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Donna Jo Napoli


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Donna Jo Napoli is the author of several picture books as well as numerous novels for children and young adults, including Zel and Beast. She says of Flamingo Dream, "A few years ago my nephew was killed, leaving behind an eight-year-old son, Nick, and a daughter, Amanda, still in the womb. I searched for books that Nick and I could read together, books that would help me to help him deal with this enormous loss. We read many. But he wasn't satisfied with books that used metaphors. And he wasn't consoled by books that only hinted at the gaping wound in his heart. So I wrote a book without metaphors and without hints. And I found that writing it helped me to absorb the impact of this death as much as it helped Nick." The author lives with her family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
 


Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
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   1. Friends Everywhere (1999)
   2. Little Creatures (1999)
   3. On Her Own (1999)
   4. One Leap Forward (1999)
   5. Give and Take (1999)
   6. No Fair! (2000)
   7. April Flowers (2000)
   8. Playing Games (2000)
   9. Lies and Lemons (2000)
   10. Running Away (2000)
   11. Know-It-All (2000)
   12. New Voices (2000)
   13. Left Out (2000)
   14. Happy Holidays (2000)
   15. Partners (2001)
   16. Hang in There (2001)
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Novels
   The Hero of Barletta (1987)
   Soccer Shock (1991)
   The Magic Circle (1993)
   When the Water Closes over My Head (1994)
   Shark Shock (1994)
   The Bravest Thing (1995)
   Zel (1996)
   The Song of the Magdalene (1996)
   On Guard (1997)
   Trouble on the Tracks (1997)
   Stones in Water (1997)
   For the Love of Venice (1998)
   Changing Tunes (1998)
   Sirena (1998)
   Spinners (1999)
   Crazy Jack (1999)
   Shelley Shock (2000)
   Beast (2000)
   Three Days (2001)
   Daughter of Venice (2002)
   The Great God Pan (2003)
   Breath (2003)
   North (2004)
   Bound (2004)
   The King Of Mulberry Street (2005)
   Ugly (2005)
   Fire in the Hills (2006)
   Hush (2007)
   Mogo, the Third Warthog (2008)
   The Smile (2008)
   Alligator Bayou (2009)
   The Wager (2010)
   Lights on the Nile (2011)
   Skin (2013)
   Storm (2014)
   Hidden (2014)
   Dark Shimmer (2015)
   Hunger (2018)
   In a Flash (2021)
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Collections
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Anthologies edited
   Lingua Franca (1990) (with Emily N Rando)
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Picture Books show
 
Graphic Novels show
 
Non fiction show
 


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