Bücher von Marion Dane Bauer

Discusses how to write fiction, exploring point of view, dialogue, endings, and revision.

It’s impossible to feel under the weather as Newbery Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author Marion Dane Bauer explains the wonders of weather for emerging readers in this carry-along boxed set!What is the best thing to do on a rainy day? Sit inside and read a book! What about a snowy day? Sit inside and read a book! And on a sunny day? Lay outside with a favorite book! No matter if there is rain, sun, snow, wind, clouds, or a rainbow outside, this boxed set—which includes Rain, Snow, Wind, Clouds, Rainbow, and Sun—teaches beginning readers all about the wonders of weather.

The time is 1950. The place is a small town in the Midwest. The girl is Claire, and she has a new black friend. But in an all-white town, how open can the girls be about their friendship?Now Claire faces being the ?new girl? in school. A year later, she is confronting betrayal . . . and sin. Finally, she is fifteen and in love. But it is not a love that can be spoken of, least of all by Claire.In five interrelated stories, Claire grows into a young woman, learning about racism, sex, and love along the way. Most of all, she learns about truth.