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Sharon M Draper


(Sharon Mills Draper)
USA flag (b.1952)

Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for Copper Sun, and previously for Forged by Fire. She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho. Her other books include Romiette and Julio, Darkness Before Dawn, and Double Dutch. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally.
 


Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Out of My Dreams
(Out of My Mind, book 3)
October 2024

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Bella Ballerina
 
Series
Clubhouse Mysteries
   1. The Buried Bones Mystery (1994)
     aka Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs
   2. Lost in the Tunnel of Time (1995)
   3. Shadows of Caesar's Creek (1997)
   4. The Space Mission Adventure (2006)
   5. The Backyard Animal Show (2006)
   6. Stars and Sparks Onstage (2007)
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Hazelwood High
   1. Tears of a Tiger (1994)
   2. Forged by Fire (1997)
   3. Darkness Before Dawn (2001)
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Jericho Prescott
   1. The Battle of Jericho (2003)
   2. November Blues (2007)
   3. Just Another Hero (2009)
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Out of My Mind
   1. Out of My Mind (2010)
   2. Out of My Heart (2021)
   3. Out of My Dreams (2024)
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Novels
   Romiette and Julio (1999)
   Double Dutch (2002)
   Copper Sun (2006)
   Fire from the Rock (2007)
   Stella by Starlight (2015)
   Blended (2018)
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Anthologies edited
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Sharon M Draper
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Black Girl Power (2024)
15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood
edited by
Leah Johnson

Sharon M Draper recommends
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Touching Snow (2007)
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