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Lauren Wolk is an American author, poet and editor. Born in Baltimore, she studied English literature at Brown University graduating in 1981. Wolk won a Newbery Honor in 2017 for her novel Wolf Hollow and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 2018 for Beyond the Bright Sea. Career Lauren Wolk began her career as a writer with the Battered Women's Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center and has since worked as an editor and an English teacher. She has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod since 2007. Awards Wolf Hollow was shortlisted for the John Newbery Medal, Carnegie Medal and Goodread's Choice Award Best Middle Grade & Children's, winning an Honor for her John Newbery Medal shortlisting. Beyond the Bright Sea was the 2018 winner for the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2018 Carnegie Medal and the 2017 Goodread's Choice Award Best Middle Grade & Children's. Echo Mountain was shortlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal. Published works Those Who Favor Fire (1998) Wolf Hollow (2016) German: Das Jahr, in dem ich lügen lernte (2017) Italian: L'anno in cui imparai a raccontare storie (2018) French: L'année où j'ai appris à mentir (2018) Beyond the Bright Sea (2017) Echo Mountain (2020) My Own Lightning (2022) References. Discover the Scott O Dell popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Scott O Dell books.

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  • Shades of Gray synopsis, comments

    Shades of Gray

    Carolyn Reeder

    In the aftermath of the Civil War, recently orphaned Will must start a new life and overcome his prejudices. Courage wears many faces…The Civil War may be over, but for twelveyearo...

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    The Crying Rocks

    Janet Taylor Lisle

    From Newbery Honor author Janet Taylor Lisle comes a lyrical story about one girl’s discovery of her startling pastand her search to understand her complicated present.Joelle’s hei...

  • The Art of Keeping Cool synopsis, comments

    The Art of Keeping Cool

    Janet Taylor Lisle

    The War At HomeFear permeates the Rhode Island coastal town where Robert, his mother, and sister are living out the war with his paternal grandparents: Fear of Nazi submarines offs...

  • Beyond the Bright Sea synopsis, comments

    Beyond the Bright Sea

    Lauren Wolk

    Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction  From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright S...

  • Quicksand Pond synopsis, comments

    Quicksand Pond

    Janet Taylor Lisle

    An ALA Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017“Striking, enigmatic, and haunting all around.” Booklist (starred review) “A suspenseful, realistic, finely crafted story expl...

  • Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule synopsis, comments

    Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule

    Harriette Gillem Robinet

    Winner of the 1999 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction A CBC Notable Children’s Book in the Field of Social StudiesTwo recently freed, formerly enslaved brothers work to prot...