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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 — 12,852 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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 — 6,203 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 — 6,417 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 — 3,179 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) 3.90 avg rating — 2,181 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 — 2,150 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 4.02 avg rating — 2,070 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) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,438 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 — 886 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.”
― Anne Ursu, Breadcrumbs

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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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What book should we read in October?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2014 Newbery contender and already published.

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

19 votes 24.1%

The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

16 votes 20.3%

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

12 votes 15.2%

Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

6 votes 7.6%

escape from Mr. lemoncello s library (write-in)

6 votes 7.6%

The Lost Kingdom by Matthew J. Kirby

4 votes 5.1%

The Real Boy (write-in)

2 votes 2.5%

Flora and ulysses

2 votes 2.5%

The Real Boy but I'd also like to recommend we read Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner one of these months! (write-in)

2 votes 2.5%

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (write-in)

2 votes 2.5%

Counting by 7s (write-in)

2 votes 2.5%

Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans

2 votes 2.5%

Imprisoned (write-in)

1 vote 1.3%

lost kingdom - but I would be happy to read any of these (except Lemoncello - read it - mediocre) (write-in)

1 vote 1.3%

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck (write-in)

1 vote 1.3%

Mister Max the Book of Lost Things (write-in)

1 vote 1.3%

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