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 Laurence Yep
is the author of The Imp that Ate My Homework, about which Kirkus Reviews said, "Readers will not be able to put this light, funny fantasy down." He received Newbery Honors in 1975 for Dragonwings and in 1994 for Dragon's Gate. He lives in Pacific Grove, California.
DREAM SOUL
continues the story of Joan Lee and her younger siblings, Bobby and Emily, begun in The Star Fisher. Set during the Christmas season in 1927, it is a touching story of love, loyalty, and the importance of family.
Laurence Yep's Summer Reading List
DEATH BENEFITS
by Thomas Perry
He's a writer's writer who picks up a story where most writers would end theirs.
NIGHTMARE TOWN: Stories
by Dashiel Hammet
I always learn a lot about storytelling from reading him.
SOLDIER SAHIBS: The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier
by Charles Allen
Wven if it's not politically correct, I love Kipling and I want to learn more about John Nicholson.
PASSIONATE NOMAD: The Life of Freya Stark
by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
No other travel writer could make the geography of the ancient world come to life like she could so I want to learn more about her.
I AM JACKIE CHAN: My Life in Action
by Jackie Chan
I love his movies.
BOOMS AND BUSTS ON BITTER CREEK: A History of Rock Springs, Wyoming
by Robert B. Rhode
I had been hunting for this book as a source for a story I'm writing.
BEOWULF: A New Verse Translation
Translated by Seamus Heaney
I had read such a stiff translation of this that I rooted for John Gardner's Grendel; but maybe this will make me change my mind.
GONE FOR SOLDIERS
by Jeff Shaara
As a teenager, I was a war gamer so this looks interesting.
ANCIENT SICHUAN AND THE UNIFICATION OF CHINA
by Steven F. Sage
I want to learn more about the ancient culture there before the Chinese conquest.
LORD OF THE SILENT
Elizabeth Peters
I'm a big fan of Amelia Peabody.
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