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Anne Ursu

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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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Average rating: 3.84 · 39,731 ratings · 5,565 reviews · 19 distinct worksSimilar authors
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3.74 avg rating — 12,799 ratings — published 2011 — 24 editions
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The Real Boy

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The Shadow Thieves (Cronus ...

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The Lost Girl

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Not Quite a Ghost

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Spilling Clarence

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The Disapparation of James

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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.”
Anne Ursu, Breadcrumbs

“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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What book should we read in June?

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Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry (write-in)
 
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Coyote Lost and Found (write-in)
 
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