2. Susan Campbell
Bartoletti
Historical Fiction
• A Coal Miner’s Bride: The Diary
of Anetka Kaminska (Dear
America)
• The Boy Who Dared
Non-Fiction
• Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s
Shadow (Newbery honor)
• They Called themselves the K.K.K.
• Click here for a book trailer
3. Gennifer Choldenko
Historical Fiction
• Al Capone Does My
Shirts – series book 1
(Newbery Honor)
Contemporary Fiction
• Notes from a Liar and
Her Dog
Fantasy
• No Passengers Beyond
this Point
4. Andrew Clements
Contemporary Fiction
• Extra Credit
Science Fiction
• Things Not Seen (series, book 1)
Survival
• A Week in the Woods
Mystery
Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of
the School series
• We the Children, Book 1
http://www.andrewclements.net/
5. Eoin Colfer
Fantasy
• Artemis Fowl (series)
• Graphic Format version
Science Fiction
• The Wish List (Lone Star)
Mystery & Detective
• Half-Moon Investigations
Contemporary Fiction
• Benny & Omar
Adventure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Colfer • Airman – Click here for book trailer
7. John Coy
Sports Fiction
• Crackback
• Click here for a book trailer
• Box Out
• Eyes on the Goal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coy
8. Frances O’Roark Dowell
Realistic /
Contemporary Fiction
• Where I’d Like to Be
• Chicken Boy
• Falling In
• The Secret Language of Girls
• Ten Miles Past Normal
http://www.francesdowell.com/biography/
9. John Feinstein
Sports Fiction /
Mystery
• Rush for the Gold
• Last Shot (Lone Star)
• The Rivalry
• Cover-up
• Click here for book trailer
Sportswriter, Columnist,
Broadcaster, Sports commentator
http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/John-Feinstein.cfm?Spea_ID=318
10. Sally Gardner
Historical Fantasy
• I, Coriander
• The Red Necklace
• Click here for a book trailer
• The Silver Blade (sequel)
Magical Upside-down
books
• The Strongest Girl in the
World / The Invisible Boy
http://www.telegraph.co.ukml
11. Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
The Shadow Children Series
• Among the Hidden, book 1
(Lone Star)
The Missing Series
• Found, book 1 (Lone Star)
Fantasy
• Palace of Mirrors
Contemporary Fiction
• Double Identity (Bluebonnet)
39 Clues Book 10: Into the
Gauntlet
12. Will Hobbs
Contemporary
Fiction (Adventure
& Sci-Fi)
• Crossing the Wire
• Take Me to the River
(Lone Star)
• Go Big or Go Home
http://www.watchnewspapers.com/pages/full_story/push?article-
Author+Will+Hobbs+Speaks+at+Anasazi+Heritage+Center+Sunday%20&id=8566390&instance=1st_right
13. Kimberly Willis Holt
Historical Fiction
• When Zachary Beaver
Came to Town (Newbery)
• My Louisiana Sky
• Click here for book trailer
• The Water Seeker
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/authors
14. Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider Adventures
• Scorpia Rising: The Final Mission
Diamond Brother’s Mysteries
• The Falcon’s Malteser
Supernatural
Gatekeepers series
• Raven’s Gate, book 1
Historical Fiction
• The House of Silk: A Sherlock
Holmes Novel
http://www.topnews.in/renowned-writer-anthony-horowitz
15. Peg Kehret
Adventure
• The Ghost’s Grave (Bluebonnet)
Realistic Thriller
• Runaway Twin
• Click here for book trailer
Contemporary Fiction
• Saving Lilly
Non-Fiction
• Shelter Dogs
Autobiography rascofromrif.org
• Small Steps: The Year I got Polio
16. Gordon Korman
Adventure/Survival
• Dive: The Discovery, book 1
Contemporary & Humor
• Schooled – Click here for book trailer
• No More Dead Dogs
• Framed, book 3 in the Swindle
Series
39 Clues
• Book 2: One False Note
• Book 8: The Emperor’s Code
17. 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
18. Cynthia Lord
Contemporary
Fiction
• Rules
• Click here for a trailer
• Touchblue
http://audioboo.fm
19. Mike Lupica
Sports Fiction
• Million Dollar Throw
• Miracle on 49th Street
• Comeback Kids: Two-Minute
Drill (Bluebonnet)
• The Underdogs
• Click here for book trailer
• The Big Field
• Click here for book trailer
Fantasy
• Hero (Bluebonnet)
ESPN Sports caster www.mikelupicabooks.com/mikelupica.html
20. Ann M. Martin
Historical Fiction
• Here Today
Contemporary Fiction
• A Corner of the Universe
(Newbery)
• Everything for a Dog
hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu Fantasy
• The Doll People
21. Wendy Mass
Contemporary Fiction
• 13 Gifts
• A Mango Shaped Space
• Click here for book trailer
• Every Soul a Star
• Click here for book trailer
• Jeremy Fink and the
Meaning of Life
22. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Realistic Fiction
• Faith, Hope & Ivy June
• Click here for book trailer
• Reluctantly Alice (series)
• Ice (Lone Star)
Mystery
• The Face in the Bessledorf
Funeral Parlor – (Bluebonnet &
series)
• Jade Green (Lone Star)
nplbookbuddies.blogspot.com
23. Gary Paulsen
Historical Fiction
• Woods Runner
Autobiography
• My Life in Dog Years (Bluebonnet)
Realistic Fiction / Humor
• Lawn Boy (Bluebonnet)
• Notes from the Dog
• Liar, Liar (series)
• Paintings from the Cave:
Three Novellas (Lone Star)
24. 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
25. Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the
Olympians
• The Lightning Thief
The Kane Chronicles:
• The Throne of Fire, book 2
The Heroes of Olympus:
• The Lost Hero, book 1
39 Clues Book 1: Maze of Bones
http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/about-the-author/
26. J.K. Rowling
Fantasy / Adventure
Harry Potter books
• Sorcerer’s Stone
• Deathly Hallows
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
http://www.starpulse.com/Notables/Rowling,_J.K./Pictures/
27. Louis Sachar
Contemporary Fiction
• Holes (Newbery)
• Small Steps
Humor
• There’s a Boy in the Girl’s
Bathroom
• Wayside School series
… Gets a Little Stranger
http://portland.readinglocal.com/2010/04/17/today-4-17-louis-sachar-at-the-central-library/
28. Neal Shusterman
Contemporary Fiction
• The Schwa Was Here
Science Fiction
• Dark Side of Nowhere
Dark Fusion Series
• Duckling Ugly
29. Roland Smith
Historical Fiction:
• Elephant Run
Adventure / Survival:
• Independence Hall,
I.Q. Series - book 1
• Cryptid Hunters
• Peak – Click here for book trailer
• Storm Runners
39 Clues Cahills v Vespers:
http://www.akla.org/kodiak2009/speakers.php Book 4, Shatterproof
30. Wendelin Van
Draanen
Mystery
• Sammy Keyes series
Realistic Fiction
• The Running Dream
• Flipped
• Swear to Howdy
thechildrensbookreview.com
31. Sarah Weeks
Contemporary Fiction
• Regular Guy (series)
• Jumping the Scratch
• So B. It
• As Simple as It Seems
• Pie
32. Deborah Wiles
Contemporary Fiction
• Each Little Bird That Sings
(Bluebonnet)
• Love, Ruby Lavender
• Aurora County All-Stars
Historical Fiction
• Sixties Trilogy: Countdown,
book 1 (Lone Star)
• Click here for a book trailer
