You have been busy writing great posts using your vocabulary words and sharing your Golden Lines.  Once we get past ISTEP, you will come back to research the author of your book.  You may want to get a sense of other books your author has written.  Here you can see who is reading books by all the different authors even if they are in different class periods. 

Leave a thoughtful comment on at least five people’s blogs.  A thoughtful comment adds to the conversation by making a comparison, asking a question, or sharing additional information.  Look for posts by students reading the same author.  If you are the only one reading your author, choose authors who sound similar.

• Douglas Adams – Andy S (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), Hayden D (So Long and Thanks for the Fish)
• Laurie Halse Anderson – Courtney H (Fever 1793), Emily S (Wintergirls)
• Joan Bauer – Kayla M (Peeled)
• Judy Blume – Karlie R (Are You There, God?  It’s Me, Margaret)
• Joseph Bruchac – Larry E (Skeleton Man)
• Glenn Beck – Cole B (Common Sense)
• Meg Cabot – Maia K (Sanctuary)
• PC and Kirsten Cast – Danielle M (Betrayed)
• Elizabeth Chandler – Shania Sp (Dark Secret)
• Suzanne Collins – Keenan C (Mockingjay), Austin F (Catching Fire)
• Caroline B. Cooney – Maddy H (The Face on the Milk Carton), Jessi R (Whatever Happened to Janie), Abby W (The Face on the Milk Carton)
• Sarah Dessen – Shelbi N, Shelby G (Along for the Ride), Cheyanne H (Lock and Key), Brittany H (Just Listen), Emily D (Dream Land)
• Carl Deuker – Wyatt D (Night Hoops), Evan P (Night Hoops), Kendall B (On the Devil’s Court), Tara T (High Heat), Adam G (On the Devil’s Court), Emily P (Runner)
• Sharon Draper – Mike C (Forged by Fire), Preston F (Tears of a Tiger), Alyssa D (Out of My Mind), Brianna S (November Blues), Charity A (Romiette and Julio), Emma W (Tears of a Tiger), Paige G (Double Dutch)
• Lois Duncan – Baylee W (Summer of Fear), Tequila L (Killing Mr. Griffin), Audrey W (They Never Came Home)
• Jeanne DuPrau – Patience E (The People of Sparks), Courtney B (The Prophet of Yonwood)
• Walter Farley – Hunter S (The Black Stallion and the Girl)
• Nancy Farmer – Austin Mu (The Sea of Trolls)
• Catherine Fisher – Ryan H (Incarceron), Neal N (Sapphique)
• Jean Craighead George – Adam Do (The Far Side of the Mountain)
• John Green – Megan M (An Abundance of Katherines)
• Margaret Peterson Haddix – Marissa W (Just Ella), Ariana Z (Just Ella)
• Mary Downing Hahn – Mak N. (Deep, Dark, and Dangerous)
• Carl Hiaasen – Kayli P (Flush), Ashley B (Scat), Ali B (Flush), Alicea H h(Hoot)
• Will Hobbs – Tim G (Wild Man Island), Isaiah W (Wild Man Island), Keegan B (Far North), Austin Ma (Leaving Protection)
• Stephen King – Brandon M (It)
• CS Lewis – Kate E (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
• Mike Lupica – Monica E (Miracle on 49th Street), Ariel G (Summer Ball), Dakota N (The Big Field), Carleesa B(The Big Field)
• Norah McClintock – Dariyn C (Tell)
• Lurlene McDaniel – Amber D (Till Death Do Us Part), Kassidy F (Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough), Emily R (Garden of Angels), Dakota R (How Do I Love Thee), Kamryn S (If I Should Die Before I Wake), Allie V (Reach for Tomorrow)
• Patricia, Fredrick & John McKissack – Michelle F (Clone Codes)
• Richelle Mend – Brooke S (Vampire Academy)
• Stephenie Meyer – Mickey B (Breaking Dawn)
• Ben Mikaelsen – Dalton C (Touching Spirit Bear), Brooklyn M (Rescue Josh McGuire)
• Walter Dean Myers – Meegan V (Shadow of the Red Man), Anthony E (Fallen Angels), Blake C (Sunrise Over Fallujah), Whitney B (The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins), Vyram P (Lockdown), Kyle K (The Greatest)
• Audrey Niffenger – Sara V (The Time Traveler’s Wife)
• Gary Paulsen – Mel M (Brian’s Winter), Chase S (Soldier’s Heart), Adam Dr (Brian’s Winter), Michael Col (Woods Runner), Taylor W (Hatchet), Justin W (The Car), Garret S (Hatchet), Wyatt C (The Tent), Donavon B (Lawn Boy), Kyle H  (The Cookcamp)
• Randy Pausch – Baylee K (The Last Lecture)
• Rick Riordan – Hank J (The Lost Hero), Allie V (The Lightning Thief), Scarlett S (The Last Olympian), Katelyn P (The Red Pyramid), Dylan D (The Lost Hero)
• Carrie Ryan – Mistina H (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)
• Louis Sachar – Ethan A (Holes)
• Ellen Schreiber – Adi G (Love Bites)
• Neal Shusterman – Trinaty H (Full Tilt), Gee M (Everlost), Zach T (Everlost), Devin K (Downsiders)
• Roland Smith – Harrison F (Tentacles), Alan D (Cryptid Hunters)
• Nicholas Sparks – Sydney K (A Bend in the Road)
• Jerry Spinelli – Patience E (Wringer)
• RL Stine – Cory G (The Sitter), Lexi E (The Best Friend)
• Jacquelin Thomas – Ashton B (Split Ends)
• Paul Zindel – Elliott H (Reef of Death), Clayton H (Rats), Matt C (Loch)

If I left you off or have you listed with the wrong author (some of you were absent and some of you changed your author), leave me a comment so I can update this post.