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Lost

2002
Winifred Rudge travels to London to jump-start her new novel, but instead she finds herself investigating the disappearance of her stepcousin, whose apartment seems to have been taken over by a hostile spirit.

Louisa May Alcott

a modern biography
1995
Biography of Louisa May Alcott, discussing the disparities between her real life and the one depicted in her best-selling novel "Little Women," arguing that the book was written at the urging of Alcott's father, with whom she shared a contentious, but uncommonly strong bond.

Writers

1998
Chronicles the lives and achievements of six talented women writers, including Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Astrid Lindgren, Jean Little, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Beatrix Potter.

Teen issues in S.E. Hinton's The outsiders

2012
Explores teen issues in S.E. Hinton's, The outsiders, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Lady Oracle

1998
When all the secrets of her life are about to be exposed, a young woman plans her own "accidental death.".

Women of words

a personal introduction to thirty-five important writers
1994
Contains biographies and original portraits of thirty-five women writers, and includes selections from their finest works.

Space

a memoir
1998
The novelist discusses her childhood in Cocoa, Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s when America was riding the Space Race's tide of optimism, but the author's family found life on Earth often overwhelming.

Lois Lowry

1995
The life of the Newbery Award-winning American author Lois Lowry, covering her life and her development as a writer of fiction for children.

Marmee & Louisa

the untold story of Louisa May Alcott and her mother
2012
Chronicles the life of author Louisa May Alcott, focusing on her relationship with her mother, known as Marmee.

The thirteenth tale

a novel
2007
When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.

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