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Gloria Whelan

Gloria Whelan is a bestselling author known for her novels for young readers, including the National Book Award-winning "Homeless Bird" and the Great Lakes Book Award recipient "Once on This Island." Her body of work spans historical fiction and contemporary stories, with notable titles such as "Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect," "Angel on the Square," and its companion novel, "The Impossible Journey." She has also written sequels like "Farewell to the Island" and "Return to the Island," further expanding her literary contributions.

Whelan's writing often explores themes of resilience, cultural identity, and historical settings, particularly in works like "Burying the Sun" and the "Angel on the Square" series. Her ability to craft compelling narratives for young audiences has earned her critical acclaim and a dedicated readership. Residing in the woods of northern Michigan with her husband, she continues to draw inspiration from her surroundings and historical research. Whelan remains a prominent voice in children's and young adult literature, celebrated for her impactful storytelling.
Island Trilogy Books
# Title Year
1 Once on This Island 1995
2 Farewell to the Island 1998
3 Return to the Island 2000
Rosalind of the Raj Books
# Title Year
1 Small Acts of Amazing Courage 2011
2 All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens 2013
Russian Saga
# Title Year
1 Angel on the Square 2001
2 The Impossible Journey 2003
3 Burying the Sun 2004
4 The Turning 2006
Stepping Stone Book Books
# Title Year
1 Silver (With: Stephen Marchesi) 1988
2 Hannah 1991
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 That Wild Berries Should Grow 1959
2 A Clearing in the Forest 1978
3 A Time to Keep Silent 1979
4 The Pathless Woods 1981
5 The Secret Keeper 1990
6 Goodbye, Vietnam 1992
7 The Silence Trap 1994
8 The President's Mother 1996
9 Friends 1997
10 The Ambassador's Wife 1997
11 Miranda's Last Stand 1999
12 Homeless Bird 2000
13 Fruitlands / The Wanigan 2002
14 Chu Ju's House 2004
15 Listening for Lions (With: Brett Helquist) 2005
16 Summer of the War 2006
17 First Girl 2007
18 Parade of Shadows 2007
19 The Disappeared 2008
20 The Locked Garden 2009
21 After the Train 2009
22 See What I See 2010
23 The Hedge School 2015
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 Playing with Shadows 1988
2 What World Is This? and Other Stories (With: Natalia Sarkissian, Mary Finnegan) 2014
Children's Books
# Title Year
1 The Indian School (With: Gabriela Dellosso) 1996
2 Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky 1999
3 Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine (With: Nancy Carpenter) 2014
Picture Books
# Title Year
1 A Week of Raccoons 1988
2 Bringing the Farmhouse Home 1992
3 Miracle of Saint Nicholas (With: Judith Brown) 1997
4 Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie (With: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen) 2002
5 Friend on Freedom River (With: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen) 2004
6 K is for Kabuki (With: Jennifer Nolan) 2009
7 Smudge and the Book of Mistakes (With: Stephen Costanza) 2012
8 Bernida (With: David Miles, Al Declercq, Tom Ervin) 2013
Oriole Books
# Title Year
1 Next Spring an Oriole 1987
2 Night of the Full Moon (With: Leslie Bowman) 1993
3 Shadow of the Wolf (With: Tony Meers) 1997
Starvation Lake Books
# Title Year
1 Welcome to Starvation Lake (With: Lynne Avril Cravath) 2000
2 Rich and Famous in Starvation Lake 2001
3 Are There Bears in Starvation Lake? 2002
4 A Haunted House in Starvation Lake (With: Lynne Cravath) 2003
Made in Michigan Writers Books
# Title Year
1 Blue-Tail Fly (By: Vievee Francis) 2006
2 Broken Symmetry (By: Jack Ridl) 2006
3 The Women Were Leaving the Men (By: Andy Mozina) 2007
4 After-Music (By: Conrad Hilberry) 2008
5 Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream (By: M.L. Liebler) 2008
6 Trespassing (By: Janet Kauffman) 2008
7 The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit (By: Michael Zadoorian) 2009
8 If the World Becomes So Bright ( By: Keith Taylor) 2009
9 American Salvage (By: Bonnie Jo Campbell) 2009
10 By Cold Water (By: Chris Dombrowski) 2009
11 As If We Were Prey (By: Michael Delp) 2010
12 Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain't Never Been Told (By: Bill Harris) 2010
13 Voices of the Lost and Found (By: Dorene O'Brien) 2010
14 An American Map (By: Anne-Marie Oomen) 2010
