Norma Fox Mazer

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born

May 15, 1931 in New York, New York, The United States

died

October 17, 2009

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Books

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Norma Fox Mazer was an American author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults.

She was born in New York City but grew up in Glens Falls, New York, with parents Michael and Jean Garlan Fox. Mazer graduated from Glens Falls High School, then went to Antioch College, where she met Harry Mazer, whom she married in 1950; they have four children, one of whom, Anne Mazer, is also a writer. She also studied at Syracuse University.

New York Times Book Review contributor Ruth I. Gordon wrote that Mazer "has the skill to reveal the human qualities in both ordinary and extraordinary situations as young people mature....it would be a shame to limit their reading to young people, since they can show...more

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Books by Norma Fox Mazer

Average rating: 3.54 · 2,737 ratings · 468 reviews · 43 distinct works

	The Missing Girl 3.34 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Silver (Sarabeth, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	My rating:
	After the Rain 3.55 avg rating — 249 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Ten Ways To Make My Sister Disappear 3.78 avg rating — 213 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	When She Was Good 3.37 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Good Night, Maman 3.86 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Girlhearts (Sarabeth, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Taking Terri Mueller 3.56 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Babyface 3.59 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Saturday, the Twelfth of October 4.35 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Norma Fox Mazer

Sarabeth (2 books)
by Norma Fox Mazer

3.81 avg rating — 344 ratings

My Name Is (5 books)
by Norma Fox Mazer

3.20 avg rating — 98 ratings

Quotes by Norma Fox Mazer

“I guess, really thinking about it, I always assumed when you missed someone , it was tangible...something real you could grab and hold on to, but it's a not-there feeling.”
― Norma Fox Mazer, After the Rain

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“Friendship...is like pain. Explaining it is impossible.”
― Norma Fox Mazer, After the Rain

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“He told you not to cry, but tears keep leaking out of your eyes. And you're glad, because those tears belong to you. They're yours. Your tears. He can't have them. He can't touch them. They're all yours. (182)”
― Norma Fox Mazer, The Missing Girl

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2004 - An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy

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1989 - In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton

4 votes 28.6%

1988 - After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer

3 votes 21.4%

1926 - The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum

2 votes 14.3%

Down Ryton Water by Eva Roe Gaggin

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