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Fantasy Authors and Books

Lloyd Alexander
http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/alexanderlloyd/index.html

Isabel Allende
review of City of Beasts

T.A. Barron --Lost Years of Merlin series
http://www.tabarron.com/tab1/index.html

David Barry -- Peter and the Starcatchers
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0786854456.asp

DiTerlizzi-- Spiderwick
http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-spiderwick-author.asp
http://www.spiderwick.com/

Nancy Farmer
review of The Sea Trolls

Cornelia Funke --Inkheart- Thief Lord
biography
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-funke-cornelia.asp
review of Inkheart

Brian Jacques-- Redwall series
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-jacques-brian.asp
http://www.redwall.org/

P.B. Kerr--The Akenaten Adventure: The Children of the Lamp
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-kerr-pb.asp#view0410
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/childrenofthelamp/

Kathryn Lasky --Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Kathryn Lasky's Homepage
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439405572.asp

Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House

Christopher Paolini-- Eragon
Interview with Paolini
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/eragon/
http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/book.php?id=247

Tamora Pierce-- Trickster's Queen
http://www.tamora-pierce.com/

Phillip Pullman
His Dark Materials series

Jonathan Stroud
Biographical information about Jonathan Stroud
review of The Amulet of Samarkand

J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/

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Adventure Books and Authors

Jean Craighead George
http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/

Will Hobbs
http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/

Anthony Horowitz - Alex Rider series
about Eagle Strike
About the series
review of Stormbreaker

Gary Paulsen
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-paulsen-gary.asp
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/

Geronimo Stilton
all about this cheesy rat

 

Adolescence

Avi
review of Crispin
review of Never Mind
http://www.avi-writer.com/
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp

Georgia Byng -- Molly Moon Books
meet Georgia Byng
review of Molly Moon Stops the World

 

Beverly Cleary
http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-cleary-beverly.asp

Ann Martin
The Babysitters Club
http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/index.htm
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-martin-ann.asp

Phyllis Naylor
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-naylor-phyllis-reynolds.asp

Barbara Park
Junie P. Jones series

 

 

Mysteries

Gertrude Chandler Warner-- Boxcar Children
all about the series

 

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