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Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder is the author of The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid, and The Witches of Worm, all Newbery Honor Books. She was recently honored with an Edgar nomination for her book The Unseen, which was a School Library Journal Best Book and a Parents' Choice Silver Honor winner. Her most recent books include The Treasures of Weatherby, The Bronze Pen, and William S. and the Great Escape. She lives in Mill Valley, California. Visit her online at zksnyder.com.

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The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case will be released on August 20, 2013 in eBook
May 17, 2013
The Treasures of Weatherby will be released on June 18, 2013 in eBook
May 14, 2013
The Headless Cupid will be released on October 23, 2012 in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Witches of Worm is now available in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Witches of Worm will be released on October 23, 2012 in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Egypt Game is now available in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Egypt Game will be released on October 23, 2012 in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Headless Cupid is now available in eBook
Oct 23, 2012
The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case will be released on September 06, 2012 in
Sep 06, 2012
Sep 06, 2012
William's Midsummer Dreams will be released on June 05, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jun 05, 2012
William's Midsummer Dreams is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 05, 2012
Great Expectations is now available in eBook
Mar 06, 2012
Great Expectations will be released on March 06, 2012 in eBook
Mar 06, 2012
William's Midsummer Dreams will be released on June 07, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011
William's Midsummer Dreams is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011

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NWI Times, November 4, 2012
...behind the house (“horror movie-looking woods,” she said), daydreaming and reading. Her favorite books were romantic fantasies — Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s “The Velvet Room” and “The Egypt Game,” and Beatrice Gormley’s “Mail-Order...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 27, 2012
...the house ("horror movie-looking woods," she said), daydreaming and reading. Her favorite books were romantic fantasies -- Zilpha Keatley Snyder's "The Velvet Room" and "The Egypt Game," and Beatrice Gormley's "Mail-Order Wings," about a girl who sees an...
Spectator, August 8, 2012
...Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam 2). As a child, what did you read under the covers? Mysteries by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , Paula Fox’s  YA novels , Noel Streatfeild’s ‘ Shoes ’ series. 3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one? ...
BabbleBaby, August 1, 2012
...Where would I be without Beverly Cleary? For that matter, where would I be without Judy Blume and Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I can’t say for sure, but likely living in a van down by the river. These fabulous women along with Ann M. Martin, she who...
Wicked Local Medford, July 19, 2012
...One book that has maintained its popularity among middle school students for decades is “The Egypt Game” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. The novel centers on a group of students pretending to be in Ancient Egypt when something mysterious happens. That...
Redondo Beach Patch, July 10, 2012
...Madeleine L'Engle A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder SIXTH-GRADE READING LIST The Fighting Ground by Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte...
School Library Journal, July 7, 2012
...Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1959) #78 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (1936) #79 The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1967) #80 The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright (1942) #81 The Witches by Roald Dahl (1983) #82 The Cricket...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 27, 2012
...the house ("horror movie-looking woods," she said), daydreaming and reading. Her favorite books were romantic fantasies -- Zilpha Keatley Snyder's "The Velvet Room" and "The Egypt Game," and Beatrice Gormley's "Mail-Order Wings," about a girl who sees an...
Spectator, August 8, 2012
...Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam 2). As a child, what did you read under the covers? Mysteries by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , Paula Fox’s  YA novels , Noel Streatfeild’s ‘ Shoes ’ series. 3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one? ...
BabbleBaby, August 1, 2012
...Where would I be without Beverly Cleary? For that matter, where would I be without Judy Blume and Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I can’t say for sure, but likely living in a van down by the river. These fabulous women along with Ann M. Martin, she who...
School Library Journal, July 7, 2012
...Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1959) #78 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (1936) #79 The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1967) #80 The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright (1942) #81 The Witches by Roald Dahl (1983) #82 The Cricket...
Redondo Beach Patch, June 21, 2012
...Patricia MacLachlan Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien FINAL BOOK REPORT...
School Library Journal, June 19, 2012
...The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell, The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and (amazingly enough) fellow E.L. Konigsburg title (and her first novel) Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me,...
Topeka Capital-Journal, June 3, 2012
...wrote her first story about an abandoned puppy at the age of 7. “William’s Midsummer Dreams” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Atheneum, 2011, 209 pages, ages 8-12. William heads off to summer drama camp to audition for a part in Shakespeare’s “A...