Anne Isaacs (born March 2, 1949) is an American writer known for her children's books and young adult literature.
I read constantly from fourth grade on, plucking books haphazardly from my parents' or the library's shelves: Romeo and Juliet, Lorna Doone, The Wind in the Willows, The Caine Mutiny.
[1][2] The stories are semi-autobiographical, taken from humorous experiences at a girl scout camp where Isaacs was a counselor, although Issacs changed the name and focal point to make it more child appropriate.
[1] A book of poetry by Isaacs focuses on what she considers a completely ordinary situation: a cat stuck in a tree.
As she struggles amid ever-worsening conditions to save her life and that of her sick sister, Eva overcomes many challenges, including the lack of clothing and food.
These two teenagers strive to create home and family for each other amidst the inhumanity and chaos that made up Nazi Germany.
[1][2] The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch (Atheneum Books, 2008), illustrated by Dan Santat,[10] takes place at the cusp of the California Gold Rush in 1848.
Her pets - a Kickle Snifter, a Sidehill Wowser, and a Rubberado puppy - are based on 19th-century tall tales and Pourquoi stories, or origin myths.
[1][6] Isaacs and Zelinsky completed a sequel to Swamp Angel more than 15 years later, called Dust Devil, published by Schwartz & Wade in 2010.
And when Backward Bart, an outlaw, starts terrorizing the prairie, Angel and Dust Devil are the only ones strong enough to stop him.