Sharon M. Draper has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at... Read full bio
When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from...
Delia loves Double Dutch. And she's good at it. Really good. So good that her team has a chance to win the World Double Dutch Championships this year...
When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from...
Star Crossed Lovers When Romiette Cappelle meets Julio Montague, she feels as though she has met the soul mate who can rescue her from her recurring...
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me.Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?A. I smile often. I like people. I'm friendly.Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?A. Actually, I use actually too much.Q. With whom in history do you most identify?A. I'm not sure if identify is the right word, but I have a great deal of respect for Zora Neale Hurston whose writing is brilliant and whose path was difficult.Q. What’s your greatest flaw?A. I'm very picky and often impatient.Learn more about Sharon M. Draper
...the Quest for Never Land by Gail Carson Levine, Illustrated by David Christiana · Club House Mysteries by Sharon M. Draper · Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel · A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements...
...nominated for the award. The book that came in first for HSCS is “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper. This is also the book that won the SSYRA Award for the state. The SSYRA is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8, and...
...Sleuth , a new book from the popular Fancy Nancy series! Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:30 am Sharon M. Draper , author of Out of My Mind Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:00 pm Paolo Bacigalupi for The Drowned Cities at the ...
...than their common sense. Paulsen’s book “Hatchet” received the Newbury Honor Award. “The Buried Bones Mystery” by Sharon M. Draper, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watcon, 2011, 94 pages, ages 7 to 10. First in the Clubhouse Mysteries series for...
...One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia “Road to Tater” by Hill Edith M. Hemingway “Romiette and Julio” by Sharon M. Draper “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor “The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” by Michael Scott...
...SALISBURY -- Teacher and five-time Coretta Scott King Literary Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper is coming to Salisbury University next Tuesday, as part of the biannual E. Pauline Riall Lecture series at Salisbury University. Draper is a wildly...
...an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music” by Steve Lopez and “Fire from the Rock” by Sharon M. Draper 2008: “Coal Black Horse” by Robert Olmstead and “Bronx Masquerade” by Nikki Grimes 2007: “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy...
...from him that I was right and the art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times was wrong. Pretty embarrassing! Sharon M. Draper, author of Out of My Mind (Simon & Schuster, 2010) and other titles: "We'll begin each day with poetry," she would declare each morning...
...Sleuth , a new book from the popular Fancy Nancy series! Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:30 am Sharon M. Draper , author of Out of My Mind Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:00 pm Paolo Bacigalupi for The Drowned Cities at the ...
...Defense Safety," by Michael Buckley "Extra Credit," by Andrew Clements "Out of My Mind," by Sharon M. Draper "Umbrella Summe,r" by Lisa Graff "The Secret of Zoom," by Lynne Jonell "Dying to Meet You," by Kate Klise "Flight of the Phoenix," by...
...Illinois and her writing submission is currently being judged at the national level. Kate wrote her letter to Sharon M. Draper, author of “Out of My Mind,” a book about an eleven year old girl with cerebral palsy who has a photographic memory and...
...than their common sense. Paulsen’s book “Hatchet” received the Newbury Honor Award. “The Buried Bones Mystery” by Sharon M. Draper, illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watcon, 2011, 94 pages, ages 7 to 10. First in the Clubhouse Mysteries series for...
...One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia “Road to Tater” by Hill Edith M. Hemingway “Romiette and Julio” by Sharon M. Draper “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor “The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” by Michael Scott...
...SALISBURY -- Teacher and five-time Coretta Scott King Literary Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper is coming to Salisbury University next Tuesday, as part of the biannual E. Pauline Riall Lecture series at Salisbury University. Draper is a wildly...