Ellen Emerson White
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Ellen Emerson White is an American author who has written a number of young adult fiction novels.
. Ms. White grew up in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Many of her fiction novels feature characters who reside in Boston or are from Boston and are fans of the Boston Red Sox (as Ms. White apparently is). In addition to her fiction novels, Ms. White has written both Sports Biographies and Historical Fiction/Biography books. She wrote four stories about the Echo Company in the midst of the Vietnam War under the pseudonym Zack Emerson. White got the name Zack from the name of her shepherd dog. She has also written the Santa Paws series under the pseudonym Nicolas Edwards.
The young adult characters in Ms. White's fiction books are realistic people who struggle with very difficult lives—whether those lives include war, murder, kidnapping, or some other trouble. The focus of all of her books is on overcoming the difficulties and surviving as a better person. None of her characters lives what could be classified an "ordinary" life, but all are relatable to an "ordinary" person.
My Story Series- Titanic
Writing
Ms. White's first book, Friends For Life was published while she was a senior at Tufts UniversityTufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
. Ms. White grew up in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Many of her fiction novels feature characters who reside in Boston or are from Boston and are fans of the Boston Red Sox (as Ms. White apparently is). In addition to her fiction novels, Ms. White has written both Sports Biographies and Historical Fiction/Biography books. She wrote four stories about the Echo Company in the midst of the Vietnam War under the pseudonym Zack Emerson. White got the name Zack from the name of her shepherd dog. She has also written the Santa Paws series under the pseudonym Nicolas Edwards.
The young adult characters in Ms. White's fiction books are realistic people who struggle with very difficult lives—whether those lives include war, murder, kidnapping, or some other trouble. The focus of all of her books is on overcoming the difficulties and surviving as a better person. None of her characters lives what could be classified an "ordinary" life, but all are relatable to an "ordinary" person.
The President's daughter series
- The President's Daughter (1984)
- White House Autumn (1985)
- Long Live the Queen (1989) (Winner: ALAAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Best Book for Young Adults) - Long May She Reign (2007) Released October 2007 by Feiwel & Friends, which is an imprint of HoltzbrinckGeorg von Holtzbrinck Publishing GroupVerlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck is a Stuttgart-based publishing holding company which owns publishing companies worldwide. Holtzbrinck has published everything from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses to classics by Agatha Christie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway and John Updike...
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Echo Company series (as Zack Emerson)
- Echo Company #1: Welcome to Vietnam (1991)
- Echo Company #2: Hill 568 (1991)
- Echo Company #3: 'Tis The Season (1991)
- Echo Company #4: Stand Down (1992)
- The Road Home (as Ellen Emerson White) (1995) (Nominated: Young Reader's Choice Award, 1998; ALA Best Book for Young Adults http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/1996bestbooks.htm)
Santa Paws series (as Nicholas Edwards)
- Santa Paws (1991)
- Return of Santa Paws (1997)
- Santa Paws to the Rescue (2000)
- Santa Paws, Come Home (2000)
- Santa Paws, Our Hero (2002)
- Santa Paws and the New Puppy (2004)
- None of the unauthorized books by Kris Edwards (Santa Paws Saves the Day [2005], Santa Paws and the Christmas Storm [2006], and Santa Paws on Christmas Island [2007]) have anything to do with the Santa Paws series, Nicholas Edwards, or Ellen Emerson White.
Historical fiction/biography
- Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann BradyDear AmericaDear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
(1998) - Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889The Royal DiariesThe Royal Diaries is a series of twenty books published by Scholastic Press from 1999 to 2005. In each of the books, a fictional diary of a real female figure of royalty as a child throughout world history was written by the author. The Royal Diaries was a spin-off of Scholastic's popular Dear...
(2001) - The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 (2002)
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly Mackenzie FlahertyDear AmericaDear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
(2002)
My Story Series- Titanic
Sports biographies
- Bo Jackson: Playing the Games (1990)
- Jennifer Capriati (1991)
- Jim Abbott: Against All Odds (1994)
- Shaquille O'Neal (1994)
Other books
- Romance is a Wonderful Thing (1983)
- All Emergencies, Ring Super (1998)
- Santa Paws: The Picture Book (2003)
- Dear America, Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady(1998)