The Unwanteds: Island of Graves (2015).

The Unwanteds: Island of Shipwrecks (2015).

The Unwanteds: Island of Legends (2014).

The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (2012).Crash: American Library Association 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers.The Unwanteds: Truman Reader Award Nominee (MO)t.The Unwanteds: North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nomineet.The Unwanteds: Maine Student Book Award Master Listt.Dead to You: IRA Young Adults’ Choices.Dead to You: American Library Association 2013 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers.Cryer’s Cross: American Library Association 2012 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers.Cryer’s Cross: American Library Association 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults.WAKE: Young Adult Reading Program Reading List Selection (SD).WAKE: Nevada Young Reader’s Award Nominee.WAKE: Georgia Peach Book Award Master List.WAKE: Gateway Readers Award Nominee (MO).WAKE: Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ).WAKE: Abraham Lincoln Book Award Master List (IL).

WAKE: American Library Association 2009 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.“The Day of the Shoes” (short story): 2004 Templeton International Power of Purpose Award.McMann's short stories are written for adult audiences while her novels are intended for young adults. One year later, her story, “Like Waves on Rocks” was published in the Gator Springs Gazette. McMann has published many short stories, including the creative nonfiction essay, “When You're Ten,” featured in Literary Mama, and the award-winning short story, “The Day of the Shoes,” in 2004. She is also the author of FADE, which debuted on the New York Times best-seller list and remained there eleven weeks, and of GONE, the last book in the WAKE series, which was released February 2010. Her first novel, WAKE, debuted on the New York Times best-seller list for children’s chapter books. She graduated from Calvin College in 1990. McMann was born in Holland, Michigan and now lives in Tempe, Arizona. Lisa McMann (born February 27, 1968) is an American author and the creator of The Unwanteds and The Unwanteds Quests series for young readers and the WAKE trilogy for young adults.

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann