6th Grade AUTHOR STUDY

Young Adult Authors2013

Also known as. . .

2013

The Mighty Minds

Author

Exploration

Extravaganza !

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

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

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)

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

Stay tuned for more author

excitement on Monday!