Sherry Garland

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1992
  • Latest Book:
    September 2012
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Dear America

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 (Sep-1998)
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 (Apr-2001)

Great Episodes

In the Shadow of the Alamo ()
Song of the Buffalo Boy (Apr-1992)
Indio (May-1995)

Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Song of the Buffalo Boy

    Great Episodes

    Seventeen-year-old Loi, whose father was an American soldier, is ostracized by her fellow villagers because she is con-lai, a half-breed. Loi has been promised to a cruel older man, but rather than marry him, she flees to Ho Chi Minh City, and along ...

  • The Silent Storm

    Alyssa sneaked out of Captain Mac's shack and headed down to the charter boat. She hid below, under the bedcovers. But it hadn't been fun at all. The waves punched the boat with angry fists of water, and she felt sick and threw up. Her father had bee...

  • Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg

  • The Lotus Seed

    When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland. “Exquisite artwork fuses with a compelling narrative--a concise endnote places the story effectively within a historical conte...

  • Shadow of the Dragon

    Sixteen-year-old Danny Vo is enmeshed in two worlds -- his Houston high school and his Vietnamese home life. He’s finally caught the eye of beautiful blond Tiffany Marie, only to find out that her brother is a white supremacist. And his life gets e...

  • I Never Knew Your Name

    Saddened and puzzled by the suicide of a teenage neighbor, a small boy remembers the teenager playing basketball alone, feeding pigeons, and caring for a stray dog--and is sorry he did not try to make friends with him....

  • Summer Sands

    Two children participate in efforts to restore coastal sand dunes, and the plant and animal life they harbor, after a violent summer storm sweeps the dunes away. By the author of The Lotus Seed. ...

  • Indio

    Great Episodes

    Fourteen-year-old Ipa-tah-chi has survived the Apache raid that killed her grandmother and took her older brother hostage. But when strange, pale warriors ride into her village on magnificent four-legged creatures, Ipa's way of life -- like that of t...

  • Cabin 102

    Twelve-year-old Dusty has an overwhelming fear of drowning. While on a cruise to the Caribbean with his father, stepmother, and stepsisters-a cruise he did his best to avoid-Dusty discovers the ghost of Tahni, an Arawak Indian girl, in the cabin next...



  • Letters from the Mountain

    A teenage boy sent to live with relatives discovers self-respect, honesty, and family loyalty through an unlikely friendship with a poor boy. “A good read for those who enjoy a contemporary story with an upbeat ending.”--School Library Journal

  • The Last Rainmaker

    Caroline Long discovers the family she never knew existed when she runs away and joins Shawnee Sam’s Wild West Extravaganza. “The Wild West show milieu and the effect it has on the Indians who work in it ring true, and readers will empathize with...

  • My Father's Boat

  • A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836

    Dear America

    In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom....

  • Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846

    Dear America

  • Best Horse on the Force

    When Brandon and Wayne are hired to do odd jobs at the Houston Mounted Police stables, they decide to sabotage Skyjacker, a beautiful new horse, after his rider plays practical jokes on them. But when Skyjacker is kicked off the force as a result,...

  • The Buffalo Soldier

    This heartwarming story of a buffalo soldier’s service to his country during the Indian Wars and Spanish-American War reveals the many hardships these regiments faced. The African-American buffalo soldiers, nicknamed by the Cheyenne Indians becaus...

  • Voices of Gettysburg

    This illustrated history for young readers offers a sweeping view of the events that led up to and followed this famous battle. The story begins in 1863 and continues to 1923, told through the voices of the participants. The gripping images draw r...

  • Children of the Dragon

    The folk tales of the Vietnamese culture are extremely important, as they depict the creation of their people and their traditions. Here, some of the favorite tales of the Children of the Dragon are researched and retold for a modern audience with...

  • In the Shadow of the Alamo

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    Great Episodes

    Fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bonifacio never intended to be a soldier. But when the soldados raid his tiny Mexican village, Lorenzo finds himself forced to join General Santa Anna's army . . . all because of the pesky goatherd Catalina and the haughty Es...



Award-Winning Books by Sherry Garland

Shadow of the Dragon
1996 California Young Reader Medal -- Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sherry Garland has published 19 books.

Sherry Garland does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Children of the Dragon, was published in September 2012.

The first book by Sherry Garland, Song of the Buffalo Boy, was published in April 1992.

No. Sherry Garland does not write books in series.
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