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Anne Ursu

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Anne Ursu's most recent book is BREADCRUMBS (HarperCollins/Walden Pond Press), a modern–day fairy tale for middle grade readers. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," BREADCRUMBS is a story of a Minneapolis girl who follows her best friend into a strange fairy-tale woods, and discovers there that fantasy is no escape.

Anne is also the author of the Cronus Chronicles (Atheneum), a middle grade fantasy trilogy about two cousins who unwittingly fall into a battle with Greek gods. The three books are THE SHADOW THIEVES, THE SIREN SONG, and THE IMMORTAL FIRE. In addition, she has written two novels for adults: SPILLING CLARENCE and THE DISAPPARATION OF JAMES (Hyperion). She teaches at the Hamline University's Masters of Fine Art...more


Average rating: 3.78 · 9,565 ratings · 1,594 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
Breadcrumbs
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 4,622 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
The Shadow Thieves (Cronus ...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 2,553 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
The Siren Song (Cronus Chro...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
The Immortal Fire (Cronus C...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
Spilling Clarence
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
The Disapparation of James
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
The Real Boy
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 3 editions
Guys Read: Max Swings for t...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
La Forêt des coeurs glacés
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
Riding Shotgun: Women Write...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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The Shadow Thieves The Siren Song The Immortal Fire
Cronus Chronicles (3 books)
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3.874969474969475 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 4,095 ratings

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Anne Ursu voted for Breadcrumbs in Best Middle Grade & Children's in the Semifinal Round of the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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date: November 13, 2011 02:00AM
location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, The United States
description: The Second Story Reading Series features YA and MG authors, pairing an emerging author with an established one. Come to hear to a favorite author. Stay to discover another. Bi-monthly. At the Loft. Curated by authors Swati Avasthi & Heather Bouwman. Anne will appear with Kelly Barnhill.
Anne Ursu rated a book 5 of 5 stars
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“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.”
Anne Ursu, Breadcrumbs

“I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.”
Anne Ursu, Breadcrumbs

“But if you were Charlotte, and you had been feeling that life was some cosmic joke that had no punchline, and in the space of a moment you had gone from being Charlotte-without-a-kitten to being Charlotte-with-a-kitten, you too would have found it nothing short of remarkable.”
Anne Ursu, The Shadow Thieves

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