Who wrote The Secret River and The Yearling?
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The Secret River (Rawlings book) The Secret River is a children's fantasy book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of the "The Yearling". Published in 1955, "The Secret River" received a Newbery Honor Award. The first edition, illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Leonard Weisgard, was issued after Rawlings' death. The book was revised and reissued in 2009 with illustrations by Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon. The new edition received an international children's book design award in 2012. "The Secret River" is the only book Rawlings wrote specifically for children. The story of young Calpurnia, who goes on a quest to find a magical river and catch fish for her starving family and friends, it has two themes common in Rawlings' writing, the magic of childhood and the struggle of people to survive in a harsh environment.
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The Yearling The Yearling is the 1938 novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It was published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It was the number one best seller for twenty-three consecutive weeks in 1938. As well as being the best-selling novel in America in 1938, it was the seventh-best in 1939. It sold over 250,000 copies in 1938. It has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and twenty-two other languages. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939.
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Secret of the Sands Secret of the Sands is a historical novel written by Scottish writer Sara Sheridan. The book was first published by HarperCollins in 2011. It is set in 1833 and has themes of colonialism and slavery.
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Howard M. Brier Howard Maxwell Brier (born 20 March 1903, in River Falls, Wisconsin; d. Oct. 1969, Seattle, Washington) was an American fiction author who wrote primarily adventure and mystery books for teens.
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All the Rivers All the Rivers (Initially referred to as Borderlife, (Hebrew: גדר חיה‎ Gader Chaya, literally: "Hedgerow") is a 2014 novel written by Dorit Rabinyan, published by Am Oved in May 2014. The book's English-language edition was translated by Jessica Cohen and published by Random House in the United States and by Serpent's Tail in the United Kingdom, both in 2017.
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Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," and "A Child's Garden of Verses".
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The Tree of Seasons The Tree of Seasons is a children's book written by Boyzone member Stephen Gately and published posthumously by Hodder & Stoughton in 2010. It follows the adventures of three siblings - Josh, Michael and Beth Lotts - who are on their summer holidays, and is said to be similar in style to the works of Enid Blyton, C. S. Lewis and Walt Disney.
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The Summer Tree The Summer Tree (1984) is the first novel of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze is a 2001 book by Peter Hessler. It documents his Peace Corps teaching assignment at Fuling Teachers College in Fuling, Sichuan, which started in 1996 and lasted for two years; Fuling is now part of Chongqing municipality.
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Blood Secret Blood Secret is a young adult novel by Kathryn Lasky.
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Gerald Melling Gerald John Melling (1943 - 22 December 2012) was an English-born, Architect, Poet, Novelist, Journalist, Author and Editor.
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The River (Paulsen novel) The River, also known as The Return and Hatchet: The Return , is a 1991 young adult novel by Gary Paulsen. It is the second installment in the "Hatchet" series, but chronologically the third with "Brian's Winter" serving as an alternative second book.
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Leslie Charteris Leslie Charteris (born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), born was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of the charming antihero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint."
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River Rats (The Hardy Boys) River Rats is a Hardy Boys novel from the Casefiles series, published in 1997.
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Into the River Into the River is a novel by Ted Dawe, featuring a coming-of-age story set in New Zealand, and intended for a young adult audience. It was awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year prize and also won the top prize in the Young Adult Fiction category at the 2013 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. It was briefly banned from sale and supply in New Zealand.
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Cylin Busby Cylin Busby (born May 1, 1970) is an author and screenwriter, known for the best-selling memoir, "The Year We Disappeared", written with her father John Busby.
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Darksong Darksong is a Parallel universe fantasy novel by Isobelle Carmody. The sequel of "Darkfall", it is the second book in the Legendsong Saga. Conceived and written while Carmody was living in Prague, it was published by Viking books in 2002, and Penguin in 2003. The third book in the trilogy is as yet unpublished.
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David Kesterton David Kesterton (born 1948) is a Canadian novelist. His first book, The Darkling was published in 1982 by Arkham House. A corrected, authorized edition was published in 2011 by Necrominster Press.
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Yarrow (novel) Yarrow: An Autumn Tale is an urban fantasy novel by Charles de Lint, set in 1980s Ottawa. The plot concerns a fantasy writer who has a secret source of inspiration: when she dreams, she visits a world where magic is real. Unknown to her, a supernatural predator who feeds on dreams is feeding on her and destroying that world.
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Honey West Honey West is a fictional character created by the husband and wife writing team Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G. Fickling", and appearing in eleven mystery novels by the duo.
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The Merlin Conspiracy The Merlin Conspiracy is a children's fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, published by HarperCollins in April 2003, simultaneously in Britain and America. It is a sequel to "Deep Secret" (1997).
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Ben River Hicham Bensassi (born 27 December 1981), better known by his stage name Ben River, is a British singer, songwriter, poet, composer and music producer whose work includes music on the satirical BBC animated series "Monkey Dust" in 2003, remixes including Howard Marks and The Mystery School Ensemble in 2005, also most recently a collaboration with playwright, publisher and spoken word artist Lee Harris released on Genepool/Universal Music Group in 2009 the album "Angel Headed Hip Hop".