Choldenko ginnifer biography sample

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    The basic plot from Amazon: San Francisco, The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people . . . but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow&#;s snobby school for girls. Lizzie&#;s secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city&#;a side that&#;s full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague.

    The newspapers, her powerful uncle, and her beloved papa all deny that the plague has reached San Francisco. So why is the heart of the city under quarantine? Why are angry mobs trying to burn Chinatown to the ground? Why is Noah, the Chinese cook&#;s son, suddenly making Lizzie question everything she has known to be true? Ignoring the rules of race and class, Lizzie and Noah must put the pieces together in a heart-stopping race to save the people they love.

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    Gennifer Choldenko

    American novelist

    Gennifer Choldenko (born October 20, ) is an American writer of popular books for children and adolescents.

    Awards

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    Al Capone Does My Shirts was a finalist for both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Newbery Medal (Newbery Honor Book).[1][2]

    Works

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    Novels[3]
    • Notes From a Liar and Her Dog ()
    • Al Capone Does My Shirts ()
    • If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period ()
    • Al Capone Shines My Shoes ()
    • No Passengers Beyond This Point ()
    • Al Capone Does My Homework ()
    • Chasing Secrets ()
    • Al Capone Throws Me a Curve ()
    • One-Third Nerd ()
    • Orphan Eleven ()
    • Dogtown (), with Katherine Applegate; illustrated by Wallace West
    Children's picture books[3]
    • Moonstruck (), illustrated by Paul Yalowitz
    • How to Make Friends with a Giant (), illustrated by Amy Walrod
    • Louder, Lili (), illustrated by S.D. Schindler
    • A Giant Crush (), illustrated by Melissa Sweet
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      Choldenko, Gennifer

      Personal

      Born October 20, , in Santa Monica, CA; daughter of Jimmy (a business executive) and Ann (a physical therapist) Johnson; married Jacob Brown; children: Ian Brown, Kai Brown. Education: Brandeis University, B.A. (English and American literature; cum laude); Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A. (illustration).

      Addresses

      Home—San Francisco Bay area, CA. E-mail—[email&#;protected].

      Career

      Writer. Worked in various jobs, including horseback riding instructor for seeing-and hearing-impaired children.

      Awards, Honors

      New York Library Top Book designation, Cuyahoga County Library Best Book urval, and National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, all , all for Moonstruck; California Book Award Silver Medal for Young Adults, and International Reading Association/Children's Book Council (CBC) Children's Choice, all for Notes from a Liar and Her Dog; Newbery Honor Book designation, Carnegie Medal shortlist, American Library Association Notable