Gloria Whelan is a poet, short story writer, and novelist best known for her children”s and young adult fiction. Whelan has been writing since childhood and was the editor of her high school newspaper. Many of her books are set in Michigan, but she also writes about faraway places based on her travels abroad. In 2000 she won the National Book Award for her young adult novel Homeless Bird. Her other works have earned places among the American Library Association”s Best Books for Young Adults, the International Reading Association”s Teachers” Choices and Children”s Choices, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and Los Angeles” 100 Best Books. Whelan has also received the Mark Twain Award and the O. Henry Award. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.
31 Електронні книги від Gloria Whelan
Gloria Whelan: Locked Garden
It’s the year 1900, the dawn of a new century and a chance for a new beginning for Verna and Carlie, whose mother died two years ago. They are headed to their new homethe grounds of an asylum for the …
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Gloria Whelan: After the Train
Peter Liebig can’t wait for summer. He’s tired of classrooms, teachers, and the endless lectures about the horrible Nazis. The war has been over for ten years, and besides, his town of Rolfen, West …
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Gloria Whelan: Angel on the Square
From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird comes “an absorbing saga”* about a young heroine coming of age in the tumultuous years leading up to the …
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Gloria Whelan: Burying the Sun
Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi’s family prepares for the worst. His sister, …
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Gloria Whelan: Chu Ju’s House
One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju’s family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and …
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Gloria Whelan: Fruitlands
We are all going to be made perfect . . .In 1843, with all their possessions loaded onto a single wagon, ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott and her family bravely set out into the wilderness to make a …
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Gloria Whelan: Homeless Bird
The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by …
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Gloria Whelan: Impossible Journey
One Russian night in 1934, Marya and Georgi’s parents disappear. Despite high risks, Katya and Misha had spoken against the government. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. Will they …
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Gloria Whelan: Indian School
A critically acclaimed historical novel by the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird. When shy ten-year-old Lucy comes to live with her aunt and uncle at their mission school, …
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Gloria Whelan: Listening for Lions
A critically acclaimed historical novel that roars (Kliatt), from the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird. Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when …
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Gloria Whelan: Summer of the War
It’s the summer of 1942. At her grandparents’ island cottage in Michigan, 14yearold Belle excitedly awaits the arrival of her exotic older cousin, Carolyn. Belle’s expecting worldly sophistication …
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Gloria Whelan: Miranda’s Last Stand
Miranda and her mama have always agreed about everything. So when Mama is offered a job with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show painting scenery, she and Miranda certainly agree that it is time to get out …
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Gloria Whelan: See What I See
Kate Tapert sees her life in paintings. She makes sense of the world around her by relating it to what she adoresart. Armed with a suitcase, some canvases, and a scholarship to art school in Detroit, …
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Gloria Whelan: Living Together
We all have to live together, whether we do it with enthusiasm or grace, reluctance or despair. In this skillfully drawn collection, National Book award-winning Michigan writer Gloria Whelan presents …
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Gloria Whelan: All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens
Rosalind is caught between two worlds as Gandhis nonviolent revolution takes hold in this companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage that seamlessly weaves history and culture into a novel that …
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Gloria Whelan: Turning
As the Soviet Union crumbles, one ballerina dreams of Paris It is 1991, and revolution is coming to the Soviet Union, but in Leningrad, life goes on as it always has. Food is scarce and luxuries are …
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Gloria Whelan: Wanigan
To save his family, a logger goes down the river—and brings along his wife and daughter When Annabel’s father sells their house in Detroit, she is thrilled by the idea of life on a farm. …
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Gloria Whelan: Parade of Shadows
At the dawn of the Young Turk Revolution, an English girl goes on the adventure of a lifetime For years Julia has stared at her globe, dreaming of countries on the other side of the earth. In 1907, …
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Gloria Whelan: That Wild Berries Should Grow
In the depths of the Depression, a young girl goes to live in the country Although the Depression has destroyed Detroit’s economy, Elsa cannot imagine living anywhere else. She loves her friends, her …
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Gloria Whelan: Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky
After her father’s death, a girl adjusts to life away from the river she loves The river is where Lily’s father taught her to fish; it is where she played all summer; it is what sang her …
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Gloria Whelan: Clearing in the Forest
An elderly woman and a young boy team up to save the countryside Old Frances Crawford is looking for wild mushrooms when she hears the gunshot. A few minutes later, the teenage hunter blunders into …
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Gloria Whelan: K is for Kabuki: A Japan Alphabet
AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and …
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Gloria Whelan: Parade of Shadows
At the dawn of the Young Turk Revolution, an English girl goes on the adventure of a lifetime For years Julia has stared at her globe, dreaming of countries on the other side of the earth. In 1907, …
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Gloria Whelan: Wanigan
To save his family, a logger goes down the river—and brings along his wife and daughter When Annabel’s father sells their house in Detroit, she is thrilled by the idea of life on a farm. …
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