Paul Fleischman

Assigned to write an autobiography, high-school senior Robert Radkovitz instead creates a sound portrait of his life as he remembers it. Looking back, he hears his mother's singing, his grandmother's mysteries, Mexican soap operas, Poe, poetry, and, most cherished, the voice of his absent father...

Mothers give birth in the borning room. The dying take their departure there. Within the walls of the borning room, Georgina Lott will experience her life’s greatest turnings....

Seventeen-year-old Olivia hasn’t seen her father since she was eight months old....

Welcome to Cliffside High, the school of your nightmares. It’s run by the Huns, a ruthless clique of rich students - and, as poor Charity Chase discovers, messing with them can be murder....

Bull Run was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. This book creates an intimate tapestry...

Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman's poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community...

Paul Fleischman is a master of sound, incorporating a soaring, energetic musicality into his writing...

What's really going on with the environment - in our own backyards and the wider world....

This collection of short poems from Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman delightfully celebrates the essence of birds....

Seventeen-year-old Del is in a hurry to leave Los Angeles. But on the day of her escape, she's stopped short - by a day-long traffic jam....

When a sudden blizzard strands his mother in a distant town, Aaron finds himself alone for the first time in his life....

Grasshoppers, waterstriders, and fireflies light up the pages of this rib-tickling book of poetry for two voices.....

Paul Fleischman spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist's creations reveal truths - tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers. Can wood, copper, or marble communicate? They can if they are the graven images in Newbery...