Her picture book My Mother is Mine was a New York Times bestseller. She has won many awards, including a Jane Addams Peace Association Award for her novel Rain of Fire and an American Library Association Newbery Honor Award for On My Honor and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for the body of her work. After making a career out of writing, Bauer became the first Faculty Chair at Vermont College for the only Master of Fine Arts in Writing program devoted exclusively to writing for children and young adults.īauer is the author of more than forty books for young people. She started out with a children's picture book, but discovered that youg adult novels were more to her taste. She switched one last time to focus on teaching english, which she did when she graduated college.Īfter her children were born, Bauer decided to try her hand at writing. She quickly realized that journalism was not for her and changed her focus to the humanities and a degree in English literature. She attended community college first, in her home town, and then went to the University of Missouri when she was a junior to study journalism. Marion Dane Bauer was born in Oglesby, Illinois. The Blue Ghost (Stepping Stone Chapter Books) Library Binding Illustrated, Augby Marion Dane Bauer (Author), Suling Wang (Illustrator) 23 ratings 3.6 on Goodreads 330 ratings Part of: A Stepping Stone Book (TM) (72 books) Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Library Binding 15.80 1 Used from 9.22 1 New from 15. At her grandmother's log cabin, nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with children she believes may be her ancestors.
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