Leslie Margolis

Leslie Margolis is an American author of children's novels, one of which was adapted into a film by Disney. She lives in Los Angeles, California

Bibliography

Annabelle Unleashed series

This four-part series includes:

  1. Boys Are Dogs published in 2008 and adapted into audio book format.[1]
    • adapted into the Disney Channel Original Movie titled Zapped starring Zendaya Coleman and Spencer Boldman 2014[2][3]
  2. Girls Acting Catty published in 2009
  3. Everybody Bugs Out published in 2011
  4. One Tough Chick published in 2013
  5. Monkey Business (novel) upcoming in September 2014

Maggie Brooklyn Mystery series

  1. Girl's Best Friend (novel) published in 2010
  2. Vanishing Acts published in 2012
  3. Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion published in 2013

Stand-alone novels

  1. Fix (novel) published 3 October 2006
  2. Price of Admission published 1 February 2007
  3. The Lucky One (novel), upcoming in 2015[4]

Co-operative projects

  1. 21 Proms published 1 March 2007
  2. First Kiss (Then Tell) published 1 December 2007
  3. Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs published in 2014

References

  1. ↑ Listen Up!: What's New in Audiobooks published 2009 by Library Media Connection: "Boys are Dogs, by Leslie Margolis, read by Ellen Grafton. Brilliance Audio, 2008, 5 hours, 4 discs, ISBN 978-1-4233-7729-0" .. "Annabelle doesn't like surprises OR change, but as she starts her first year of middle school she must cope with both. Ellen Grafton creates an authentic voice for Annabelle moving from childhood into adolescence, with all the dilemmas, wit, moodiness and confusion of that age."
  2. ↑ Zendaya Stars in the Disney Channel’s ‘Zapped’ by Jon Caramanica of New York Times published 26 June 2014: "This movie, starring Zendaya and based on Leslie Margolis's book "Boys Are Dogs," will be broadcast Friday on the Disney Channel. Credit David Bukach/Disney Channel" .. "This hastily written and structured TV movie is based on Leslie Margolis’s middle-grade book “Boys Are Dogs” and is presumably meant to be slightly confused with “Zapped!,” the 1982 romp in which a dweeb played by Scott Baio gets telekinetic powers and uses them to improve his lot."
  3. ↑ Disney role brings Zendaya to Mill Bay by Michael D. Read of Times Colonist published 26 June 2014: "Zendaya was in her element shooting the comedy based on the Leslie Margolis book Boys are Dogs, especially when Pitch Perfect choreographer Aakomon Jones put her through her paces."
  4. ↑ Spring 2015 Children's Sneak Previews compiled by Shannon Maughan in Publishers Weekly on 21 July 2014: "The Lucky One by Leslie Margolis, a body-switch tale in which two friends get to redo the summer as each other"

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