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Joan Bauer


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Joan Bauer is the author of numerous books for young readers. She received a Newbery Honor Medal for Hope Was Here, and the L.A. Times Book Prize for Rules of the Road. The Christopher Award was given to both Hope was Here and Close to Famous, which also received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.

Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York.
 

Awards: LA Times (1998)  see all
 
Series
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Novels
   Squashed (1992)
   Thwonk (1995)
   Sticks (1996)
   Backwater (1999)
   Hope Was Here (2000)
   Stand Tall (2002)
   Peeled (2008)
   Close to Famous (2011)
   Almost Home (2012)
   Tell Me (2014)
   Soar (2016)
   Raising Lumie (2020)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Consignment (2023)
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Books containing stories by Joan Bauer
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Dreams and Visions (2006)
Fourteen Flights of Fantasy
edited by
Helen S Weiss and M Jerry Weiss
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Necessary Noise (2003)
Stories About Our Families As They Really Are
edited by
Michael Cart
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From One Experience to Another (1997)
Award-winning Authors Sharing Real-life Experiences Through Fiction
edited by
Helen S Weiss and M Jerry Weiss

Awards
1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel : Rules of the Road

Award nominations
2001 Newbery Medal (nominee) : Hope Was Here



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