th 6 Grade Research Project Authors and Poets

th 6 Grade Research Project Authors and Poets

Avi Historical Fiction • Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Newbery) • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Newbery) Graphic Novel • City of Light, City of Dark: A Comic Book Novel Animals Fiction • Ereth’s Birthday Contemporary Fiction • Never Mind: A Twin Novel (Lone Star) http: //www. avi-writer. com/about. Avi. html

T. A. Barron Fantasy • The Lost Years of Merlin – epic series • The Lost Years of Merlin • The Fires of Merlin • Great Tree of Avalon – trilogy • Child of the Dark Prophecy, Book 1 http: //www. tabarron. com/tabarron/index. cfm? cid=254

Matt Christopher Sports Fiction / Contemporary Fiction • Olympic Dream • Skateboard Tough Biography • On the Ice with Wayne Gretzky • On the Mound with Greg Maddux http: //goodconversations. com/authors/christopher. html

Andrew Clements Contemporary Fiction • The Landry News Science Fiction • Things Not Seen Survival • A Week in the Woods http: //www. andrewclements. com/

Sharon Creech Contemporary Fiction • Walk Two Moons • Chasing Redbird • Ruby Holler • Replay Verse • Love That Dog • Heartbeat www. audiofilemagazine. com

Eoin Colfer Fantasy • Artemis Fowl series Science Fiction • The Supernaturalist • The Wish List http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Eoin_Colfer (both Lone Star)

Caroline B. Cooney Suspense • Face on the Milk Carton series • Code Orange (Lone Star) Historical Fiction • The Ransom of Mercy Carter Mythology Fiction • The Goddess of Yesterday (Lone Star) http: //www. teenreads. com/authors/au-cooney-caroline. asp

Susan Cooper Fantasy • The Dark is Rising - series • Over Sea Under Stone • The Dark is Rising (Newbery) • The Magician’s Boy Science Fiction • Green Boy http: //www. thelostland. com/biography. htm

Christopher Paul Curtis Historical Fiction • The Watsons Go to Birmingham— 1963 (Newbery) • Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery) Contemporary Fiction • Bucking the Sarge Mystery • Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money http: //www. hugohouse. org/images/Christopher-Paul-Curtis. gif

Carl Deuker Sports Fiction • Painting the Black • High Heat (Lone Star) • Night Hoops http: //members. authorsguild. net/carldeuker/bio. htm

Sid Fleischman Autobiography • The Abracadabra Kid Biography • Escape (about Houdini) Humor • The Mc. Broom Stories Historical Fiction/Adventure • The Giant Rat of Sumatra: or Pirates Galore • The Whipping Boy www. sdsuniverse. info/Upload/Sid%20 Fleischman. jpg

Russell Freedman Non-Fiction Works • Lincoln: A Photobiography • Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence • The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane www. loc. gov/bookfest/2001/bioimages/freed man. jpg

Cornelia Funke Fantasy • Dragon Rider • Inkheart • Inkspell Mystery • Thief Lord http: //www. wochenpostusa. com/Assets/cornelia%20 Funke. jpg

Jean Craighead George Adventure Fiction • Julie of the Wolves (Newbery) • My Side of the Mountain – series (Newbery) Nature Fiction • There’s An Owl in the Shower Mystery • The Fire Bug Connection: An Ecological Mystery http: //www. writerscenter. org/images/george. jpg

Patricia Reilly Giff Historical Fiction • All the Way Home • A House of Tailors • Lily’s Crossing (Newbery) Contemporary Fiction • Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery) http: //www. harcourtschool. com/activity/book_buddy/ron_morgan/author. html

Shannon Hale Fantasy • The Goose Girl • Enna’s Burn Contemporary Fiction • The Princess Academy http: //www. kidsreads. com/authors/au-hale-shannon. asp

Kevin Henkes Contemporary Fiction • Sun and Spoon • Olive’s Ocean (Newbery) • The Birthday Room http: //www. madison. k 12. wi. us/lindbergh/lmc/author_websites. htm

