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Mary Francis Shura

Born: Pratt, Kansas
Pen Name: Mary S. Craig, Mary Craig, Mary Francis Shura Craig

Connection to Illinois: N/A

Biography: N/A


Awards:
  • Carl Sandburg Award, Friends of the Chicago Public Library, 1985, for The Search for Grissi.

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children; Young adult readers

Mary Francis Shura on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=mary++francis+shura


Selected Titles

Diana /
ISBN: 059041416x OCLC: 18472842

Scholastic, New York, N.Y. : [©1988]

Flash point /
ISBN: 0396088848 OCLC: 13794429

Dodd, Mead, New York, N.Y. : ©1987.

Gentle Annie :
ISBN: 0590435000 OCLC: 21950782

Scholastic, New York : ©1991.

A biography of Anna Blair Etheridge, a nurse during the Civil War, from childhood through her four years of service with the Army of the Potomac.

  Polly panic /
ISBN: 0380713349 OCLC: 25311522

Avon, New York : ©1992.

When disastrous things happen as Polly enters sixth grade, she finds that in dealing with untrustworthy friends, bullies, and family problems, she has overcome her natural fearfulness.

The Sunday doll /
ISBN: 0380706180 OCLC: 19579673

Avon, New York : 1989, ©1988.

Thirteen-year-old Emmy finds herself sheltered again from her family's problems when she is hastily sent to Aunt Harriett's for the summer because of a serious problem involving her older sister Jayne.

  The third blonde /
ISBN: 1555471404 OCLC: 15907095

Lorevan Pub., New York, N.Y. : 1987, ©1985.

Winter dreams, Christmas love /
ISBN: 059044672x OCLC: 26668560

Scholastic, New York : 1992.

 

 

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