
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
Series
Books

Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair
2018

The Mayflower
2020

Breakout
2018

Journey Through Ash and Smoke
2017

Spitfire
A North Country Adventure
2007

History Smashers
Women's Right to Vote
2020

Sugar and Ice
2010

The Exact Location of Home
2014

Tracking Pythons
The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem
2020

Chirp
2020

Tracking Tortoises
The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
2021

History Smashers
Salem Witch Trials
2024

History Smashers
The Titanic
2021

History Smashers
Plagues and Pandemics
2021

Wake Up Missing
2013

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
2015

Capture the Flag
2012

Been There, Done That
Writing Stories from Real Life
2015

Over and Under the Rainforest
2020

Fergus and Zeke
2017

Disaster on the Titanic
2019

Hurricane Katrina Rescue
2018

Night of Soldiers and Spies
2019

Danger in Ancient Rome
2015

Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3)
2015

Dr. Fauci
How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor
2021

Attack on Pearl Harbor
2020

Insect Superpowers
2019

How to Write a Story
2020

Escape From the Great Earthquake
2017

The Next President
The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents
2020

59 Reasons to Write
Mini-Lessons, Prompts, and Inspiration for Teachers
2015

Over and Under the Canyon
2021

Once Upon a Book
2023

Only the Best
The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe
2022

Marty McGuire
2011

Race to the South Pole
2016

Champlain And The Silent One
A North Country Adventure
2008

How to Read a Story
2015

All the Answers
2015

Rolling Thunder
2017

Rescue on the Oregon Trail
2015

Manhunt
2014

Escape from the Twin Towers
2020

Eye of the Storm
2012

Over and Under the Pond
2017

Solve This! Forensics
Super Science and Curious Capers for the Daring Detective in You
2020

Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge
2020

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
2009

D-Day
Battle on the Beach
2018

Over and Under the Snow
2011

Marty McGuire Digs Worms!
2012

Tree of Wonder
The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree
2015

History Smashers
Pearl Harbor
2020

Sloth Wasn't Sleepy
2021

Hide and Seek
2013

Sea Monster's First Day
2011

Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets!
2014

The Trouble with Heroes
2025

Real Revision
Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers
2011

The Brilliant Deep
Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation
2018

History Smashers
The Underground Railroad
2022

The Scariest Kitten in the World
2023

Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish
2013

History Smashers
Christopher Columbus and the Taino People
2023

The Seventh Wish
2016