow Children Series• Among the Hidden, book 1 (Lone Star) –

book trailer

The Missing Series• Sent, book 2 - book trailer for Found, book 1

Fantasy• Palace of Mirrors

Contemporary Fiction• Full-Ridehttp://authors.simonandschuster.com/

Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/20539155

Will Hobbs

Contemporary Fiction (Adventure & Sci-Fi)

• Jackie’s Wild Seattle

• Take Me to the River (Lone Star)

• Go Big or Go Home – book trailer

http://www.watchnewspapers.com/pages/full_story/push?articleauthor+Will+Hobbs+Speaks+at+Anasazi+Heritage+Center+Sunday%20&id=8566390&instance=1st_right

Jennifer Holm

Historical Fiction:• Penny from Heaven (Newbery honor)

book trailer

• Turtle in Paradise (Newbery honor, Bluebonnet) book trailer

Boston Jane Series• An Adventure – book 1

Contemporary Fiction• The Fourteenth Goldfish – new!

http://www.jenniferholm.com/

Anthony HorowitzAlex Rider Adventures• 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

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

Gordon Korman

Adventure/Survival• Everest: The Contest, book 1

Contemporary & Humor• Schooled book trailer

• Framed, Swindle Series book 3

Supernatural Fiction• The Hypnotists book trailer

http://gordonkorman.com/

C.S. Lewis

Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia• Voyage of the Dawn Treader,

book 5

• The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe book trailer

http://www.doreleiden.nl/boeken/bb2002-07a.asp

Mike Lupica

Sports Fiction• Fantasy League – new! book trailer

• Shoot-Out – Comeback Kids Series, book 5

• Heavy Hitters – Game Changers Series, book 1

Fantasy• Hero (Bluebonnet) book trailer

ESPN Sports caster and sports columnist

www.mikelupicabooks.com/mikelupica.html

Ann M. Martin

Historical Fiction• Better to Wish – Family Tree Series, book

1

Contemporary Fiction• A Corner of the Universe

(Newbery) book trailer

• A Dog’s Life• Ten Rules for Living with

My Sister book trailerhipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu

Wendy Mass

Contemporary Fiction• 13 Gifts Willow Falls Series

• A Mango Shaped Space book trailer

• Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life book trailer

Contemporary Fiction with a Sci-fi twist• Pi in the Sky

http://writerjenn.blogspot.com/2010/10/peek-at-creative-space-of-wendy-mass.html

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/

Gary Paulsen

Historical Fiction• Woods Runner book trailer

Autobiography• My Life in Dog Years (Bluebonnet)

Realistic Fiction/Humor• Notes from the Dog book trailer

Survival• Brian’s Hunt http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

index.html

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians• The Last Olympian, book 5

The Kane Chronicles:• The Red Pyramid, book 1

The Heroes of Olympus: series trailer

• House of Hades book trailer

• The Blood of Olympus – new! book trailer – RR introduces

http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/about-the-author/

J.K. Rowling

Fantasy / Adventure

Harry Potter books• Sorcerer’s Stone

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

http://www.starpulse.com/Notables/Rowling,_J.K./Pictures/

Louis Sachar

Contemporary Fiction• Holes (Newbery) book trailer

• Small Steps

Humor• The Boy Who Lost His Face• Wayside School series

Sideways Arithmetic …

http://portland.readinglocal.com/2010/04/17/today-4-17-louis-sachar-at-the-central-library/

Neal Shusterman

Contemporary Fiction• The Schwa Was Here book trailer

Science Fiction• Tesla’s Attic, new! book 1 Accelerati Trilogy b

ook trailer

• Everlost

Dark Fusion Series• Duckling Ugly

http://www.storyman.com/bio/

Roland Smith

http://www.akla.org/kodiak2009/speakers.php

Historical Fiction:• Elephant Run book trailer

Adventure / Survival:• The White House, I.Q. Series-book 2

• Cryptid Hunters book trailer

• Eruption! (book 3 of Storm Runners series)

Wendelin Van Draanen

Mystery• Showdown in Sin City (Sammy Keyes

series) series book trailer

Realistic Fiction• The Running Dream, Lone Star

Book trailer

• Flipped, Bluebonnet

thechildrensbookreview.com

Sarah Weeks

Contemporary Fiction• Jumping the Scratch• So B. It book trailer

• As Simple as It Seems• Pie book trailer

http://www.sarahweeks.com/sweeks-about.htm

Deborah Wiles

Contemporary Fiction• Each Little Bird That Sings (Bluebonnet)

• Love, Ruby Lavender book trailer

• Aurora County All-Stars

Historical Fiction Documentary Novel

• Sixties Trilogy: Countdown, book 1 (Lone Star) - book trailer

• Author talks about Revolution, book 2 http://deborahwiles.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/lowresdebwiles.jpg

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