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Sherri L. Smith

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Sherri L. Smith is the award-winning author of YA novels LUCY THE GIANT, SPARROW, HOT SOUR SALTY SWEET, FLYGIRL and ORLEANS. In October 2015, she makes her middle grade debut with THE TOYMAKER’S APPRENTICE from G.P. Putnam and Sons for Penguin Random House.

Sherri has worked in film, animation, comic books and construction. Her books have been listed as Amelia Bloomer, American Library Association Best Books for Young People, and Junior Library Guild Selections. FLYGIRL was the 2009 California Book Awards Gold Medalist.

She loves her family, travel, chocolate chip cookies, reading, and and a really good cup of tea.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 21,827 ratings · 3,427 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

	Flygirl 3.96 avg rating — 9,074 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Orleans 3.72 avg rating — 4,379 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Pearl by Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Christine Norrie (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Blossom and the Firefly 3.83 avg rating — 1,106 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Pasadena 3.13 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Avatar: The High Ground, Volume 1 by Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Michael Atiyeh (Illustrator), Guilherme Balbi (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? 4.32 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path by Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Jan Duursema (Illustrations), Dan Parsons (Illustrations) 3.75 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Toymaker’s Apprentice 3.84 avg rating — 475 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
	What Is the Civil Rights Movement? by Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Tim Foley (Illustrations) 4.35 avg rating — 268 ratings — 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

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Series by Sherri L. Smith

Avatar: The High Ground (3 books)
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Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author),

Agustín Padilla (Illustrator),

Miguel Ángel Ruiz (Illustrator),

Michael Atiyeh (Colorist),

Michael Heisler (Letterer)

3.65 avg rating — 1,297 ratings

Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path (7 books)
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Sherri L. Smith (Goodreads Author),

Jan Duursema (Illustrations),

Dan Parsons (Illustrations),

Wes Dzioba (Color Artist),

Michael Heisler (Letterer)

3.86 avg rating — 1,020 ratings

Kids these days! Protesting injustice, sassing their elders, and sometimes saving the world. So...pretty much like kids during any other...

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“I wish the army had taught us how to navigate feelings as easily as they did a starless night sky.”
― Sherri L. Smith, Flygirl

tags: feelings, life-lessons

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“If you're colored, you get the short end of the stick. If you're a woman, you get the short end of the stick. So what do we get for being colored and women?”
― Sherri L. Smith, Flygirl

tags: african-american, african-american-authors, african-americans, flygirl, sherri-l-smith

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“There's something straight in the way she stands that says she's seen what the world looks like from the clouds.”
― Sherri L. Smith, Flygirl

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Which themed book (WWI or WWII) would you like to read for February's group read?

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

22 votes, 29.7%

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

14 votes, 18.9%

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

12 votes, 16.2%

Annexed by Sharon Dogar

8 votes, 10.8%

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

7 votes, 9.5%

Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury

5 votes, 6.8%

The Year of My Indian Prince by Ella Thorp Ellis

3 votes, 4.1%

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

2 votes, 2.7%

Resistance, Book 1 by Carla Jablonski

1 vote, 1.4%

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