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Books by Louise Hawes






The Vanishing Point(Reprint)
by Louise Hawes, Mary Sharratt
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Hmh Books For Young Readers
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-74788-7, ISBN: 0-618-74788-5

"In lush, glowing prose, Louise Hawes’s historical novel draws readers into the life and art of sixteenth-century Bologna with a compelling account of Lavinia Fontana, arguably the most famous female painter of the Italian Renaissance. Here readers will find a coming-of-age story filled with quest, complication, and catastrophe as well as miracles and hope. Although the novel is set four hundred years ago, the hard choices it involves sp ..."






The Language of Stars
by Louise Hawes
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2016 by Margaret K. Mcelderry Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-6241-9, ISBN: 1-4814-6241-5

"Sarah is forced to take a summer poetry class as penance for trashing the home of a famous poet in this fresh novel about finding your own voice.Sarah’s had her happy ending: she’s at the party of the year with the most popular boy in school. But when that boy turns out to be a troublemaker who decided to throw a party at a cottage museum dedicated to renowned poet Rufus Baylor, everything changes. By the end of the party, the whole cot ..."






Anteaters Don't Dream and Other Stories(1st Edition)
by Louise Hawes, Jeffrey C. Stewart
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by University Press Of Mississippi
ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-938-5, ISBN: 1-57806-938-6

"In Anteaters Don't Dream and Other Stories, Louise Hawes deftly portrays lovers at the end of their patience, marriages on the verge of decline, children reeling from abuse, and parents devastated by loss. But many of these stories have a sardonic, humorous edge as well: in the title story, a jaded architect learns to take his dream life more seriously when a female co-worker threatens his career. In "Mr. Mix Up," a mother becomes infat ..."






Waiting for Christopher
by Louise Hawes
Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2006 by Backinprint.Com
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-39082-3, ISBN: 0-595-39082-X

"New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen AgeGirls' Life Magazine, Ten Best Summer ReadsFeatured in Teen Discussion Groups @ the Library" flowing prose and vivid characterization Hawes deliverers a rewarding read."-Publishers Weekly" behind the kidnapping drama, Hawes' eloquent words reveal complex truths of family love and sorrow."-Booklist"Hawes is excellent on the day-to-day difficulties of caring for a toddler, especially in se ..."






Black Pearls(Reprint)
A Faerie Strand
by Louise Hawes
Paperback, 222 Pages, Published 2015 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-1-4917-6420-6, ISBN: 1-4917-6420-1

"“Hawes has a way of highlighting the intricacies of human emotions and relationships, making Black Pearls a bold, brilliant read.” —The Compulsive Reader   “Twisted, clever and artfully written, these stories are a high-quality addition to the fractured fairy tale genre.”  —Booklist    “A beautiful book.”  —Holly Black, author of The Darkest part of the Forest    • Austin American-Statesmen Best Books of the Year  • Gold Award, Hall of ..."






Muti's Necklace(1st Edition)
The Oldest Story in the World
by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2006 by Hmh Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-53583-5, ISBN: 0-618-53583-7

"Thousands of years ago in Egypt, a girl named Muti receives a beautiful necklace from her father. He has carved it himself—from “turquoise as blue as a dragonfly’s wing, and carnelian, as red as the inside of a pomegranate.” Muti wears it every day as she grows from a small child into an independent young woman. When at the age of thirteen she is sent to work for King Snefru, the mighty Pharaoh of Egypt, Muti finds out just how precious ..."






Big Rig
(Hardcover)
by Louise Hawes
Hardcover, 275 Pages, Published 2022 by Peachtree Publishers,U.S., Atlanta, Ga
ISBN-13: 978-1-68263-252-9, ISBN: 1-68263-252-0

"Award-winning author Louise Hawes writes with an easy, conversational voice and an "I'll never grow up" spirit that cheerfully thumbs its nose at traditional coming-of-age narratives."






The Language of Stars(Reprint)
by Louise Hawes
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Margaret K. Mcelderry Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-6242-6, ISBN: 1-4814-6242-3

"Sarah is forced to take a summer poetry class as penance for trashing the home of a famous poet in this fresh novel about finding your own voice. Sarah's had her happy ending: she's at the party of the year with the most popular boy in school. But when that boy turns out to be a troublemaker who decided to throw a party at a cottage museum dedicated to renowned poet Rufus Baylor, everything changes. By the end of the party, the whole co ..."






Rosey in the Present Tense(1st Edition)
by Louise Hawes
Board Book, 179 Pages, Published 2002 by Thorndike Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-4418-8, ISBN: 0-7862-4418-6

"Unable to accept the sudden death of his Japanese American girlfriend Rosey, seventeen-year-old Franklin finds that she has come back to him as a spirit and ..."






