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Stacy McAnulty is a children’s book author, who used to be a mechanical engineer, and dreams of someday being a dog therapist, a correspondent for The Daily Show, an astronaut, and a Green Bay Packer coach. She has written over 40 books, including the Indie Bestseller novel, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, and the 2017 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor book Excellent Ed, illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach. Her other picture books include Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, illustrated by David Litchfield; Moon! Earth’s Best Friend and Sun! One in a Billion, both illustrated by Stevie Lewis; Love, Brave, and Beautiful, all three illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff; Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He’s the Favorite, illustrated by Edward Hemingway ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 38,158 ratings · 5,515 reviews · 76 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 4.27 avg rating — 19,316 ratings — published 2018	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
	Millionaires for the Month 4.11 avg rating — 3,510 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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 World Ends in April 3.89 avg rating — 1,778 ratings — published 2019	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
	Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), David Litchfield (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 1,585 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Moon! Earth's Best Friend (Our Universe, 3) by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), Stevie Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.32 avg rating — 1,187 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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
	Sun! One in a Billion (Our Universe, 2) by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), Stevie Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.33 avg rating — 1,006 ratings — 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
	Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2016 — 11 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
	Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), Julia Sarcone-Roach (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 872 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Ocean: Waves for All (Our universe, #4) by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), David Litchfield (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	Mars! Earthlings Welcome (Our Universe, 5) by Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author), Stevie Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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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Our Universe (9 books)
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Stevie Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

4.28 avg rating — 6,192 ratings

The Evers (2 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 624 ratings

Max Explains Everything (2 books)
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Deborah Hocking (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.79 avg rating — 622 ratings

The Dino Files (3 books)
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Stacy McAnulty (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 319 ratings

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Stacy McAnulty did not finish Orbital by Samantha Harvey	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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Stacy McAnulty rated a book it was amazing Freyja by Margrét Ann Thors (Goodreads Author)	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
I love the setting, and the mystery kept me guessing.
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An optimistic story about the power of prayer with an authentic mother-daughter struggles.
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Stacy McAnulty rated a book it was amazing The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier	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
Definately captured my attention. Warning: do not read if you like rabbits (or people).
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Stacy McAnulty rated a book it was amazing Found Sound by Meg Wolitzer	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
A quick read and kids will probably enjoy the mystery.
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A great book for people who love long, beautiful descriptive passages.
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Enjoyed the 2013 audiobook with the multipl narrators.
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Recommened by my husband and daughter. It did not disappoint. All the feelings!
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“Don’t be afraid of numbers. Use them to compute your solutions. Look at the world as it is intended.”
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“Levi and I live in the same world, but we see things very differently. I guess it would be boring if we all had the same view.”
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“Feeling wanted beats feeling safe. So I stay.”
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Front Desk by Kelly Yang

42 votes 25.3%

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

33 votes 19.9%

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

26 votes 15.7%

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

21 votes 12.7%

Hunger: A Tale of Courage by Donna Jo Napoli

9 votes 5.4%

Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Margarita Engle

7 votes 4.2%

Front Desk by Kelly Young (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

Amal Unbound (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

The truth as told by Mason Buttle

2 votes 1.2%

Rebound by Kwame Alexander (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

rebound (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

Ghost Boys (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

Lightning Girl (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

Hunger A Tale of Courage

1 vote 0.6%

Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

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