6th Grade Research Project

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6th Grade Research Project

• Authors and Poets

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Avi

• Historical Fiction
• Crispin The Cross of Lead (Newbery)
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Newbery)
  
• Graphic Novel
• City of Light, City of Dark A Comic Book Novel
  
• Animals Fiction
• Ereths Birthday
• Contemporary Fiction
• Never Mind A Twin Novel (Lone Star)

http//www.avi-writer.com/aboutAvi.html
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T.A. Barron

• Fantasy
• The Lost Years of Merlin epic series
• The Lost Years of Merlin
• The Fires of Merlin
• Great Tree of Avalon trilogy
• Child of the Dark Prophecy, Book 1

http//www.tabarron.com/tabarron/index.cfm?cid254
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Matt Christopher

• Sports Fiction / Contemporary Fiction
• Olympic Dream
• Skateboard Tough
• Biography
• On the Ice with Wayne Gretzky
• On the Mound with Greg Maddux

http//goodconversations.com/authors/christopher.h
tml
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Andrew Clements

• Contemporary Fiction
• The Landry News
• Science Fiction
• Things Not Seen
• Survival
• A Week in the Woods

http//www.andrewclements.com/
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Sharon Creech

• Contemporary Fiction
• Walk Two Moons
• Chasing Redbird
• Ruby Holler
• Replay
• Verse
• Love That Dog
• Heartbeat

www.audiofilemagazine.com
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Eoin Colfer

• Fantasy
• Artemis Fowl series
• Science Fiction
• The Supernaturalist
• The Wish List
• (both Lone Star)

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Colfer
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Caroline B. Cooney

• Suspense
• Face on the Milk Carton series
• Code Orange (Lone Star)
• Historical Fiction
• The Ransom of Mercy Carter
• Mythology Fiction
• The Goddess of Yesterday (Lone Star)

http//www.teenreads.com/authors/au-cooney-carolin
e.asp
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Susan Cooper

• Fantasy
• The Dark is Rising - series
• Over Sea Under Stone
• The Dark is Rising (Newbery)
• The Magicians Boy
• Science Fiction
• Green Boy

http//www.thelostland.com/biography.htm
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Christopher Paul Curtis

• Historical Fiction
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963 (Newbery)
• Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery)
• Contemporary Fiction
• Bucking the Sarge
• Mystery
• Mr. Chickees Funny Money

http//www.hugohouse.org/images/Christopher-Paul-C
urtis.gif
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Carl Deuker

• Sports Fiction
• Painting the Black
• High Heat (Lone Star)
• Night Hoops

http//members.authorsguild.net/carldeuker/bio.htm
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Sid Fleischman

• Autobiography
• The Abracadabra Kid
• Biography
• Escape (about Houdini)
• Humor
• The McBroom Stories
• Historical Fiction/Adventure
• The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore
• The Whipping Boy

www.sdsuniverse.info/Upload/Sid20Fleischman.jpg
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Russell Freedman

• Non-Fiction Works
• Lincoln A Photobiography
• Give Me Liberty The Story of the Declaration of
  Independence
• The Wright Brothers How They Invented the
  Airplane

www.loc.gov/bookfest/2001/bioimages/freedman.jpg
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Cornelia Funke

• Fantasy
• Dragon Rider
• Inkheart
• Inkspell
• Mystery
• Thief Lord

http//www.wochenpostusa.com/Assets/cornelia20Fun
ke.jpg
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Jean Craighead George

• Adventure Fiction
• Julie of the Wolves (Newbery)
• My Side of the Mountain series (Newbery)
• Nature Fiction
• Theres An Owl in the Shower
• Mystery
• The Fire Bug Connection An Ecological Mystery

http//www.writerscenter.org/images/george.jpg
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Patricia Reilly Giff

• Historical Fiction
• All the Way Home
• A House of Tailors
• Lilys Crossing (Newbery)
• Contemporary Fiction
• Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery)

http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/
ron_morgan/author.html
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Shannon Hale

• Fantasy
• The Goose Girl
• Ennas Burn
• Contemporary Fiction
• The Princess Academy

http//www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-hale-shannon.a
sp
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Kevin Henkes

• Contemporary Fiction
• Sun and Spoon
• Olives Ocean (Newbery)
• The Birthday Room

http//www.madison.k12.wi.us/lindbergh/lmc/author_
websites.htm
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James Herriot