Black Pearls
A Faerie Strand
by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay, Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2008 by Hmh Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-74797-9, ISBN: 0-618-74797-4

"Language:Chinese.Hardcover. Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 224 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children ... and they lived happily ever after. Remember the fairy tales You the put Away after you Found that no Princess is as beautiful as common sense and happy endings are just the beginning Well. the old tales are back. and they've grown up! Black Pearls ings you the stories of your childhood. told in a way you've never heard before. Instea ..."






Nelson Malone Saves Flight 942
by Louise Hawes, Jacqueline Rogers
Paperback, 164 Pages, Published 2001 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-16721-0, ISBN: 0-595-16721-7

"Nelson Malone is a normal sixth grader, but the things that happen to him are out of this world. Ghosts, rock stars, dinosaur eggs and a solo airplane flight highlight these humorous adventures in which a boy's best daydreams come true."






Nelson Malone Meets the Man from Mush-Nut
by Louise Hawes, Bert Dodson
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2001 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-0-595-15936-9, ISBN: 0-595-15936-2

"Aliens for camp counselors? T.V. star for a day? A talking snake for a pet? All routine for eleven-year-old Nelson Malone, whose life is filled with the kind of fantastic adventures most boys only dream of."






A Flight of Angels(1st Edition)
by Rebecca Guay Various, Holly Black, Louise Hawes, Todd Klein, Bill Willingham, Alisa Kwitney, Todd Mitchell
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2012 by Vertigo
ISBN-13: 978-1-4012-2147-8, ISBN: 1-4012-2147-5

"ANGELS: Guardians. Messengers. Warriors. Fallen. All these angelic aspects and more are explored in A FLIGHT OF ANGELS, a riveting tale in the tradition of The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. A mysterious angel plummets to Earth and lands deep in a dark forest, where his dying body is found by the mystical denizens of this strange place. As the gathered fauns, fairies, hags and hobgoblins debate what to do with him, each tells a dif ..."






Be Careful What You Wish for Ten Stories
by Louise Hawes, Lois Metzger
Paperback, 195 Pages, Published 2007 by Scholastic
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-93334-6, ISBN: 0-439-93334-X

"Wish Week Gail Carson Levine What would you wish for if you went to a school and everybody in the 6th grade got a wish and knew it would come true? Now you know you need to be careful because you do not want Post Wish Trauma, and your wish will only come true for the week. That's the Way the Fortune Cookie Crumbles Louise Hawes You think your life stinks. Your older sister got the looks, the brains and the talent. Then one night at din ..."






Rosey in the Present Tense(1st Edition)
by Louise Hawes
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2002 by Walker Childrens
ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-7603-7, ISBN: 0-8027-7603-5

"Six months have passed since Rosey Mishimi's fatal accident. But Franklin still can't adjust to being without her. Every day he feels as though he's moving underwater, just going through the motions. Remembering Rosey is the only thing that brings him any relief. He is used to having conversations with her in his head, but when Rosey starts to talk back to him one night, Franklin can't believe his ears. Is she really there with him, or ..."






Waiting for Christopher(1st Edition)
by Louise Hawes, Nina Nickles
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2002 by Candlewick
ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-1371-6, ISBN: 0-7636-1371-1

"Shortly after moving with her mother to Florida, a lonely, fourteen-year-old bibliophile is reminded of her infant brother who died and decides to care for an abused, abandoned child with help from a new friend."






The Vanishing Point
by Louise Hawes, Mary Sharratt, No Noted
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2004 by Hmh Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-43423-7, ISBN: 0-618-43423-2

"In lush, glowing prose, Louise Hawes’s historical novel draws readers into the life and art of sixteenth-century Bologna with a compelling account of Lavinia Fontana, arguably the most famous female painter of the Italian Renaissance. Here readers will find a coming-of-age story filled with quest, complication, and catastrophe as well as miracles and hope. Although the novel is set four hundred years ago, the hard choices it involves sp ..."






Tales from the Cafeteria
Things That Go Bump in Your Soup (Tales from the Cafeteria)
by Louise Hawes
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1995 by Camelot
ISBN-13: 978-0-380-77791-4, ISBN: 0-380-77791-6

"Befriending the ghosts of Quick Fox and Prudence, whose graves were disrupted by the building of the new school cafeteria, Allie, Dina, Quinton, and Bradley must help the wandering spirit of a Native American baby. Original."






Nelson Malone Saves Flight 942
by Louise Hawes, Illustrator-Jacqueline Rogers
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1990 by Avon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-380-70758-4, ISBN: 0-380-70758-6






Willem de Kooning
The Life of an Artist (Artist Biographies)
by Louise Hawes
Library, 48 Pages, Published 2002 by Enslow Elementary
ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-1884-6, ISBN: 0-7660-1884-9

"Discusses the private and professional life of the twentieth-century American painter who was part of the Abstract Expressionism movement of art."



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