Barthe DeClements

American author (1920–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barthe Faith DeClements[1] (October 8, 1920 – November 8, 2019) was an American author of children's and young adult books.[2]

Born(1920-10-08)October 8, 1920
Died(2019-11-08)November 8, 2019
OccupationAuthor
Notable workNothing's Fair in Fifth Grade; Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
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Barthe Faith DeClements
Born(1920-10-08)October 8, 1920
Died(2019-11-08)November 8, 2019
OccupationAuthor
Notable workNothing's Fair in Fifth Grade; Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
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Background

DeClements was born in Seattle, Washington on October 8, 1920.[3][2] She died in Everett, Washington on November 8, 2019, at the age of 99.[4]

Awards

Her first novel, 1981's Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade,[5] won young reader awards from California,[6] Georgia,[7] and Ohio.[8]

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You won the 1988 Young Readers Choice Award and the 1989 Buckeye Children's and Teen Book (Ohio).[9]

Bibliography

  • Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade (1981)
  • How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? (1984)
  • Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You (1985)
  • Seventeen and In-Between (1985)
  • I Never Asked You to Understand Me (1986)
  • No Place for Me (1987)
  • The Fourth Grade Wizards (1988)
  • Double Trouble (1988)
  • Five-Finger Discount (1989)
  • Wake Me at Midnight (1991)
  • The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush (1992)
  • The Pickle Song (1993)
  • Tough Loser (1994)
  • Liar, Liar (1998)

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