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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2001
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Sixties Trilogy

1 - Countdown (May-2013)
2 - Revolution (Jun-2014)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • John Henry swims better than anyone I know. He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. He's not allowed. Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both ...



  • Ruby Lavender used to have a good life. She and her grandmother, Miss Eula, were inseparable--they even drove the getaway car together for chickens rescued from the slaughterhouse! But this summer, Miss Eula will be in Hawaii, and Ruby's sure it'll b...



  • In this warm-spirited story, a perfect day of backyard adventures for three lively boys and two mischievous squirrels unfolds, and then gently comes to an end. As moonlight fills the sky, it's time for a soothing lullaby. Critically acclaimed author ...



  • Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped d...



  • Twelve-year-old House Jackson -- star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars -- has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He's finally ready to play, but wouldn't you know that the team's only game of the year ha...



  • The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war. It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, ...



  • The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war. It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, ...



  • It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom Summer. ...



  • Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family travels from place to place, setting up bakeries in communities that need them. Then, just when Emma feels settled in with new friends ... they move again....






  • From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, the remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across America in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of t...



  • From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War. May 4, 1970. Kent State University....



  • This luminous picture book by an award-winning author and acclaimed illustrator is the perfect tool to discuss the importance of the natural world with young children, as well as introduce them to environmental activist Rachel Carson."I'm not afraid!...



  • Children will learn to both celebrate diversity and embrace how much we all have in common. In We Are All Under One Wide Sky, Deborah Wiles beautifully weaves together images from the natural world in a lovely, lyrical poem. Andrea Stegmaier’s...



  • From award-winning author Deborah Wiles and illustrator Bao Luu comes an exuberant and heartwarming picture book tribute to the things that connect us all—nature, love, and gratitude. I hear the song that nature singsthat links each heart to mi...


Award-Winning Books by Deborah Wiles

Each Little Bird That Sings
2006 E.B. White Read Aloud Award -- Older Readers
Fall Out
2011 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize -- Young Adult
2011 SIBA Book Award -- Young Adult
Freedom Summer
2002 Coretta Scott King Award -- New Talent/Illustrator
Revolution
2015 Golden Kite -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Deborah Wiles has published 14 books.

Deborah Wiles does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Simple Thanks, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Deborah Wiles, Freedom Summer, was published in February 2001.

Yes. Deborah Wiles has 1 series.