Candace Fleming, author portrait
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Candace Fleming

Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. Her most recent book, Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown, won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and received eight starred reviews. In addition, School Library Journal praised Murder Among Friends, which received four starred reviews, as a "chilling page-turner." The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a “fascinating chronicle.” Candace’s The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was recognized as a Sibert Nonfiction Honor Book. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book. Visit her on the web at candacefleming.com.
Death in the Jungle
Murder Among Friends
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Lost
Eleanor Roosevelt's in My Garage!
The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell: Based on the Childhood of a Great American Artist
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom!
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

Books

Death in the Jungle
Murder Among Friends
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Lost
Eleanor Roosevelt's in My Garage!
The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell: Based on the Childhood of a Great American Artist
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom!
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

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