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Karr, Kathleen was born on April 21, 1946 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Szoka) Csere.
( A Book for the Teen Age award - New York Public Library...)
A Book for the Teen Age award - New York Public Library An Agatha Award Winner It's summer vacation, 1896, and Miles and his brother must spend it with rich, irritable Uncle Eustace, who wants to purchase art for his mansion. Little do the boys know that their summer will take them on a high-flying chase across Italy and Germany, searching for an answer to the mysterious disappearance of their uncle's servant and six woodcuts by the famous Renaissance artist Albecht Durer. Unwittingly they become entangled in an international ring of conspirators, and must save the world from a dark force masquerading as a benign secret society.
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(In 1848, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Brown disguises herself ...)
In 1848, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Brown disguises herself as a boy and runs away with her friend Robbie Robson to join in the California gold rush and, after many adventures, they eventually find themselves running a restaurant in San Francisco.
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(In 1855, while performing a vaudeville act with his unpre...)
In 1855, while performing a vaudeville act with his unpredictable father, the ""Mummy Professor,"" the mummy in the act reveals to twelve-year-old Gideon the location of a treasure. By the author of It Ain't Always Easy.
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( Ali is a young camel in Egypt when he is captured by hu...)
Ali is a young camel in Egypt when he is captured by humans. Determined to "work, but never surrender," he earns a reputation as a disobedient animal and is sold to an American colonel. The year is 1856 and Ali soon finds himself in Texas as part of the U.S. Camel Corps. Crossing the landscape of 19th century America, Ali learns to balance his pride with the needs of his new companions, and slowly matures into a noble creature. Compellingly written from the camel’s point of view, this unusual book offers a fresh and unusual perspective on a little-known slice of American history.
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( Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys? Big, br...)
Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys? Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but he's nobody's fool. When it's time to be done with school and make his way in the world, Simon hatches a plan that could earn him a bundle. He intends to herd a huge flock of bronze turkeysall the way from his home in eastern Missouri to the boomtown of Denver, where they'll fetch a mighty price. In the year 1860, the hazards of such a trek are many - how does one shepherd the birds across a river, for instance? - but Simon is undaunted. Accompanied by a faithful drover, and eventually to be joined by two boon companions, he undertakes the biggest journey of his young life, in this high-spirited Wild Wild West adventure by an acclaimed author of historical fiction.
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(In prison, there are few secrets. But Libby Dodge, the yo...)
In prison, there are few secrets. But Libby Dodge, the youngest inmate, guards the nature of her crime from the other women, even as they openly recount their former lives as arsonists, thieves, and prostitutes. Libby's hopeless and miserable situation changes unexpectedly with the arrival of a new chaplain, Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. Wilkinson has surprising and newfangled ideas about prison reform, which include launching an elaborate production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. The production transforms the women-their views of themselves, their abilities, their place in the world.
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(When Thaddeus Lowe and his balloon fall from the sky, Rid...)
When Thaddeus Lowe and his balloon fall from the sky, Ridley Jone's life was forever changed as he was asked to become Lowe's assistant and help launch the Balloon Corp for President Lincoln. Simultaneous.
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(As her family and other members of the Petticoat Party se...)
As her family and other members of the Petticoat Party settle into their new lives in the Oregon territory, thirteen-year-old Phoebe Brown yearns for more of the freedoms she had experienced on the difficult cross-country journey.
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(Two brothers touring Europe in the 19th century become em...)
Two brothers touring Europe in the 19th century become embroiled in a mystery involving Albrecht Durer's knot woodcuts and a secret German society when they go in search of their uncle's enigmatic missing valet.
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Karr, Kathleen was born on April 21, 1946 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Szoka) Csere.
Bachelor, Catholic University of America, 1968. Master of Arts, Providence College, 1971. Postgrad, Corcoran School Art, 1972.
She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Catholic University in 1968 and a master"s degree in English literature from Providence College in 1971. They have two children, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, born in 1978, and Daniel Karr, born in 1983. Karr lived in Washington, District of Columbia, working at the newly formed American Film Institute in 1971.
She wrote her first novel, Light of My Heart in 1984.
In her novel The Great Turkey Walk she depicts the movement of poultry from county to county where poultry was walked from Union in Monroe County to the stockpens in much the same way it was done for centuries. She is the author of Gilbert and Sullivan Secretariat Maine Free about women"s prison.
Based on a historical event in 1914, the inmates of Sherborn Women"s Prison in Massachusetts, United States., put on a performance of The Pirates of Penzance. In the novel, the prison"s chaplain uses the transformative power of music and theater to help reform the inmates, bringing them together to work on the show as a spirited community Karr is the author of more than two dozen historical novels for children and young adults.
Known for their period details and historical accuracy, most of her books take place in the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.
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Member Washington Romance Writers (board directors 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), Children's Book Guild (president 2000-2001).
Married Lawrence F. Karr, July 13, 1968. Children: Suzanne, Daniel.