Mary Jane Miller
Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: 2011 in Naperville, Illinois Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Born and raised on Chicago's west side, Mary Jane Miller attended Trinity High School and Rosary College. Biography: Miller was a teacher at St. Jane de Chantal on the South Side of Chicago for many years. Recentlly she was also a children's book judge for the annual Society of Midland Authors book awards. She passed away after a long illness.
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Selected Titles
| Fast forward ISBN: 0670843393 OCLC: 28335367 Viking, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : ©1993. After her best friend moves to Chicago, Kayla can't wait to see her again, but when they finally spend a weekend together Kayla begins to wonder what made them friends in the first place. |
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Going the distance / ISBN: 0595003311 OCLC: 65190633 ToExcel, San Jose : ©2000. Loren wants to stay in one place, make friends, and be on a swimming team, but her parents are artists who keep moving every few months. |
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Me and my name / ISBN: 0595003303 OCLC: 48212289 ToExcel, San Jose : 2000, ©1990. Erin faces difficult decisions about adoption by her stepfather, a choice between two boys at school, and a game of truth or dare at a slumber party. |
| Upside down ISBN: 0140346244 OCLC: 30947604 Puffin Books, New York : 1994. When her mother starts dating the father of the local nerd, Sarah seeks the courage to accept the inevitable changes in her family and her life. |
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Upside Down ISBN: 059500332X OCLC: 24246793 Viking 1992 |