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Nora Raleigh Baskin

Nora Raleigh Baskin
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Nora Raleigh Baskin

Nora Raleigh Baskin was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for her novel What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows. She is the author of novels for middle-graders and teens, including The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah and Anything But Typical, which won the ALA Schneider Family Award. Nora lives in Golden's Bridge, New York. Visit her online at norabaskin.com.

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The Summer Before Boys will be released on April 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 13, 2012
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Jul 06, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Jul 06, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Jul 06, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Jul 06, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Jul 06, 2011
The Summer Before Boys will be released on May 10, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
May 10, 2011
The Summer Before Boys is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 10, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Summer Before Boys
May 05, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
Anything But Typical has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
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The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah has won an award
Dec 18, 2010
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Anything But Typical has won an award
May 22, 2010

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Tennessean, January 11, 2012
...authors to visit and chat with members of its children’s book club. Here, kids interact with author Nora Raleigh Baskin. / Samuel M. Simpkins / The Tennessean Written by The Tennessean Filed Under Purchase ImageZoom Eleanor Israel, 8, front, listens as...
Saginaw News, December 25, 2011
...Book explores the challenges faced by children whose parents have gone off to war....
School Library Journal, November 13, 2011
...swimmingly!) driving back Friday for a Norton Juster dinner (at this point I’m just bragging), and hosting Nora Raleigh Baskin, Suzanne Morgan Williams, Sara Lewis Holmes, and Rosanne Parry in my library for a Children’s Literary Salon on...
Lower Hudson Online, September 23, 2011
..." Croton: Gloria Pinkney, author of "Back Home"; Susan Jeffers, illustrator of "Hansel and Gretel." Goldens Bridge: Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of "The Summer Before Boys." Hartsdale: Eric Velasquez, illustrator of "Grandma's Gift." Hastings: Alyssa...
Advertiser Democrat, July 9, 2011
...Bordertown," edited by Holly Black and "Time Windows," Kathryn Reiss Juvenile Fiction "The Summer Before Boys," Nora Raleigh Baskin; "Theodore Boone: the Abduction," John Grisham; "Fly Trap," Frances Hardinge; "The Grand Plan to Fix Everything," Uma...
Toledoblade.com, June 8, 2011
...we found just the right book at the right time," Mrs. Anstadt said. The story, written by Nora Raleigh Baskin, is about a high-functioning autistic boy named Jason. It focuses on the idea of tolerance and understanding differences. Mrs. Anstadt said the...
North Jersey.com, April 1, 2011
...Whitman, $16.99); ages 6-10. Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic, $6.99); ages 9-12. Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin (Simon and Schuster, $6.99);ages 9-12...
School Library Journal, November 13, 2011
...swimmingly!) driving back Friday for a Norton Juster dinner (at this point I’m just bragging), and hosting Nora Raleigh Baskin, Suzanne Morgan Williams, Sara Lewis Holmes, and Rosanne Parry in my library for a Children’s Literary Salon on...
School Library Journal, November 10, 2011
...Join authors Nora Raleigh Baskin (The Summer Before Boys), Sara Lewis Holmes (Operation Yes), Rosanne Parry (Heart of a Shepherd, Second Fiddle), and Suzanne Morgan Williams (Bull Rider) talk about children in military...
GalleySmith, September 21, 2011
...conversation.  It makes a great book club book! Title:   Anything But Typical [ Amazon ] Author: Nora Raleigh Baskin [ website ] [ facebook ] Genre:   Contemporary Publisher: Simon and Schuster Format: Hardcover Series: None Source: Purchased...
Young Adult Books-What We're Reading Now, September 15, 2011
...The Summer Before Boysby Nora Raleigh Baskin Simon & Schuster2011208 pagesMoving, poignant, and simple, yet satisfying and sublime, The Summer Before Boys is a novel about relationships--childhood friendship, mother/daughter relationships, strained...
Book Binge, June 6, 2011
...of 5) Incredibly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. (2.75 out of 5) The Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin. (3 out of 5) Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts . (3 out of 5) The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter. (4 out of 5) So Much Closer by Susane...
The Book Muncher, May 16, 2011
...Julia and Eliza are best friends. Technically, Julia is Eliza’s aunt, but since they’re practically the same age, they just tell everyone that they’re cousins. This summer, Julia’s mother is serving in the National Guard and her father is too...
Mundie Moms, May 1, 2011
...Goodbye by Sarah Dessen Flawless by Lara Chapman Bitter End by Jennifer Brown The Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin Tighter by Adele Griffin May 12th Kane Richards Must Die by Shanice Williams Dreamland Social Club by Tara Altebrando Sparrow Road...