15 In Which Brief Stories Are Told (By: Phillip Sterling) 2011
16 At The Bureau of Divine Music (By: Michael Heffernan) 2011
17 Love/Imperfect (By: Christopher T. Leland) 2011
18 The Light Between (By: Terry Blackhawk) 2012
19 To Embroider the Ground with Prayer (By: Teresa J. Scollon) 2012
20 The World of a Few Minutes Ago (By: Jack Driscoll) 2012
21 Allegiance (By: francine j. harris) 2012
22 Booker T & Them (By: Bill Harris) 2012
23 Practicing to Walk Like a Heron (By: Jack Ridl) 2013
24 Earth Again (By: Chris Dombrowski) 2013
25 Living Together 2013
26 Making Callaloo in Detroit (By: Lolita Hernandez) 2014
27 Quality Snacks (By: Andrew Mozina) 2014
28 Know the Mother (By: Desiree Cooper) 2016
29 Sharp Blue Search of Flame (By: Zilka Joseph) 2016
30 I Want to Be Once (By: M.L. Liebler) 2016
31 States of Motion (By: Laura Hulthen Thomas) 2017
32 The Forgetting Tree (By: Rae Paris) 2017
33 The Lake Michigan Mermaid (By: Anne-Marie Oomen, Linda Nemec Foster) 2018
34 Field Recordings (By: Russell Brakefield) 2018
35 Meet Behind Mars (By: Renee Simms) 2018
36 Eden Springs (By: Lola Lafon, Laura Kasischke) 2018
37 I Got To Keep Moving (By: Bill Harris) 2018
38 Welcome to Replica Dodge (By: Natalie Ruth Joynton) 2019
39 Ragged Anthem (By: Chris Dombrowski) 2019
40 Unblinking (By: Lisa Lenzo) 2019
41 The Desk on the Sea (By: Jonathan Johnson) 2019
42 Shades: Detroit Love Stories (By: Esperanza M. Cintrón) 2019
43 Gut Botany (By: Petra Kuppers) 2020
44 You're in the Wrong Place (By: Joseph Harris) 2020
45 A Fine Canopy (By: Alison Swan) 2020
46 You Are My Joy and Pain (By: Naomi Long Madgett) 2020
47 How Other People Make Love (By: Thisbe Nissen) 2021
48 When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double (By: Diane Decillis) 2021
49 Gun/Shy (By: Jim Daniels) 2021
Tales of the World Books
# Title Year
1 The Gift of the Inuksuk (By: Melanie Rose, Mike Ulmer) 2004
2 Yatandou (With: Peter Sylvada) 2007
3 Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers (With: Yan Nascimbene) 2008
4 Waiting for the Owl's Call (With: Pascal Milelli) 2009
5 Megan's Year (With: Beth Peck) 2011
6 The Boy Who Wanted to Cook (With: Steve Adams) 2011
7 The People of Twelve Thousand Winters (By: Jim Madsen, Trinka Hakes Noble) 2011
8 Elena's Story (By: Nancy E. Shaw) 2012
9 Welcome to America, Champ (By: Doris Ettlinger, Catherine Stier) 2013
10 In Andal's House (With: Amanda Hall) 2013
11 Tuki and Moka (By: Judy Young) 2013
Tales of Young Americans Books
# Title Year
1 Mackinac Bridge 2006
2 The Last Brother (By: Trinka Hakes Noble) 2006
3 Rebekkah's Journey (By: Ann E. Burg) 2006
4 Rudy Rides the Rails (By: Dandi Daley Mackall) 2007
5 Junk Man's Daughter (By: Sonia Levitin) 2007
6 The Lucky Star (By: Judy Young) 2008
7 Minnow and Rose (By: Judy Young) 2009
8 The Listeners 2009
9 Lily's Victory Garden (By: Helen L. Wilbur) 2010
10 A Book for Black-Eyed Susan (By: Judy Young) 2011
11 The Town that Fooled the British (By: Lisa Papp) 2011
12 Let Them Play (By: Margot Theis Raven) 2011
13 The Scarlet Stockings Spy (By: Trinka Hakes Noble) 2011
14 Riding to Washington (By: Gwenyth Swain) 2011
15 The Tsunami Quilt (By: Anthony D. Fredericks) 2011
16 Pappy's Handkerchief (By: Devin Scillian) 2012
17 Paper Son (By: Helen Foster James, Virginia Shin-Mui Loh) 2013
18 Junkman's Daughter (By: Sonia Levitin) 2013
19 Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade (By: Trinka Hakes Noble) 2017
20 Marty's Mission (By: Judy Young) 2019
21 A Fist for Joe Louis and Me (By: Trinka Hakes Noble) 2019
22 Summer of the Tree Army 2021
Discover the World Books
# Title Year
1 D is for Down Under (By: Devin Scillian) 0
2 A Is for America (By: Devin Scillian, Pam Carroll) 2001
3 P Is for Passport (By: Devin Scillian) 2003
4 M is for Maple (By: Mike Ulmer) 2004
5 D is for Dancing Dragon (By: Carol Crane) 2006
6 S Is for Shamrock ( By: Eve Bunting) 2007
7 D Is for Drinking Gourd (By: Nancy I. Sanders, B. Lewis) 2007
8 B Is for Big Ben (By: Pamela Duncan Edwards, Melanie Rose) 2008
9 C is for Ciao (By: Mario Cuomo, Elissa D. Grodin, Marco Ventura) 2008
10 P Is for Piñata (By: Tony Johnston, John Parra) 2008
11 K is for Kabuki (With: Jennifer Nolan) 2009
12 B is for Bagpipes (By: Eve Begley Kiehm, Alexa Rutherford) 2010
13 D is for Dala Horse (By: Renée Graef, Kathy-Jo Wargin) 2010
14 E is for Eiffel Tower (By: Helen L. Wilbur) 2010
15 T Is for Taj Mahal (By: Varsha Bajaj) 2011
Gloria Whelan Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Half-Minute Horrors 2009
2 Bob Seger's House and Other Stories 2016