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BARBARA DANA is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her books include Zucchini, Zucchini Out West, Crazy Eights, Necessary Parties, Rutgers and the Water Snouts, Spencer and his Friends and Young Joan, a historical novel based on the life of Joan of Arc. Her new novel, A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson, is available March 1, 2009 (HarperCollins Publishers).

She is the co-editor of the recent release, Wider than the Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson. She co-wrote the television adaptation of her novel, Necessary Parties, for PBS.

Other screenplays include Chu-Chu and the Philly Flash, and T.G.I.F. Her first play, War in Paramus, premiered in New York in the fall of 2005 a
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Young Joan

3.70 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
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A Voice of Her Own: Becomin...

3.35 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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Zucchini

3.71 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1982 — 17 editions
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Rutgers and the Water-Snouts

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4.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
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Crazy Eights

4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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Zucchini Out West (Zucchini...

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Necessary Parties

3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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Wider Than the Sky: Essays ...

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Spencer and His Friends

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“To lose the approbation of my dog is a thing too horrible to contemplate.”
Barbara Dana, A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson

“I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly.”
Barbara Dana, A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson

“A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.”
Barbara Dana, A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson



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