Barthe DeClements
Barthe Faith DeClements | |
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| Born | October 8, 1920 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 2019 Everett, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable work | Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade; Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You |
Barthe Faith DeClements[1] (October 8, 1920 – November 8, 2019) was an American author of children's and young adult books.[2]
Background
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ↑ Hedblad, Alan (2002). Something about the Author. Gale. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9780787647193. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- 1 2 Cullinan, Bernice E.; Person, Diane Goetz (2005). The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. A&C Black. p. 224. ISBN 9780826417787. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Continuum. 2005. p. 224. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Daily Herald. 18 November 2019. pp. B2. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Favourite-book list sure to draw interest". Newspapers.com. The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan). June 15, 1984. p. 4. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ Walters, Jim (2005). 50 Book Report Ideas. Teacher Created Resources. p. 110. ISBN 9781420639483. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ Children's and Youth Services Staff Handbook (PDF). Georgia Public Library Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ "Past Nominees & Winners – Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award". bcbookaward.info. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ PNLA Quarterly. Pacific Northwest Library Association. 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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