... fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own: hope. She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. by Sharon M. Draper First published in 2003 3 editions — 2 previewable Borrow Listen. In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Type of Book. Hope shines in the face of fear in this conclusion to Sharon M. Draper’s award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. Not in Library. Sharon M. Draper is a New York Times bestselling author who has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire.Her Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and has been a New York Times bestseller for more than a year. She has won many awards for them including Coretta Scott King Author Award for books about the young and adolescent African American experience and the John Steptoe Award for new talent. by Sharon M. Draper First published in 2010 2 editions. Background. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Sharon-M-Draper/706340 Not Quite Burned Out But Crispy Around the Edges: Inspiration, Laughter, and Encouragement for Teachers. Download for print-disabled Out of my mind. One plus one is two but as you grow up, you’ll notice that math can get funny and, in the case of the new book “Blended” by Sharon M. Draper, one plus one might suddenly become more. It’s not like she’s rich or anything. Published in 2010, Sharon M. Draper’s novel Out of My Mind stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for two years. Middle Grade Fiction. Sassy. Sharon M. Draper. In this second novel in Sharon M. Draper’s Jericho Trilogy and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Jericho and November are locked together in pain from the past and fear for the future, and it feels as though there’s no way to escape either. Parents need to know that Blended, by award-winning author Sharon Draper (Out of My Mind, Stella by Starlight), is a multilayered story about 11-year old Isabella, who's growing up biracial, dealing with divorce and co-parenting, and navigating micro-aggressions as a … Eleven-year-old Isabella Badia Thornton has two homes. Sharon M. Draper has written over thirty books for teen readers. Written from the perspective of Melody Brooks, an eleven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, Out of My Mind gives a window onto the special challenges as well as the ordinary difficulties and triumphs of a highly-intelligent yet physically disabled girl. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for Copper Sun, and previously for Forged by Fire. Sharon M. Draper $4.19 - $4.79 https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/sharon-m--draper