Ami Polonsky
Born:
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Polonsky grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Deerfield. Biography: Ami Polonsky is a 6th grade English teacher, mother to two young children, and author, among other things. A former literacy coach, she remains devoted to guiding children towards a love of books and helping create lifetime readers.
Awards:
- """Gracefully Grayson"""
- -- TOP 100 CHILDREN’S BOOKS,GOODREADS
- -- LGBTQ+ inclusive summer reading list, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, 2016
- -- #2 of 32 Perfect Books To Kick Off Your Book Club, BuzzFeed Books
- -- Rainbow List Top Ten pick, ALA, 2016
- -- Best Older Fiction List, Chicago Public Library, 2014
- -- 30 LGBTQIA+ Children’s Books List, Bustle
- -- Exceptional Merit Book List, Bank Street Best Books, 2015
- -- KidsReads Reviewer Pick, 2014
- -- BFYA list, YALSA, 2015
- -- Kids’ Indie Next List, Winter 2014
- -- Rick’s Reads List, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rick Riordan, 2014
- """Threads"""
- -- READ ACROSS AMERICA book, National Education Association, March 2018
- -- Kids’ Indie Next List, Winter 2016
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amipolonsky
Website: http://amipolonsky.com
Selected Titles
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Gracefully Grayson ISBN: 9781484723654 OCLC: 876466532 Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world-- |
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Spin with me / ISBN: 9780374313500 OCLC: 1123233929 Told in two voices, seventh-graders Essie, in North Carolina for just one semester, and Ollie, a non-binary, "gender weird" classmate, develop a gentle romance while Essie ponders her label. |
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Threads / ISBN: 1484746902 OCLC: 945353107 An American girl finds a note written by a Chinese girl forced to work in a factory in Beijing. |