• Story Collection
• James Herriots Animal Stories
• Biography
• All Creatures Great and Small

http//www.jamesherriot.org/images/yorkshire/jh.jp
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Karen Hesse

• Historical Fiction
• Dear America series
• Letters from Rifka
• Contemporary Fiction
• The Music of Dolphins
• Poetry/Verse
• Out of the Dust (Newbery)
• Witness

http//www.lcpl.lib.va.us/onebook05/images/KarenHe
ssepix150.jpg
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Carl Hiaasen

• Novels
• Flush
• Hoot
• The Miami Herald
• Columnist

www.authorsontheweb.com/.../hiaasen-carl.jpg
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Kimberly Willis Holt

• Contemporary Fiction
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Newbery)
• Historical Fiction
• My Louisiana Sky
• Dancing in Cadillac Light

http//www.kimberlyholt.com/
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Anthony Horowitz

• Alex Rider Adventures
• Skeleton Key
• Diamond Brothers Mysteries
• The Falcons Malteser

http//www.barnensbibliotek.se/forfatt/horowitz.ht
m
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Eva Ibbotson

• Fantasy
• Island of the Aunts
• The Secret of Platform 13
• Ghost Stories
• Dial-A-Ghost
• Historical Fiction
• Journey to the River Sea

http//www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/i/eva-ibbotson/
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Brian Jacques

• Fantasy
• Marlfox - Redwall Series
• Historical Fiction
• Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen

http//www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/j/brian-jacques/
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E.L. Konigsburg

• Contemporary Fiction
• The View From Saturday (Newbery)
• The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (Lone Star)
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
  Frankweiler (Newbery)

http//www.artspower.org/about-us.htm
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Gordon Korman

• Adventure/Survival Series
• The Climb Everest series
• The Discovery Dive series
• Chasing the Falconers On the Run Series
• Humor
• Maxx Comedy The Funniest Kid in America
• No More Dead Dogs
• The Twinkie Squad

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Kathleen Krull

• Non-Fiction Works
• What Really Happened in Roswell Just the facts
  (plus the rumors) about UFOs and Aliens
• Lives of the Writers Comedies Tragedies and what
  the neighbors thought

www.kathleenkrull.com/kathleenkrull.jpg
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Madeleine LEngle

• Fantasy
• A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery)
• Science Fiction
• An Acceptable Time
• Mystery
• Troubling a Star

http//www.madeleinelengle.com/multi/photos.htm
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C.S. Lewis

• Fantasy
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Lion, the Witch the Wardrobe
• The Last Battle

http//www.doreleiden.nl/boeken/bb2002-07a.asp
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Mike Lupica

• Novels
• Heat
• Travel Team
• Red Zone
• Wild Pitch
• Full Court Press

www.sacbee.com/.../232242-MIKE-LUPICA.jpg
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Ann M. Martin

• Historical Fiction
• Belle Teal
• Fantasy
• The Doll People
• Contemporary Fiction
• A Corner of the Universe (Newbery)

http//www.festival.scholastic.ca/authors/martin_a
/
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Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Historical Fiction
• Avonlea Series
• Anne of Green Gables
• Anne of Avonlea

http//www.canadianheritage.org/images/regular/208
21.jpg
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Walter Dean Myers

• Biography
• The Greatest Muhammad Ali
• Historical Fiction
• Journal of Joshua Loper Black Cowboy - My Name
  is America Series
• Contemporary Fiction
• Monster
• Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff

http//www.nationalbook.org/graphics/nba2005/final
ist_hs/myers.jpg
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Linda Sue Park

• Fiction
• A Single Shard
• Project Mulberry
• When My Name was Keoko

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Gary Paulsen

• Historical Fiction
• Mr. Tucket Francis Tucket books
• Adventure
• Hatchet - series (Newbery)
• Autobiography
• My Life in Dog Years

http//bisbeehs.utma.com/images/paulsen.gif
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Richard Peck

• Historical Fiction
• A Long Way from Chicago
• A Year Down Yonder
• Fiction
• Fairweather
• The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
• Ghosts I Have Been
• Here Lies the Librarian

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Robert Newton Peck

• Fiction
• A Day no Pigs Would Die
• Extra Innings
• Bro
• Series
• Soup
• Soup and Me
• Soup on Fire
• Soup on Ice

