Gloria Whelan

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Gloria Whelan is a poet, novelist, and short-story writer for children. She has won the National Book Award for her novel Homeless Bird. Her books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia. Whelan graduated the University of Michigan and lives with her husband in the woods of that state.

[edit] Works

• Summer of the War (2006)
• The Turning (2006)
• Listening for Lions (2005)
• Chu Ju's House (2004)
• Burying the Sun (2004)
• The Impossible Journey (2003)
• A Haunted House in Starvation Lake (2003)
• Are There Bears in Starvation Lake? (2002)
• The Wanigan: A Life on the River (2002)
• Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect (2002)
• Rich and Famous in Starvation Lake (2001)
• Angel on the Square (2001)
• Homeless Bird (2000)
• Once on this Island
• Farewell to the Island (1999)
• Return to the Island
• Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky (1998)
• The Shadow of the Wolf (1997)
• Miranda's Last Stand
• Night of the Full Moon (1996)
• The Indian School (1996)
• Goodbye, Vietnam (1992)
• Hannah (1991)
• Silver (1998)
• Next Spring an Oriole (1987)

[edit] External links

• http://www.gloriawhelan.com/ author's website
• http://www.ric.edu/astal/authors/gloriawhelan.html A.S.T.A.L.@R.I.C. author page
• http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-whelan-gloria.asp kidsreads.com profile, includes book information