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Tamara Ellis Smith

Tamara is a children's book writer who lives in Vermont. When she is not writing or being mom to her four kids, she can be found running on the river trails with her dog. She received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her middle grade novel, Another Kind of Hurricane was published by Schwartz & Wade/Random House in July 2015, and she is currently at work on her second novel. She can be found online at tamaraellissmith.com and www.smithwright.blogspot.com.

Books reviewed by Tamara Ellis Smith

The Game of Love and Death (04/29/15)
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future (11/05/14)
The Islands at the End of the World (10/01/14)
I'll Give You the Sun (09/17/14)
Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly (06/18/14)
We Were Liars (05/21/14)
Noggin (05/07/14)
Threatened (03/19/14)
Ostrich (10/16/13)
The Golden Day (08/21/13)
Zebra Forest (06/19/13)
The House at the End of Hope Street (05/22/13)
Out of The Easy (03/20/13)
Eleanor & Park (03/06/13)
Uses for Boys (02/20/13)
A Bit of Difference (01/23/13)
Hokey Pokey (01/23/13)
Lovely, Dark and Deep (01/09/13)
Ask the Passengers (11/28/12)
The Second Life of Abigail Walker (09/19/12)
Small Damages (08/08/12)
Code Name Verity (07/11/12)
Wonder (06/14/12)
See You at Harry's (05/09/12)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (03/21/12)
In Darkness (02/09/12)
The Unforgotten Coat (11/03/11)
The Mostly True Story of Jack (10/05/11)
Wildwood (09/21/11)
Long Story Short (08/04/11)
The Queen of Water (05/12/11)
Out of Shadows (04/20/11)
Tall Story (03/09/11)
Dark Water (11/17/10)
No Safe Place (11/03/10)
A Little Wanting Song (09/08/10)
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth (08/04/10)
Out of My Mind (04/21/10)
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin (04/07/10)
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (03/03/10)
Raven Summer (02/03/10)
How To Say Goodbye In Robot (11/19/09)
The Magician's Elephant (09/23/09)

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