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Tamora Pierce

• Fantasy
• Alanna The First Adventure Alanna series
• Protector of the Small Page series
• Tricksters Choice

http//www.fcps.k12.va.us/fairfaxnetwork/images/vi
deo_store/mta/mta_pierce2.jpg
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Philip Pullman

• Fantasy
• His Dark Materials Series
• The Golden Compass
• The Amber Spyglass
• The Ruby in the Smoke
• Adventure
• Count Karlstein

http//www0.mh.bbc.co.uk/oxford/stage/2005/01/imag
es/phillip_pullman_270.jpg
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Ann Rinaldi

• Historical Fiction
• Dear America series
• My Heart is On the Ground
• The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce
• A Break with Charity A Story About the Salem
  Witch Trials

http//aol.teenreads.com/art/authorphotos/120w/rin
aldi-ann.jpg
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J.K Rowling

• Fantasy
• Harry Potter books
• Sorcerers Stone
• Prisoner of Azkaban

http//newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40900000/jpg
/_40900922_potter_afp_203.jpg
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Pam Munoz Ryan

• Fiction
• Esperanza Rising
• Becoming Naomi Leon
• Riding Freedom
• Fictional Stories
• Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
• When Marian Sang (Biography)

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Louis Sachar

• Contemporary Fiction
• Holes (Newbery)
• Small Steps
• Humor
• Wayside School series
• Wayside School is Falling Down
• Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

http//mrkellysclass.net/Images/sachar_louis_dog.j
pg
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Neal Schusterman

• Contemporary Fiction
• The Schwa was Here
• Full Tilt
• Dark Fusion Series
• Dreadlocks
• Duckling Ugly

www.geocities.com/.../neilschusterman.jpg
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Jerry Spinelli

• Contemporary Fiction
• Maniac Magee (Newbery)
• Wringer (Newbery)
• Stargirl
• Loser

http//www.loc.gov/bookfest/2003/bioimages/jspinel
li.jpg
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Mildred D. Taylor

• Historical Fiction
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Newbery)
• The Well
• The Gold Cadillac

http//www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/taylor_mildred/tayl
or2.jpg
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Theodore Taylor

• Historical Fiction
• The Cay
• Contemporary Fiction
• The Trouble with Tuck
• Adventure
• Ice Drift

http//www.nci.org/04nci/11/TedTaylor.jpg
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J.R.R. Tolkien

• Fantasy
• The Hobbit
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• The Fellowship of the Ring

http//www23.thdo.bbc.co.uk/oxford/features/famous
_oxfordshire/images/tolkien_270.jpg
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Wendelin Van Draanen

• Contemporary Fiction
• Flipped
• Mystery
• Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

http//www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec01/wendelin
.jpg
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Laurence Yep

• Contemporary Fiction
• Angelfish
• Cockroach Cooties
• Historical Fiction
• Dragonwings (Newbery)
• Dragons Gate
• Mystery
• The Case of the Firecrackers - Chinatown series

http//64.172.206.2/Internet/StudentLife/Projects/
AuthorWebPages/Schroeter/Ashley/yep.jpg
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The End
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Agatha Christie

• Mystery
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Death on the Nile
• The Mirror Crackd

http//www.nndb.com/people/583/000026505/agatha_ch
ristie_80.jpg
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Emily Dickinson

• Poetry
• Im Nobody, Who Are You?
• The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

http//www.literacyrules.com/WebDesign/110webs/thi
enthanh/Emily20Dickinson20picture.jpg
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Mystery
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Sherlock Holmes Reader

http//www.avdistrict.org/library/doyle.jpg
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Langston Hughes

• Poetry
• The Dreamkeeper and Other Poems
• Selected Poems

http//www.center.k12.mo.us/cmclain/BH/Hughes.jpg
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William Shakespeare

• Plays
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• Twelfth Night
• The Comedies of Shakespeare Vol.2

http//www2.bc.cc.ca.us/gdumler/Eng201B20Folder/
Images20for201b/shakespearepainting.jpg
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Mary Shelley

• Horror Fiction
• Frankenstein

http//www.encyclopedia.it/Images/2/200px-maryshel
ley.jpeg
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Robert Louis Stevenson

• Novels
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Treasure Island
• Poetry
• A Childs Garden of Verse

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