Storm by donna jo napoli a sixteenyearold stowaway discovers her destiny on noahs ark in this riveting. Donna jo napoli books list of books by author donna jo. Donna jo napoli is professor of linguistics at swarthmore college, mother of five, grandmother of two, and the author of more than 70 books for children and young adults. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle. Donna jo napolis most recent book is a worthwhile addition to the evergrowing number of fairyfolk tale retellings for teens that have been published over the last decade or so. Beast by donna jo napoli meet your next favorite book. Researchgate has not been able to resolve any references for this publication. Download citation hidden by donna jo napoli in this companion novel to the poetic and haunting hush. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. She has taught linguistics at smith college, the university of north carolina at chapel hill, georgetown university, t.
See all books authored by donna jo napoli, including treasury of greek mythology, and treasury of egyptian mythology, and more on. Donna jo napoli is the author of more than fifty books for children, including many picture books and novels for tweens and teens. Donna jo napoli is both a linguist and a writer of childrens and ya fiction. The acclaimed author of beast tells the story of 12yearold alvin, who heads from washington, d. Donna jo napoli writes for all ages, from picture books through young adult. Skin by donna jo napoli is the story of a girl who simultaneously falls in love with a boy and has to deal with a disease no one saw coming. Leave a comment edit i came across this gem during a search for books illustr. As rain batters the earth, noah, his family, and hordes of animals wait out.
I still like both authors, but napoli s concise style is refreshing in comparison with mckinleys more cumbersome novels. Some of her most popular books are zel, beast, ugly, bound, and stones in water. Napoli herself has written a number of novels in this genre, including ya versions of rapunzel zel, cinderella bound, and beauty and the beast the beast, among others. Donna jo napoli is an american writer of childrens and young adult fiction, as well as a prominent linguist. Three days by napoli, donna jo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Donna jo napoli books, biography, contact information. Awardwinning novelist donna jo napoli has created a haunting thriller that gives life to jackies utter desperation and determination to escape. At various times her house and yard have been filled with dogs, cats, birds, and rabbits. I was in a boat 25 miles offshore from the florida keys, and an american redstart landed on my hand. Storm ebook by donna jo napoli official publisher page simon. North by donna jo napoli books, resources, supplies.
Donna jo napoli is the author of many books, including soccer schock1991, the prince of the pond1992, the magic circle 1993, when water closes over. Article in bulletin of the center for children s books 687. She loves to garden and bake bread, and even dreams of moving to the woods and becoming a naturalist. Immediately download the donna jo napoli summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. Donna jo napoli s books were recommended to me because i had purchased some robin mckinley books through them, and im glad i took them up on it. The wager by donna jo napoli meet your next favorite book. Napoli s sentences did feel choppy and simplistic for about the first page.
Her childrens books have been translated into chinese, danish, dutch, german, greek, hebrew, italian. It is suggested that these three areas are useful in defining and discussing feminist fairy tales for youth. By the third day, sixteenyearold sebah has lost her brothers and her. Donna jo napoli born february 28, 1948 is an american writer of childrens and young adult. Donna jo napoli is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. Donna jo napoli has 106 books on goodreads with 120330 ratings. This is the first mermaid book ive read, besides maybe the classic, the little mermaid. She has worked in syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical and comparative linguistics, romance studies, the structure of japanese, structure of american sign language, poetics, writing for esl students, and mathematical and linguistic analysis of folk dance. Storm book by donna jo napoli official publisher page simon. Donna jo napoli has imagined a new protagonist to tell the story of noah and his ark. While her undergraduate major was mathematics and her graduate work was in linguistics, she has a profound love of mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. Some of the published credits of donna jo napoli include daughter of venice, hush.
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