Lynne Rae Perkins





Lynne Rae Perkins

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Lynne Rae Perkins is the author of several novels, including her most recent Newbery Award winning book, Criss Cross. She enjoys working in her studio, being with friends, watching her kids grow, and watching her husband, Bill, chase their dog around town.


Average rating: 3.35 · 5,996 ratings · 1,347 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
Criss Cross
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 4,094 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions
As Easy as Falling Off the ...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 1,103 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
All Alone in the Universe
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
Pictures from Our Vacation
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings2 editions
Snow Music (Bccb Blue Ribbo...
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
The Cardboard Piano [With DVD]
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
The Broken Cat
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2002
Home Lovely
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1995
Clouds For Dinner
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings2 editions
Criss Cross Teacher Guide B...
2.33 of 5 stars 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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“I know I'm still young and there's a lot of time for things to happen, but sometimes I think there is something about me that's wrong, that I'm not the kind of person anyone can fall in love with, and that I'll always just be alone.”
Lynne Rae Perkins, Criss Cross

“They looked for one another when nothing else was happening, the way you pick up a magazine or look in the cupboard for a snack. Not exactly by accident and not exactly on purpose. You could go out in the world and do new things and meet new people, and then you could come home and just sit on the stoop with someone you had never not known, and watch lightning bugs blink on and off.”
Lynne Rae Perkins, Criss Cross

“She was thinking that the grass really could be greener on the other side of the fence. It depended on who wa standing in the grass. Maybe you had to go take a look”
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