Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life

by Mike Winchell, Margarita Engle, Matthew J. Kirby, et al.

Book Overview

Award-winning and bestselling authors turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction

Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448486733
• ISBN13: 9780448486734
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher