3. Jane Austen
Historical Fiction:
Great Britain
• Emma
• Pride & Prejudice
• Click here for book trailer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen
1870 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait
drawn by her sister Cassandra.
4. Joan Bauer
Contemporary Fiction
• Peeled
Click here for a book trailer.
• Backwater
• Close to Famous
• Almost Home
Photo: Jim Lundquist.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6556591.html?nid=2788
5. Ray Bradbury
Story Collection
• The Cat’s Pajamas
Science Fiction
• Martian Chronicles
• Something Wicked
this Way Comes
Click here for trailer.
http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/RayBradbury.htm
6. Orson Scott Card
Fantasy
• Enchantment
Ender’s Game Quartet
• Xenocide, book 3
Click here for a book trailer.
Homecoming series
• The Memory of Earth, book 1
7. Cinda Williams Chima
Fantasy
Seven Realms Series
• The Demon King,
book 1
Click here for summary from the author.
Heir series
• Wizard Heir, book 2
8. Agatha Christie
Mystery
• Five Little Pigs
• Death on the Nile
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• Hickory Dickory Dock
nndb.com
9. Michael Crichton
Science Fiction
• Jurassic Park
• Click here for book trailer
• Andromeda Strain
Technology Thriller
• Sphere
Fantasy
http://www.crichton-official.com/
• Timeline (not on book cart)
• Click here for trailer
10. Karen Cushman
Historical Fiction
• Catherine, Called Birdy
Click here for a book trailer.
• The Loud Silence of
Francine Green
http://1.bp.blogspot.com
12. Erin Dionne
Contemporary Fiction
• Notes from an Accidental
Band Geek (Lone Star)
• The Tragedy of a Girl
Named Hamlet (Lone Star)
Click here for a book trailer.
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
Click here for a book trailer.
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 Herriot’s Animal
Stories
Biography
• All Creatures Great and
Small
• Click here for book trailer
http://www.jamesherriot.org/images/yorkshire/jh.jpg
16. Gordon Korman
Contemporary &
Humor
• Schooled
• Click here for book trailer
• Born to Rock
• Pop
• Ungifted
17. Conor Kostick
Science Fiction &
Adventure
• Epic (Lone Star)
Click here for a book trailer.
• Edda
• Move
http://www.obrien.ie/author.cfm?authorID=244
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
Click here for a book trailer.
• Dunk
http://www.davidlubar.com/
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
• White Lilacs
http://www.qbd.com.au
23. Donna Jo Napoli
Historical Fiction
• Lights on the Nile
• The Smile
• Click here for book trailer
• 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)
Click here for a talk with the author.
25. Sir Terry Pratchett
Science Fiction
• Nation (alternate reality &
historical)
Johnny Maxwell trilogy
• Only You Can Save
Mankind, book 1
• Click here for book trailer
• 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
Click here for a book trailer
Dear America Series: My Heart is
On the Ground
Great Episodes Series:
• Or Give Me Death: …Patrick
Henry’s 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
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/authphoto_330/27479_scott_michael.jpg
29. 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
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=135
32. J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy
• The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• The Fellowship of the Ring
• Click here for book trailer
Letters from Father Christmas
news.bbc.co.uk
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
