6th

Grade

AUTHOR EXPLORATION

Young Adult Authors

2014

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 trailerhttp://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

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

• The Face on the Milk Carton

book trailer

Mythology Fiction

• Goddess of Yesterday book trailer

http://www.carolinebcooneybooks.com

/author/forthepress.html

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

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

• Full-Ridehttp://authors.simonandschuster.com/Mar

garet-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+Heritag

e+Center+Sunday%20&id=8566390&instance=1st_right

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 – 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

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 Hunthttp://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: 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

book trailer

• Everlost

• UnWholly book 2, Unwind Dystology

Dark Fusion Series

• Duckling Ugly

Thanks for the memories, Neal!

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

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

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/

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

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/

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-green-

smells-like-honey-booms-chings-and-

waddles/sy-montgomery/

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