| Description |
279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Follow the leader? Love, like leeches / Gary D. Schmidt -- Falls -- Little Nippers / Caroline Starr Rose -- Lemon squeeze / Caroline Starr Rose -- The day I ditched school / Alan Lawrence Sitomer -- Wanda Pansuckle: the worst babysitter ever! / Alan Lawrence Sitomer -- The battle of the axe / Claire Legrand -- The visitors / Claire Legrand. If only ... My first true frenemy / Julia Alvarez -- Through the chain-link fence / Julia Alvarez -- The voice / Linda Sue Park -- The honorable mention / Linda Sue Park -- Awkward / Lisa Yee -- Fun with friends / Lisa Yee. I can't believe you did that! Bite of passage / Chris Rylander -- Parker Kellogg's huge brain / Chris Rylander -- A dog named kitty / Dee Garretson -- Dart the dragon hound / Dee Garretson -- The true story of the Bunnyhead / Nathan Hale. Sacrifice. The garden / Matthew J. Kirby -- The woman at the top of the world / Matthew J. Kirby -- Baseball / Tracy Edward Wymer -- Pop! / Tracy Edward Wymer -- The home maker / Jane Yolen -- Moving home / Heidi E.Y. Stemple -- The Martha Stewart blues / Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple. Why of why not? The knight of the trash heap / Adam Rex -- R-e-c-y-c-l-i-n-g / Adam Rex -- Inspired by curiosity / Margarita Engle -- The genius of curiosity / Margarita Engle -- Desert darkness / Kate Messner -- They might be dangerous / Kate Messner. Things will never be the same. Small treasures / Rita Williams -- Finder Keepers / Rita Williams-Garcia -- A long line at customs / Grace Lin -- The jade ring / Grace Lin -- Mudflats and Octopuses / Karen Cushman -- Change and Millie McGonigal / Karen Cushman. |
| Audience |
860L Lexile |
| Note |
860L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 9 177368 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 9 177368 |
| Subject |
Children's stories, American -- Juvenile literature.
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
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Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
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Short stories -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Winchell, Mike, editor.
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Schmidt, Gary D.
Love, like leeches.
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Schmidt, Gary D.
Falls.
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Rose, Caroline Starr.
Little nippers.
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Rose, Caroline Starr.
Lemon squeeze.
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Sitomer, Alan Lawrence.
Day I ditched school.
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Sitomer, Alan Lawrence.
Wanda Pansuckle.
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Legrand, Claire, 1986-
Battle of the axe.
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Legrand, Claire, 1986-
Visitors.
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Alvarez, Julia.
My first true frenemy.
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Alvarez, Julia.
Through the chain-link fence.
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Park, Linda Sue.
Voice.
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Park, Linda Sue.
Honorable mention.
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Yee, Lisa.
Awkward.
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Yee, Lisa.
Fun with friends.
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Rylander, Chris.
Bite of passage.
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Rylander, Chris.
Parker Kellogg's huge brain.
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Garretson, Dee.
A dog named kitty.
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Garretson, Dee.
Dart the dragon hound.
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Hale, Nathan, 1976-
True story of Bunnyhead.
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Kirby, Matthew J., 1976-
Garden.
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Kirby, Matthew J., 1976-
Woman at the top of the world.
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Wymer, Tracy Edward.
Baseball.
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Wymer, Tracy Edward.
Pop!
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Yolen, Jane.
Home maker.
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Stemple, Heidi E. Y.
Moving home.
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Yolen, Jane.
Martha Stewart blues.
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Rex, Adam.
Knight of the trash heap.
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Rex, Adam.
R-e-c-y-c-l-i-n-g.
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Engle, Margarita.
nspired by curiosity.
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Engle, Margarita.
Genius of curiosity.
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Messner, Kate.
Desert darkness.
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Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Small treasures.
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Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Finders keepers.
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Lin, Grace.
A long line at customs.
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Lin, Grace.
Jade ring.
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Cushman, Karen.
Mudflats and octopuses.
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Cushman, Karen.
Change and Millie McGonigal.
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| ISBN |
9780448486727 (hardback) |
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