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Andrea White

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Since 2006, Andrea as published four books written for middle school readers. Surviving Antarctica was selected for the Bluebonnet list and a handful of other state lists, and the Texas State Reading Association awarded it the Golden Spur award for the best book by a Texas author. In 2012, Windows on the World won the Spirit of Texas award for middle school fiction.

For four years Andrea worked full-time at the Houston Chronicle, the daily for the fourth largest city in the country. One of her editorials was featured in a package that ranked as finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service in 2017.

She lives in Houston, TX with her husband, former Mayor Bill White.

Average rating: 3.83 · 2,689 ratings · 353 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
Surviving Antarctica: Reali...

3.77 avg rating — 1,931 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions
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Radiant Girl

4.08 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Window Boy

4.10 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Surviving Minimized

3.85 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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Windows on the World

2.93 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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I still love Strike but I don’t love Robin anymore. About 500 pages in, I lost interest in the plot. I admire the world building, but it strayed too often into tedious detail.
I kept reading because I wanted to find out if Robin and Strike finally go
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"I’m really torn on this. I want to start this whole thing by making it clear that I have been a huge fan of the Strike/Robin series and I am reviewing this from that perspective. I’m a fan. I like it better than Harry Potter, and I’ve been waiting fo" Read more of this review »
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Lise Olsen is a crack investigative reporter and a great writer. She does an excellent job of weaving a tragic tale around an inspirational forensic anthropologist. Although I’m not a fan of true crime, I found the story about the puzzle of the remai ...more
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