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Gloria Whelan

Born

in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

November 23, 1923

Website

http://www.gloriawhelan.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Children's

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Gloria Whelan is the best-selling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award; Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect; Angel on the Square and its companion, The Impossible Journey; Once on This Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; Farewell to the Island; and Return to the Island. She lives with her husband, Joseph, in the woods of northern Michigan.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 36,375 ratings · 4,987 reviews · 76 distinct works • Similar authors

	Homeless Bird 4.01 avg rating — 14,816 ratings — published 2000 — 50 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
	Listening for Lions 4.06 avg rating — 4,305 ratings — published 2005 — 21 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
	Angel on the Square (Angel on the Square, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,283 ratings — published 2001 — 32 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
	Chu Ju's House 3.98 avg rating — 1,662 ratings — published 2004 — 21 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
	Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Rosalind of the Raj, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 2011 — 13 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 Impossible Journey (Angel on the Square, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2003 — 20 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
	Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrations) 3.99 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Once on This Island (Mackinac Island Trilogy, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Burying the Sun (Angel on the Square, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Goodbye, Vietnam 3.64 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1992 — 16 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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Series by Gloria Whelan

St. Petersburg (4 books)
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3.96 avg rating — 5,107 ratings

Mackinac Island Trilogy (3 books)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,229 ratings

Rosalind of the Raj (2 books)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,199 ratings

Tales of the World (11 books)
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3.73 avg rating — 762 ratings

Oriole (3 books)
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3.65 avg rating — 338 ratings

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Quotes by Gloria Whelan (?)

“They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.”
― Gloria Whelan, Listening for Lions

tags: artistic, bohemian, change-the-world, doing, talking, visonary

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“People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past.”
― Gloria Whelan, Parade of Shadows

tags: future, living, past

26 likes

“But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work.”
― Gloria Whelan

tags: art, artist, author, hobby, mom, mother, writing

23 likes

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3 votes, 3.4%

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

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3 votes, 3.4%

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