More often than not, she comes up with good stuff. Runaway is another book picked for me at random at the library by my daughter. She and her husband reside in California and have two sons. Van Draanen was a classroom teacher for fifteen years. The Gecko & Sticky books, are fun read-alouds, perfect for reluctant readers, and the Shredderman books-featuring a boy who deals with a bully-received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” and became a Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie. Van Draanen is also the author of two short chapter-book series. Van Draanen's latest book, Hope in the Mail, is part memoir, part writing guided, designed to encourage aspiring writers to pursue their dream. Her novel The Running Dream was awarded ALA’s Schneider Family Award for its portrayal of the disability experience. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series, and wrote Flipped which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ, and became a Warner Brothers feature film with Rob Reiner directing. Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens.
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