Kathryn Lasky
Autor de The Capture
Sobre El Autor
Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while mostrar más she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Kathryn Lasky
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (1996) 2,759 copias, 23 reseñas
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769 (2000) — Autor — 1,834 copias, 19 reseñas
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (1998) 1,558 copias, 12 reseñas
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 (2001) 864 copias, 8 reseñas
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 (2002) 716 copias, 6 reseñas
The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 (2000) 591 copias, 2 reseñas
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet (2003) — Autor — 368 copias, 17 reseñas
Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue,… (2020) 5 copias
Guardians of Ga'Hoole 3 copias
Supplement to the flora of Norfolk 2 copias
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Books #1-12) Capture, Journey; Rescue; Seige; Burning; Hatchling; Outcast... (2008) 2 copias
The Siege [PB,2004] 1 copia
AS ULTIMAS GAROTAS DE COMPEIA 1 copia
Portraits Dancing Through Fire 1 copia
Mortal Wounds 1 copia
A Viagem 1 copia
Der Clan der Wölfe 1/2/3: Der Clan der Wölfe: Donnerherz / Schattenkrieger / Feuerwächter (2015) 1 copia
My America: Home At Last 1 copia
My America: Hope in My Heart 1 copia
O Resgate 1 copia
O Cerco 1 copia
La ragazza che spiava Hitler 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Knight, Kathryn Lasky
- Otros nombres
- Swann, E. L.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1944-06-24
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- Etats-Unis
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Educación
- University of Michigan (BA, English)
- Ocupaciones
- children's book author
- Relaciones
- Knight, Christopher (husband)
- Biografía breve
- Kathryn Lasky is a Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'hoole fantasy series about owls.
Miembros
Debates
Fiction story with plot about girl living her ancestors memories en Name that Book (abril 2013)
Born to Rule en Read YA Lit (julio 2011)
Reseñas
(Los guardianes de Ga'Hoole 01) La captura por Kathryn Lasky
Soren nace en el bosque de Tyto, un reino tranquilo en el que habitan las lechuzas comunes. Pero el mal está al acecho en el mundo de las lechuzas, un mal que amenaza con hacer pedazos la paz de Tyto y cambiar el curso de la vida de Soren para siempre. Soren es capturado y trasladado a un desfiladero sombrío e inhóspito. Lo llaman un orfanato, pero la joven lechuza cree que es algo mucho peor. Él y su amigo Gylfie saben que la única escapatoria está arriba. Para huir, tendrán que hacer algo que no han hecho nunca: volar.… (más)
She´s a pilot who´s always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. but since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya´s been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.
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- Obras
- 211
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 49,758
- Popularidad
- #306
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 740
- ISBNs
- 1,402
- Idiomas
- 15
- Favorito
- 18
