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.

1. 6th Grade Author Study
TAG - Young Adult Authors
2012

2. Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
• Fever, 1793
• Chains
• Forge

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
• Backwater
• Close to Famous
• Almost Home

5. Ray Bradbury
Story Collection
• The Cat’s Pajamas
Science Fiction
• Martian Chronicles
• Something Wicked
this Way Comes
http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/RayBradbury.htm

6. Orson Scott Card
Fantasy
• Enchantment
Ender’s Game Quartet
• Xenocide, book 3
Homecoming series
• The Memory of Earth, book 1

7. Cinda Williams Chima
Fantasy
Seven Realms Series
• The Demon King,
book 1
Heir series
• Wizard Heir, book 2

8. Agatha Christie
Mystery
• Five Little Pigs
• Death on the Nile
• 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
• The Loud Silence of
Francine Green
http://1.bp.blogspot.com

11. Carl Deuker
Sports Fiction
• High Heat
• Payback Time
• Runner
• Painting the Black
• Click here for book trailer
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
Click here for book trailer
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 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)
• Edda
• Move
http://www.obrien.ie/author.cfm?authorID=244

18. C.S. Lewis
Fantasy
The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Lion, the Witch & the
Wardrobe
• The Last Battle
http://famousdeadmormons.com

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
• 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)

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

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

31. Rebecca Stead
Adventure Fiction
•First Light
Contemporary Fiction
•When You Reach Me (with
a twist of fantasy)
•Liar & Spy
http://www.bookpeople.com

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

33. Wendelin Van Draanen
Realistic Fiction
• The Running Dream
• Runaway
http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com

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)
http://hulshofschmidt.files.wordpress.com

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