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Elisa Carbone is a full-time
writer and a part-time rock climber, windsurfer, and white water paddler. Her books include Stealing Freedom, an ALA
Best Book for Young Adults, Storm Warriors, an ALA Notable and WINNER
of the Virginia Library Association's 2002 Jefferson Cup Award, The Pack,
a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year for 2004, Last Dance on Holladay
Street, a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teenage, 2006, and her
popular middle grade novels, Starting School With an Enemy and Sarah
and the Naked Truth. Her most recent historical novel, Blood on the
River: James Town 1607 is a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
for 2006 and WINNER
of the Virginia Library Association’s 2007 Jefferson Cup Award. Her first
picture book, Night Running, How James Escaped With the Help of His Faithful
Dog, illustrated by E.B. Lewis, was a 2008 Parent Choice Award recommended book. Her next young adult novel, Jump, will be available from Viking in May 2010.
"One
minute she is buried in documents researching deliveries of paint to Manteo and
Pea Island, North Carolina in 1895. The next minute she is windsurfing or rock
climbing or kayaking the whitewater of the Potomac River. Elisa Carbone pays
attention to accuracy and detail whether she is working on her next historical
novel or finding the best crevice for her foot on the next rock."
Washington Parent
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