Gloria Whelan
American poet, novelist, and short-story writer for children. (Polish) Amerykańska autorka bestsellerów dla dzieci i młodzieży. W 2000 roku zdobyła National Book Award, najbardziej prestiżową amerykańską nagrodę literacką, właśnie za "Bezdomnego ptaka". Whelan pisze powieści historyczne, z których wiele rozgrywa się w egzotycznej scenerii (komunistyczna Rosja, Wietnam). Mieszka z mężem w lasach nad jeziorem Michigan. I began making up stories before I could write...
Works (50)

Homeless bird
2000

Goodbye, Vietnam
1992

Homeless bird

Yatandou
September 2007

Pajaro Sin Hogar
November 2002

Chu Ju's house
2004

Listening for lions
2005

Next Spring an Oriole
May 11, 2004

The turning
2006

Angel on the square
2001

After the train
2009

Burying the Sun
2004

Yuki and the one thousand carriers
2008

Hannah
October 1999

The Wanigan
2002

Parade of Shadows
October 1, 2007

The impossible journey
2003

Night of the Full Moon
January 10, 2006

The shadow of the wolf
1997

Once on this island
1995

The miracle of Saint Nicholas
1997

Chu Ju's house

First girl

Fruitlands
2002

Silver
1988

A time to keep silent
1979

Once on This Island
September 30, 1996

Friend on freedom river
2004

The boy who wanted to cook

Angel on the Square

Waiting for the owl's call
2009

Summer of the war
2006

The locked garden
2009

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

In Andal's house

Small acts of amazing courage

The secret keeper
1990

The Indian School (Trophy Chapter Book)
September 30, 1997

Homeless Bird

Voices for freedom

Miranda's last stand
1999

See what I see

A week of raccoons
1988

All my noble dreams and then what happens

Return to the island
2000

A haunted house in Starvation Lake
2003

Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky
1998

The Indian school
1996

Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky

Angel on the square