James Herriot Story Collection • James Herriot’s Animal Stories Biography • All Creatures Great and Small http: //www. jamesherriot. org/images/yorkshire/jh. jpg

Karen Hesse Historical Fiction • Dear America series • Letters from Rifka Contemporary Fiction • The Music of Dolphins Poetry/Verse • Out of the Dust (Newbery) • Witness http: //www. lcpl. lib. va. us/onebook 05/images/Karen. Hessepix 150. jpg

Carl Hiaasen • Novels • Flush • Hoot The Miami Herald • Columnist www. authorsontheweb. com/. . . /hiaasen-carl. jpg

Kimberly Willis Holt Contemporary Fiction • When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Newbery) Historical Fiction • My Louisiana Sky • Dancing in Cadillac Light http: //www. kimberlyholt. com/

Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider Adventures • Skeleton Key Diamond Brother’s Mysteries • The Falcon’s Malteser http: //www. barnensbibliotek. se/forfatt/horowitz. htm

Eva Ibbotson Fantasy • Island of the Aunts • The Secret of Platform 13 Ghost Stories • Dial-A-Ghost Historical Fiction • Journey to the River Sea http: //www. fantasticfiction. co. uk/i/eva-ibbotson/

Brian Jacques Fantasy • Marlfox - Redwall Series Historical Fiction • Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen http: //www. fantasticfiction. co. uk/j/brian-jacques/

E. L. Konigsburg Contemporary Fiction • The View From Saturday (Newbery) • The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (Lone Star) • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Newbery) http: //www. artspower. org/about-us. htm

Gordon Korman Adventure/Survival Series • The Climb : Everest series • The Discovery : Dive series • Chasing the Falconers : On the Run Series Humor • Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America • No More Dead Dogs • The Twinkie Squad

Kathleen Krull Non-Fiction Works What Really Happened in Roswell: Just the facts (plus the rumors) about UFOs and Aliens Lives of the Writers: Comedies Tragedies and what the neighbors thought www. kathleenkrull. com/kathleenkrull. jpg

Madeleine L’Engle Fantasy • A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery) Science Fiction • An Acceptable Time Mystery • Troubling a Star http: //www. madeleinelengle. com/multi/photos. htm#

C. S. Lewis Fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia • The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe • The Last Battle http: //www. doreleiden. nl/boeken/bb 2002 -07 a. asp

Mike Lupica • Novels • • • Heat Travel Team Red Zone Wild Pitch Full Court Press • Sports Columnist • New York Daily News • Sports Analyst • ESPN www. sacbee. com/. . . /232242 -MIKE-LUPICA. jpg

Ann M. Martin Historical Fiction • Belle Teal Fantasy • The Doll People Contemporary Fiction • A Corner of the Universe (Newbery) http: //www. festival. scholastic. ca/authors/martin_a/

Lucy Maud Montgomery Historical Fiction Avonlea Series • Anne of Green Gables • Anne of Avonlea http: //www. canadianheritage. org/images/regular/20821. jpg

Walter Dean Myers Biography • The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Historical Fiction • Journal of Joshua Loper: Black Cowboy - My Name is America Series Contemporary Fiction • Monster • Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff http: //www. nationalbook. org/graphics/nba 2005/finalist_hs/myers. jpg

Linda Sue Park Fiction • A Single Shard • Project Mulberry • Historical Fiction • When My Name was Keoko

Gary Paulsen Historical Fiction • Mr. Tucket : Francis Tucket books Adventure • Hatchet - series (Newbery) Autobiography • My Life in Dog Years http: //bisbeehs. utma. com/images/paulsen. gif

Richard Peck Historical Fiction • A Long Way from Chicago • A Year Down Yonder • Here Lies the Librarian • Fairweather Fiction • The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp • Ghosts I Have Been

Robert Newton Peck Fiction • A Day No Pigs Would Die • Extra Innings • Bro Series • Soup and Me • Soup on Fire • Soup on Ice

