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Ellen Potter

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New York City, The United States

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Ellen Potter is the author of many children's books, including the Olivia Kidney series, Pish Posh, SLOB, and The Kneebone Boy. Her non-fiction book, Spilling Ink; a Young Writer’s Handbook, was co-authored by Anne Mazer

Olivia Kidney was awarded Child magazine’s “Best Children’s Book Award” and was selected as one of the “Books of the Year” by Parenting magazine.

SLOB is on more than 10 state book award lists and was selected for the Junior Library Guild.

Spilling Ink; A Young Writer’s Handbook was a New York Public Library Top 100 Children’s Book for 2010 and a Children’s Literature Assembly 2011 Notable Book.

Her newest series is Piper Green and the Fairy Tree.
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	The Humming Room: A Novel Inspired by the Secret Garden 3.83 avg rating — 4,721 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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
	Slob 3.77 avg rating — 4,038 ratings — published 2009 — 11 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 Kneebone Boy 3.93 avg rating — 3,348 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Pish Posh 3.84 avg rating — 1,263 ratings — published 2006 — 15 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
	Olivia Kidney (Spanish) 3.88 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 2003 — 24 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
	Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (Piper Green, #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Big Foot and Little Foot (Big Foot and Little Foot #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Felicita Sala 3.96 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 2018 — 5 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
	Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy 4.03 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2005 — 25 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
	Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City 3.95 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Too Much Good Luck (Piper Green, #2) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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Olivia Kidney (3 books)
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Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (5 books)
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Qin Leng (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 1,479 ratings

Big Foot and Little Foot (5 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 1,385 ratings

Otis Dooda (2 books)
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David Heatley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.69 avg rating — 178 ratings

Hither & Nigh (2 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 150 ratings

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“All great adventures have moments that are really crap.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“...when you start to feel like you are better than someone else, you should probably stick your head in a toilet because at that moment your thoughts are crap.”
― Ellen Potter

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What second pick for a Newbery Honor?

(I tried to include all the books we have read, along with the books mentioned on our "the others good and up" thread, and a few on the Newbery 2010 list on goodreads. If, however, I have not included a book you want to vote for just send me a message or write a comment. I will add it to the list.)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

6 votes 18.8%

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

6 votes 18.8%

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

6 votes 18.8%

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

3 votes 9.4%

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

2 votes 6.3%

Wild Things by Clay Carmichael

2 votes 6.3%

A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck

1 vote 3.1%

The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

1 vote 3.1%

Charles and Emma The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

1 vote 3.1%

The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

1 vote 3.1%

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

1 vote 3.1%

Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur

1 vote 3.1%

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

1 vote 3.1%

Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork

0 votes 0.0%

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

0 votes 0.0%

Forest Born by Shannon Hale

0 votes 0.0%

The Nine Pound Hammer by John Claude Bemis

0 votes 0.0%

Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine

0 votes 0.0%

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko

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Slob by Ellen Potter

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Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede

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Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

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Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

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The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor

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The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane

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Here's How I See It--Here's How It Is by Heather Henson

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The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech

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The Book of the Maidservant by Rebecca Barnhouse

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