Born:1955
Brooklyn, New York,
United States Of America
Current Home:
New York, New York,
United States Of America
Peter Lerangis
Biography
Peter Lerangis is the author of over 150 books, for early readers through teens, which have sold nearly 3 million copies. He injects his own brand of suspense, humor, and colorful characters into many different writing genres - mystery (the Spy X series), science fiction (the Watchers series), teen romance (the Drama Club series), and serious historical fiction (Smiler's Bones). Scholastic is pleased to announce him as the author of Book 3 of The 39 Clues, entitled The Sword Thief.
In September 2003, First Lady Bush selected Peter, along with two other writers, Marc Brown and R.L. Stine, to accompany her to Moscow, representing the United States in the first Russian Book Festival. In 2004, the National Book Foundation chose him to be a Family Literacy Writer-in-Residence, and he has conducted writing workshops for the Highlights Foundation and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Peter's books are widely acclaimed. Smiler's Bones, a novel based on the true story of Minik, a Polar Eskimo boy orphaned in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, was a Junior Library Guild selection, a New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, a Bank Street Best Book, and was a Recommended Book of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and the National Council for Social Studies. His two-book polar adventure, Antarctica, was selected as required reading by the JASON organization in 2001. Books in his sci-fi/mystery series, Watchers, were cited by the American Library Association for its 1999 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers and by the Children's Book Council/International Reading Association for its 2000 Children's Choice Books. He is one of the country's most in-demand movie novelization authors, having adapted The Sixth Sense and Batman Begins, among many others.
Peter is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry, a Broadway musical theater actor/singer, a marathon runner, and a father of two sons. He currently lives in New York City.
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Smiler's Bones
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Smiler's Bones
by Peter LerangisIn 1897, explorer Robert Peary took six Eskimos from Greenland to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Among them were a father and a son. Soon, four were dead - including the father, whose bones, unbeknowst to the son, were put on display. One who survived returned to Greenland. The other, the young boy, remained - the only Eskimo in New York for 12 years. This is his story.
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The 39 Clues Book 7: The Viper's Nest
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The 39 Clues Book 7: The Viper's Nest
by Peter LerangisIt's no longer a game. The body count is rising. Shaken by recent events, Amy and Dan flee to an exotic land and trace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a military leader of mythic proportions. Yet just as the siblings begin to master the art of ancient warfare, they confront a dangerous enemy that can't be felled with a sword: the truth. With the stakes higher than ever, Amy and Dan uncover a devastating secret that changes everything.
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