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Anne Ursu

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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States

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Anne Ursu is the author of several fantasies for young readers, including THE REAL BOY, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and BREADCRUMBS, which was named as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Amazon, and School Library Journal. She is also the recipient of a McKnight Fellowship. She teaches at the Hamline University's Masters of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and lives in Minneapolis. Her next book, THE LOST GIRL, will be out in February 2018.
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	Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author), Erin Mcguire (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 12,788 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real Boy by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author), Erin Mcguire (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 6,193 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Thieves (Cronus Chronicles, #1) by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author), Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 6,411 ratings — published 2006 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy 4.12 avg rating — 3,108 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siren Song (Cronus Chronicles, #2) by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author), Eric Fortune (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 2,179 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Girl 3.89 avg rating — 2,148 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Quite a Ghost 4.03 avg rating — 1,934 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Immortal Fire (Cronus Chronicles, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 1,436 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spilling Clarence 3.34 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disapparation of James 3.52 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.”
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“I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.”
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“It’s all going to be okay. She would like to hear that now, even if it was a lie. Because some lies are beautiful. Stories do not tell you that.”
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It's our coming-in-second poll! The books included in this months poll were all ranked highly in our monthly polls but lost by a few votes. It's time to give them another look.

What book should we read in October?

As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2020 Newbery contender and already published.

April

The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

30 votes 18.6%

June

Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu

30 votes 18.6%

May

Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes

21 votes 13.0%

March

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

17 votes 10.6%

September

Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

16 votes 9.9%

July

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

15 votes 9.3%

My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder (write-in)

15 votes 9.3%

August

Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy

8 votes 5.0%

Good Enough (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

Queen of the Sea (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

Queen of the Sea (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

A Drop of Hope (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

Genesis begins again (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

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