Tamora Pierce Fantasy • Alanna: The First Adventure – Alanna series • Protector of the Small – Page series • Trickster’s Choice http: //www. fcps. k 12. va. us/fairfaxnetwork/images/video_store/mta_pierce 2. jpg

Philip Pullman Fantasy • His Dark Materials Series: • The Golden Compass • The Amber Spyglass • The Ruby in the Smoke Adventure • Count Karlstein http: //www 0. mh. bbc. co. uk/oxford/stage/2005/01/images/phillip_pullman_270. jpg

Ann Rinaldi Historical Fiction • Dear America series – • My Heart is On the Ground • The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce • A Break with Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials http: //aol. teenreads. com/art/authorphotos/120 w/rinaldi-ann. jpg

J. K Rowling Fantasy • Harry Potter books • Sorcerer’s Stone • Prisoner of Azkaban http: //newsimg. bbc. co. uk/media/images/40900000/jpg/_40900922_potter_afp_203. jpg

Pam Munoz Ryan Fiction • Esperanza Rising • Becoming Naomi Leon • Riding Freedom Fictional Stories • Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride • Biography • When Marian Sang

Louis Sachar Contemporary Fiction • Holes (Newbery) • Small Steps Humor • Wayside School series • Wayside School is Falling Down • Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School http: //mrkellysclass. net/Images/sachar_louis_dog. jpg

Neal Schusterman Contemporary Fiction • The Schwa was Here • Full Tilt Dark Fusion Series • Dreadlocks • Duckling Ugly www. geocities. com/. . . /neilschusterman. jpg

Jerry Spinelli Contemporary Fiction • Maniac Magee (Newbery) • Wringer (Newbery) • Stargirl • Loser http: //www. loc. gov/bookfest/2003/bioimages/jspinelli. jpg

Mildred D. Taylor Historical Fiction • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Newbery) • The Well • The Gold Cadillac http: //www. olemiss. edu/mwp/dir/taylor_mildred/taylor 2. jpg

Theodore Taylor Historical Fiction • The Cay Contemporary Fiction • The Trouble with Tuck Adventure • Ice Drift http: //www. nci. org/04 nci/11/Ted. Taylor. jpg

J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy • The Hobbit • Lord of the Rings Trilogy • The Fellowship of the Ring http: //www 23. thdo. bbc. co. uk/oxford/features/famous_oxfordshire/images/tolkien_270. jpg

Wendelin Van Draanen Contemporary Fiction • Flipped Mystery • Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy http: //www. writerswrite. com/journal/dec 01/wendelin. jpg

Laurence Yep Contemporary Fiction • Angelfish • Cockroach Cooties Historical Fiction • Dragonwings (Newbery) • Dragon’s Gate Mystery • The Case of the Firecrackers Chinatown series http: //64. 172. 206. 2/Internet/Student. Life/Projects/Author. Web. Pages/Schroeter/Ashley/yep. jpg

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Agatha Christie Mystery • Murder on the Orient Express • Death on the Nile • The Mirror Crack’d http: //www. nndb. com/people/583/000026505/agatha_christie_80. jpg

Emily Dickinson Poetry • I’m Nobody, Who Are You? • The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson http: //www. literacyrules. com/Web. Design/110 webs/thienthanh/Emily%20 Dickinson%20 picture. jpg

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery • Sherlock Holmes • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • The Sherlock Holmes Reader http: //www. avdistrict. org/library/doyle. jpg

Langston Hughes Poetry • The Dreamkeeper and Other Poems • Selected Poems http: //www. center. k 12. mo. us/cmclain/BH/Hughes. jpg

William Shakespeare Plays • • Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night The Comedies of Shakespeare: Vol. 2 http: //www 2. bc. ca. us/gdumler/Eng%201 B%20 Folder/Images%20 for%201 b/shakespearepainting. jpg

Mary Shelley Horror Fiction • Frankenstein http: //www. encyclopedia. it/Images/2/200 px-maryshelley. jpeg

Robert Louis Stevenson • Novels • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Treasure Island Poetry • A Child’s Garden of Verse da. wikipedia. org