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Kate Messner
Author · 66 books

Kate Messner is an award-winning author, TED 2012 speaker, and former middle school English teacher. Her books for kids include THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z.,SUGAR AND ICE, and EYE OF THE STORM (Walker/Bloomsbury Dec. 2010) the MARTY MCGUIRE series (Scholastic), SEA MONSTER'S FIRST DAY, and OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW (Chronicle, Books). Kate also wrote SPITFIRE and CHAMPLAIN AND THE SILENT ONE, both Lake Champlain historical novels published by North Country Books. Kate lives with her family on Lake Champlain, where she loves to read, write, hike, swing on birch trees, and eat chocolate. She also hangs out in various places online. Visit Kate's website: http://www.katemessner.com Find Kate on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KateMessner ...or follow her on Twitter - @katemessner

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Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair book cover

Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair

2018

The Mayflower book cover

The Mayflower

2020

Breakout book cover

Breakout

2018

Journey Through Ash and Smoke book cover

Journey Through Ash and Smoke

2017

Spitfire book cover

Spitfire

A North Country Adventure

2007

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

Women's Right to Vote

2020

Sugar and Ice book cover

Sugar and Ice

2010

The Exact Location of Home book cover

The Exact Location of Home

2014

Tracking Pythons book cover

Tracking Pythons

The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem

2020

Chirp book cover

Chirp

2020

Tracking Tortoises book cover

Tracking Tortoises

The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

2021

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

Salem Witch Trials

2024

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

The Titanic

2021

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

Plagues and Pandemics

2021

Wake Up Missing book cover

Wake Up Missing

2013

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt book cover

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

2015

Capture the Flag book cover

Capture the Flag

2012

Been There, Done That book cover

Been There, Done That

Writing Stories from Real Life

2015

Over and Under the Rainforest book cover

Over and Under the Rainforest

2020

Fergus and Zeke book cover

Fergus and Zeke

2017

Disaster on the Titanic book cover

Disaster on the Titanic

2019

Hurricane Katrina Rescue book cover

Hurricane Katrina Rescue

2018

Night of Soldiers and Spies book cover

Night of Soldiers and Spies

2019

Danger in Ancient Rome book cover

Danger in Ancient Rome

2015

Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3) book cover

Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3)

2015

Dr. Fauci book cover

Dr. Fauci

How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor

2021

Attack on Pearl Harbor book cover

Attack on Pearl Harbor

2020

Insect Superpowers book cover

Insect Superpowers

2019

How to Write a Story book cover

How to Write a Story

2020

Escape From the Great Earthquake book cover

Escape From the Great Earthquake

2017

The Next President book cover

The Next President

The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents

2020

59 Reasons to Write book cover

59 Reasons to Write

Mini-Lessons, Prompts, and Inspiration for Teachers

2015

Over and Under the Canyon book cover

Over and Under the Canyon

2021

Once Upon a Book book cover

Once Upon a Book

2023

Only the Best book cover

Only the Best

The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe

2022

Marty McGuire book cover

Marty McGuire

2011

Race to the South Pole book cover

Race to the South Pole

2016

Champlain And The Silent One book cover

Champlain And The Silent One

A North Country Adventure

2008

How to Read a Story book cover

How to Read a Story

2015

All the Answers book cover

All the Answers

2015

Rolling Thunder book cover

Rolling Thunder

2017

Rescue on the Oregon Trail book cover

Rescue on the Oregon Trail

2015

Manhunt book cover

Manhunt

2014

Escape from the Twin Towers book cover

Escape from the Twin Towers

2020

Eye of the Storm book cover

Eye of the Storm

2012

Over and Under the Pond book cover

Over and Under the Pond

2017

Solve This! Forensics book cover

Solve This! Forensics

Super Science and Curious Capers for the Daring Detective in You

2020

Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge book cover

Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge

2020

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. book cover

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.

2009

D-Day book cover

D-Day

Battle on the Beach

2018

Over and Under the Snow book cover

Over and Under the Snow

2011

Marty McGuire Digs Worms! book cover

Marty McGuire Digs Worms!

2012

Tree of Wonder book cover

Tree of Wonder

The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree

2015

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

Pearl Harbor

2020

Sloth Wasn't Sleepy book cover

Sloth Wasn't Sleepy

2021

Hide and Seek book cover

Hide and Seek

2013

Sea Monster's First Day book cover

Sea Monster's First Day

2011

Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! book cover

Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets!

2014

The Trouble with Heroes book cover

The Trouble with Heroes

2025

Real Revision book cover

Real Revision

Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers

2011

The Brilliant Deep book cover

The Brilliant Deep

Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation

2018

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

The Underground Railroad

2022

The Scariest Kitten in the World book cover

The Scariest Kitten in the World

2023

Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish book cover

Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish

2013

History Smashers book cover

History Smashers

Christopher Columbus and the Taino People

2023

The Seventh Wish book cover

The Seventh Wish

2016

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