Sharon Creech
Författare till Walk Two Moons
Om författaren
Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two visa mer Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Sharon Creech
Absolutely Normal Chaos / Walk Two Moons 1 exemplar
Books 1 exemplar
Bloomability / Ruby Holler 1 exemplar
Sophie en de zee 1 exemplar
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1945-07-29
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- South Euclid, Ohio, USA
- Bostadsorter
- England, UK
Pennington, New Jersey, USA
Camden, Maine, USA - Utbildning
- Hiram College (BA)
George Mason University (MA) - Yrken
- writer
author
novelist
poet - Agent
- Amy Berkower (Writers House)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
YA: Girl searching for her mom i Name that Book (september 2018)
Recensioner
#1339 in our old book database. Rated: Good. #260 for Adele. Rated: Good.
Brother and sister Dallas and Florida are the "trouble twins." In their short thirteen years, they've passed through countless foster homes, only to return to their dreary orphanage, Boxton Creek Home.
Run by the Trepids, a greedy and strict couple, Boxton Creek seems impossible to escape. When Mr. Trepid informs the twins that they'll be helping old Tiller and Sairy Morey go on separate adventures, Dallas and Florida are suspicious.
As the twins adjust to the natural beauty of the outdoors, help the Tillers prepare for their adventures, and foil a robbery, their ultimate search for freedom leads them home to Ruby Holler.… (mer)
Run by the Trepids, a greedy and strict couple, Boxton Creek seems impossible to escape. When Mr. Trepid informs the twins that they'll be helping old Tiller and Sairy Morey go on separate adventures, Dallas and Florida are suspicious.
As the twins adjust to the natural beauty of the outdoors, help the Tillers prepare for their adventures, and foil a robbery, their ultimate search for freedom leads them home to Ruby Holler.… (mer)
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Newbery Adjacent (2)
Carole's List (1)
1990s (1)
KID BOOKS (1)
Youth: Poetry (1)
Best Young Adult (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Sonlight Books (2)
6th Grade (2)
Five star books (2)
Back to School (1)
Read in 1999 (1)
Best Dog Stories (1)
Cats in Fiction (1)
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- Verk
- 33
- Även av
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 37,974
- Popularitet
- #475
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 1,211
- ISBN
- 634
- Språk
- 13
- Favoritmärkt
- 57
- Proberstenar
- 356
Reading age 8-10