This document provides a summary of authors studied in 6th grade, including Laurie Halse Anderson, Jane Austen, Joan Bauer, Ray Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, and Cinda Williams Chima. It lists several works by each author and sometimes includes links to book trailers or author websites. In total, it summarizes over 30 authors from different genres such as historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and contemporary fiction.
3. Jane Austen
Historical Fiction:
Great Britain
Emma
Pride & Prejudice
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen
1870 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait
drawn by her sister Cassandra.
5. Ray Bradbury
Story Collection
The Cats Pajamas
Science Fiction
Martian Chronicles
Something Wicked
this Way Comes
http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/RayBradbury.htm
6. Orson Scott Card
Fantasy
Enchantment
Enders Game Quartet
Xenocide, book 3
Homecoming series
The Memory of Earth, book 1
8. Agatha Christie
Mystery
Five Little Pigs
Death on the Nile
Hickory Dickory Dock
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9. Michael Crichton
Science Fiction
Jurassic Park
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Andromeda Strain
Technology Thriller
Sphere
Fantasy
http://www.crichton-official.com/
Timeline (not on book cart)
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11. Carl Deuker
Sports Fiction
High Heat
Payback Time
Runner
Painting the Black
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http://www.members.authorsguild.net
12. Erin Dionne
Contemporary Fiction
Notes from an Accidental
Band Geek (Lone Star)
The Tragedy of a Girl
Named Hamlet (Lone Star)
http://www.bc.edu/content
13. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery
Full-length novel
Hound of the Baskervilles
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Story Collections
Adventures & Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes
Extraordinary Cases of
http://www.avdistrict.org/library/doyle.jpg
Sherlock Holmes
14. Nancy Farmer
Trolls Trilogy
Sea of Trolls, book 1
Science Fiction
House of the Scorpion
(Newbery, Printz, National Book Award)
The Ear, the Eye and
the Arm (Newbery)
http://www.famesteps.com/celebrities/nancy_farmer-c62333/
15. James Herriot
Story Collection
James Herriots Animal
Stories
Biography
All Creatures Great and
Small
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http://www.jamesherriot.org/images/yorkshire/jh.jpg
19. Lois Lowry
Sci-fi / Fantasy
Gathering Blue
Gossamer
Messenger
Son released Oct. 2
http://blog.oregonlive.com
20. David Lubar
Fantasy
Hidden Talents
Flip
Realistic Fiction / Humor
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Dunk
21. Robin McKinley
Folklore & Mythology
Fiction
Beauty
The Hero and the
Crown (Newbery)
Pegasus
http://us.penguingroup.com
22. Carolyn Meyer
Historical Fiction
The Adventures of
Charley Darwin
The Bad Queen
Mary, Bloody Mary
Where the Broken
Heart Still Beats
http://www.qbd.com.au
White Lilacs
23. Donna Jo Napoli
Historical Fiction
Lights on the Nile
The Smile
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Bound
Mythology Fiction
Sirena
Adventure Fiction
Three Days
http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2011/08/donna-jo-napoli-keynote-how-writing.html
24. Kenneth Oppel
Historical Fantasy
Airborn (series & Printz)
Darkwing
This Dark Endeavor:
The Apprenticeship of
Victor Frankenstein
(series & Lone Star)
25. Sir Terry Pratchett
Science Fiction
Nation (alternate reality &
historical)
Johnny Maxwell trilogy
Only You Can Save
Mankind, book 1
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Johnny & the Bomb, book 3
Fantasy
Tiffany Aching Adventures
Wee Free Men, book 1
Wintersmith, book 3 http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/12/arise-sir-terry/
26. Ann Rinaldi
Historical Fiction
The Red Headed Princess
The Letter Writer
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Dear America Series: My Heart is
On the Ground
Great Episodes Series:
Or Give Me Death: Patrick
Henrys family
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/teens/books/images/rinaldi.jpg
27. Gary D. Schmidt
Historical Fiction
Lizzie Bright and the
Buckminster Boy (Newbery & Printz)
The Wednesday Wars (Newbery &
Lone Star)
Okay for Now
Contemporary Fiction
Trouble
Fantasy
What Came from the Stars
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6438766.html?nid=2788
28. Michael Scott
Science Fiction
Gemini Game
Fantasy / Historical
Fiction
Secrets of the Immortal
Nicholas Flamel
The Alchemyst, book 1 (Lone Star)
The Warlock, book 5
29. Neal Shusterman
Fantasy / Sci-fi
Full Tilt
Everlost
Contemporary Fiction
The Schwa Was Here
30. Jordan Sonnenblick
Realistic / Contemporary
Fiction
After Ever After
Zen & the Art of Faking It
Notes From the Midnight
Driver
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
All of these books have been on the Lone Star list.
New . . . Curveball: The Year I
Lost My Grip
32. J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Letters from Father Christmas
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34. Scott Westerfeld
Steam punk: Alternate
History / Sci-Fi
Leviathian, book 1
Goliath, book 3
Science Fiction
Touching Darkness,
book 2 of Midnighters Series
The Manual of Aeronautics: An
Illustrated Guide to the
Leviathan Series
http://www.listal.com/author/scott-westerfeld
35. Kiersten White
Supernatural
Paranormalcy (Lone Star)
Endlessly
http://www.changinghands.com/event/ww-ya-jan12
36. Jacqueline Woodson
Realistic Fiction
After Tupac & D Foster
(Newbery honor)
Feathers (Newbery honor)
Hush
Miracles Boys
Peace, Locomotion
(companion to Locomotion)
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