Transcript 6th Grade Research Project - Highland Park Middle School

6th Grade
AUTHOR STUDY
Young Adult Authors
2014
M.T. Anderson
Adventure / Humor
Pals in Peril Series
• Whales on Stilts!
• He Laughed with His Other
Mouths
Adventure / Fantasy
Norumbegan Quartet
• The Game of Sunken Places
- book 1 book talk
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/assets/images/autogen/MTAnderson-S.jpg
Mac Barnett
Mystery / Humor
Brixton 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
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)
http://academic.keystone.edu/thegathering/bartoletti.html
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
Sports Fiction /
Contemporary Fiction
• Perfect Game –
Little League series
Biography
• On the Mound with Greg
Maddux
Non-fiction
http://www.amazon.com/MattChristopher/e/B000APFXQQ/ref=sr_tc
_ep?qid=1317491721
• 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
Mystery
Benjamin 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
Sports Fiction
• Crackback
• Box Out book trailer
• Top of the Order,
book 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coy
series 4 for 4:
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
http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/JohnFeinstein.cfm?Spea_ID=318
Sportswriter, Columnist,
Broadcaster, Sports commentator
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
•
http://www.candacefleming.com/press.html
Amelia Lost: The Life & Disappearance
of Amelia Earhart book trailer
Helen Frost
Novels in Verse:
• Salt: A Story of Friendship
in a Time of War
• Hidden
book trailer
• Diamond Willow
http://helenfrost.net/section.php?section=bio
book trailer
Lisa Graff
Fiction
• Umbrella Summer
book trailer
• The Thing About Georgie
• Absolutely Almost
– new!
• A Tangle of Knots –
http://www.lisagraff.com/about-lisa-graff.html
book trailer
Margaret Peterson
Haddix
Science Fiction
The 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
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Mar
garet-Peterson-Haddix/20539155
• Full-Ride
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+Heritag
e+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
http://www.jenniferholm.com/
– new!
Anthony Horowitz
Alex 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/bb20
02-07a.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
book 1
– Family Tree Series,
Contemporary Fiction
• A Corner of the Universe
(Newbery) book trailer
• A Dog’s Life
hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu
• Ten Rules for Living
with My Sister book trailer
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/p
eek-at-creative-space-of-wendymass.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/no
nfiction-nuggets-whats-soft-mossy-greensmells-like-honey-booms-chings-andwaddles/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/garypauls
en/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:
• House of Hades
•
series trailer
book trailer
The Blood of Olympus
– new!
book trailer – RR introduces
http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/about-theauthor/
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
book trailer
• Everlost
Dark Fusion Series
• Duckling Ugly
http://www.storyman.com/bio/
Roland Smith
Historical Fiction:
• Elephant Run
book trailer
Adventure / Survival:
• The White House, I.Q. Series-book 2
• Cryptid Hunters book trailer
• Eruption!
http://www.akla.org/kodiak2009/speakers.php
(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
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http://www.sarahweeks.com/sweeks-about.htm
Jumping the Scratch
So B. It book trailer
As Simple as It Seems
Pie book trailer
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/wpcontent/uploads/2010/03/lowresdebwiles.jpg
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