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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1985
  • Latest Book:
    August 2008
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Book List in Order: 14 titles







  • Grade 7-12 Sheila's Dying is a deeply moving story of the illness and death of a young girl. Sheila was orphaned as an infant and now, at 16, is dying of uterine cancer. Except for the alcoholic grandmother she lives with and cares for, Sheila is all...








  • A coming-of-age story set in fire-ravaged northern Wisconsin explores a boy's struggle to find his own identity, deal with his partial Native American heritage, and come to terms with the raging forces within and around him....



  • After losing everything they have during a trek through the wilderness, two boys, one of whom is a diabetic, must depend on their wits and courage in order to survive. By the author of Up Country and Dogwolf. ...



  • In his diary, high-school baseball player Neil "Bull" Larsen re-evaluates his friendships, takes a close look at his family and girlfriend, and considers if there is anything more to life than baseball....






  • In the course of this novel, 12-year-old Jeremy comes to know the Chippewa, apeople whose culture is fast disappearing in his part of Wisconsin; his heartis broken and his spirit is awakened; and he learns to appreciate the gentlerways of the past....



  • A 100 "Best of the Best" ALA Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 Years, Up Country is a heart-wrenching, powerful story from an exceptionally talented writer. Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car ster...



  • “This monumentally ambitious novel covers in exquisite and graphic detail one of the bloodiest two-day engagements of the Civil War” (Publishers Weekly).   December 30, 1862: Outside Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the forty-three thousand men of M...



  • Renowned YA author Alden R. Carter offers up this laugh-out-loud, slice-of-high-school-life short-story collection, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of the Year for Youth. On "Jersey Day" the artsy academic girl wonders suspiciously which football playe...



  • Andy has had enough of his dysfunctional family's impossible problems: his father's alcoholism, his mother's advoidance tactics, his older brother's condescension. He's walking away from it all--physically into the wilderness of the Wisconsin woods a...


Award-Winning Books by Alden R. Carter

Bull Catcher
1999 Heartland Award -- Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alden R. Carter has published 14 books.

Alden R. Carter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Walkaway, was published in August 2008.

The first book by Alden R. Carter, Growing Season, was published in November 1985.

No. Alden R. Carter does not write books in series.