Joan BauerWebsite: http://www.joanbauer.com/
Books Written: Squashed, Rules of the Road, Stand Tall, Thwonk, Peeled, Best Foot Forward, Hope Was Here, Backwater, Sticks
Notable Awards:
For Squashed: Delacorte Prize for First Young Adult Novel
For Rules of the Road: American Library Association (ALA) Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults selection
For Hope Was Here: Newbery Honor Book
Other Awards and Honors: LA Times Book Prize, Christopher Award, Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Honor, Michigan Thumbs-Up! Award for Children's Literature, New England Bookseller's Award, Literary Light Award, Boston Public Library Honor.
Her Niche: Bauer does a great job writing about small town rural life. She is a great teen author that shows the "prettier" side of growing up in high school and coming of age for her characters. Every time I've read one of her books I've felt as if there's much greater hope in the teen world than I think there is. Not to be taken in a bad way, but her books could be described as "cute" and leave you with "warm fuzzies".
Why I like her ( a lot) and why I think you should too: Like I said, Bauer does an excellent job of writing about the small town rural and creating a great story. Her ideas are simplistic and basic, though don’t think that her story will be boring at all- her stories are full of depth and “life lessons” and are a lesser dose of a coming of age story. Bauer does a great job of connecting her main characters with a parental figure- most times it is a parent or relative that they end up connecting with, but occasionally the connection is with a figure that becomes a mentor throughout the story. Something interesting about her that kind of tells a little background of her stories: if she wasn't a writer she would like to either own a restaurant, make independent films, or be a pastor.
Which of her books I've read: Squashed, and Peeled. Though I've only read two of her books, I do own Rules of the Road and Thwonk, and I do plan on reading them in the near future. On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being "This book was sent by the gods for us mere mortals to read" and 1 being "This book wouldn't even make good toilet paper") here's how they rate:
Squashed- 3.5
Peeled- 4.5
Books Written: Squashed, Rules of the Road, Stand Tall, Thwonk, Peeled, Best Foot Forward, Hope Was Here, Backwater, Sticks
Notable Awards:
For Squashed: Delacorte Prize for First Young Adult Novel
For Rules of the Road: American Library Association (ALA) Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults selection
For Hope Was Here: Newbery Honor Book
Other Awards and Honors: LA Times Book Prize, Christopher Award, Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Honor, Michigan Thumbs-Up! Award for Children's Literature, New England Bookseller's Award, Literary Light Award, Boston Public Library Honor.
Her Niche: Bauer does a great job writing about small town rural life. She is a great teen author that shows the "prettier" side of growing up in high school and coming of age for her characters. Every time I've read one of her books I've felt as if there's much greater hope in the teen world than I think there is. Not to be taken in a bad way, but her books could be described as "cute" and leave you with "warm fuzzies".
Why I like her ( a lot) and why I think you should too: Like I said, Bauer does an excellent job of writing about the small town rural and creating a great story. Her ideas are simplistic and basic, though don’t think that her story will be boring at all- her stories are full of depth and “life lessons” and are a lesser dose of a coming of age story. Bauer does a great job of connecting her main characters with a parental figure- most times it is a parent or relative that they end up connecting with, but occasionally the connection is with a figure that becomes a mentor throughout the story. Something interesting about her that kind of tells a little background of her stories: if she wasn't a writer she would like to either own a restaurant, make independent films, or be a pastor.
Which of her books I've read: Squashed, and Peeled. Though I've only read two of her books, I do own Rules of the Road and Thwonk, and I do plan on reading them in the near future. On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being "This book was sent by the gods for us mere mortals to read" and 1 being "This book wouldn't even make good toilet paper") here's how they rate:
Squashed- 3.5
Peeled- 4.5
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