Jean Thesman (1929–2016) was a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme was the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family. "I loved telling the story, because I really believed that families were made up of the people you ''wanted'', not the people you were stuck with." —Emily Shepherd

Biography

"My mother taught me to read before I started school, but I had to wait to be six before I could have a library card."Author's quote from her website. "In 25 years, I wrote 40 books. Most of them came out under my own name, but a few were published under the name T.J. Bradstreet." She lived in Washington state, and was a member of The Authors Guild and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Jean Thesman died January 21, 2016, at age 86 after a short illness.

Works

*1984 ''New Kid In Town'' *1985 ''A Secret Love'' *1985 ''Two Letters for Jenny'' *1987 ''The Last April Dancers'' *1987 ''Running Scared'' *1988 ''Appointment with a Stranger'' *1988 ''Was It Something I Said?'' *1989 ''Couldn't I Start Over?'' *1990 ''Rachel Chance'' *1991 ''The Rain Catchers'' *1991 ''Who Said Life Is Fair?'' *1992 '' When The Road Ends'' *1993 ''Molly Donnelly'' *1994 '' Cattail Moon'' *1994 ''Nothing Grows Here'' *1995 ''A Night to Remember'' (contribution) *1995 ''Summerspell'' *1996 ''The Ornament Tree'' *1997 ''Be Mine'' (contribution) *1997 ''The Storyteller's Daughter'' *1998 ''The Moonstones'' *1999 '' The Other Ones'' *1999 ''The Tree of Bells'' *2000 ''

Calling The Swan ''Calling the Swan'' is a 2000 young adult novel by Jean Thesman. Plot Skylar Deacon is struggling with many things in her life: a toddler brother, a summer school class in another part of town, riding the bus to get there, new friendships a ...

'' *2001 '' In The House Of The Queen's Beasts'' *2001 '' A Sea So Far'' *2002 ''Between'' *2003 '' Rising Tide'' *2005 '' Singer''

The Whitney Cousins series

*1990 ''Amelia'' *1990 ''Erin'' *1990 ''Heather'' *1992 ''Triple Trouble''

The Birthday Girls series

*1992 ''I'm Not Telling'' *1992 ''Mirror, Mirror'' *1992 ''Who Am I, Anyway?''

The Elliott Cousins series

*1998 ''Jamie'' *1998 ''Meredith'' *1998 ''Teresa''

As T.J. Bradstreet

*1995 ''Kitty's Wish'' *1996 ''Lorna's Wish'' *1996 ''Wendy's Wish'' *1997 ''Before She Wakes''

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