Margi Preus

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http://www.margipreus.com/

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Margi Preus is a children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Heart of a Samurai. ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 14,242 ratings · 2,380 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heart of a Samurai 3.93 avg rating — 6,814 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	West of the Moon 3.73 avg rating — 3,722 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow on the Mountain 3.91 avg rating — 2,146 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enchantment Lake (Northwoods, #1) 3.26 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Village of Scoundrels 3.83 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Trees of the World by Margi Preus, Rebecca Gibbon (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bamboo Sword 3.69 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of the Lady Slipper by Margi Preus, Margi Preus, Andrea Arroyo 4.25 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Littlest Voyageur by Margi Preus, Cheryl Pilgrim (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 96 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clue in the Trees (Northwoods, #2) 3.49 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Samurai (2 books)
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Northwoods (3 books)
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“These shells are just like the people of the world, Okachan,' Manjiro said, speaking not just to his mother, but to everyone. 'They come from many places. They come in many different colors and sizes. But they are all beautiful.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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“Look at this world! So vast! So wide! Huge masses of land spread across it; multitudes of green and brown islands dotted the blue expanse of the oceans. He felt like a bird contemplating the sky.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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“The door through which he had glimpsed such wondrous light, he had walked through. He had encountered both beauty and pain. Now he understood that was how it would always be—no matter where he went in the world.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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Polls

Which book would you give a 2015 Newbery honor award to?

These books were chosen from our Lists, Lists, and More Lists thread.

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

12 votes 13.6%

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

10 votes 11.4%

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

9 votes 10.2%

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

9 votes 10.2%

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

8 votes 9.1%

El Deafo by Cece Bell

8 votes 9.1%

West of the Moon by Margi Preus

8 votes 9.1%

Revolution by Deborah Wiles

5 votes 5.7%

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

5 votes 5.7%

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage

3 votes 3.4%

Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord

3 votes 3.4%

Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

2 votes 2.3%

Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

2 votes 2.3%

Nest by Esther Ehrlich

0 votes 0.0%

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