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Must-Read Children’s Fiction Authors
       
    If you’re a fan of children’s fiction or want to learn more about the genre, don’t miss these top children’s fiction authors.
       
    Avi, Ruth E. Murray
      The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1992) ISBN: 0380714752 (Adventure)
    Cushman, Karen
      The Midwife's Apprentice (1996) ISBN: 006440630X (Historical Fiction)
    Fox, Paula
      Monkey Island (1993) ISBN: 0440407702 (Contemporary Life)
    Hesse, Karen
      Out of the Dust (1999) ISBN: 0590371258
    King-Smith, Dick
      Three Terrible Trins (1997) ISBN: 0679885528 (Animals)
    Lawrence, Iain
      The Wreckers (1998) ISBN: 0385325355 (Adventure)
    McKissack, Patricia
      The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural (1996)
ISBN: 0679883355 (Mysteries)
    Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
      Shiloh (1991) ISBN: 0689316143 (Animals)
      Shiloh Season (1996) ISBN: 0689806477 (Animals)
      Saving Shiloh (1997) ISBN: 0689814607 (Animals)
    Pullman, Philip
      Clockwork : Or All Wound Up (1998) ISBN: 0590129988 (Mysteries)
      The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials No. 1) (1996)
ISBN: 0679879242 (Mysteries)
      The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials No. 2) (1997)
ISBN: 0679879250 (Mysteries)
      The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials No. 3) (2000)
ISBN: 0679879269 (Mysteries)
    Rowling, J.K.
      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) (1998)
ISBN: 0590353403 (Fantasy)
      Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) (2000)
ISBN: 0439064872 (Fantasy)
      Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) (1999)
ISBN: 0439136350 (Fantasy)
      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(Book 4) (2000)
ISBN: 0439139597 (Fantasy)
    Rylant, Cynthia
      Missing May (1993) ISBN: 0440408652 (Contemporary Life)