Sydney Dunlap

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Sydney Dunlap

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Sydney Dunlap is an award-winning author and former elementary school teacher who has worked extensively with youth facing challenging circumstances. She enjoys reading and writing heartfelt, hopeful books that explore tough topics not often addressed in middle grade literature. Her 2023 debut novel, IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, tackles social media safety and has received a Crystal Kite Honor, several medals, and is featured on four state reading lists. Her subsequent novel, RACING THE CLOUDS, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was praised by Highlights Foundation for its outstanding mental health representation. A lifelong animal lover, Sydney lives with her husband and their two dogs and three cats, all rescues. You ca ...more

Average rating: 4.29 · 822 ratings · 280 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
It Happened on Saturday

4.25 avg rating — 648 ratings2 editions
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Racing the Clouds

4.39 avg rating — 162 ratings2 editions
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Jeremy Norbeck: Animal Whiz...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Vote for the G.O.A.T. by Ali Terese
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This is a wonderful dual POV heist story filled with humor and suspense. When Babette, the school mascot, is "goatnapped", two girls with very little in common team up and put together a group to steal her back. Starring Meg, a soccer phenom who desp ...more
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The Metamorphosis of Bunny Baxter by Barbara Carroll Roberts
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Goats Afloat by Lezlie Evans
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This beautifully illustrated, rollicking tale of goats crossing a river to deliver a birthday cake to their grandma is so much fun! The storyline and text are quite engaging, and it is sure to delight both young children and their adults. This advent ...more
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The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
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This book is so special and unique--it's one that will stay with me for a long time. The premise of Clare the Fox ushering souls to the afterlife is completely original, and the setting is eerie and magical and beautifully drawn. I'm usually a reader ...more
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Goats Afloat by Lezlie Evans
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This beautifully illustrated, rollicking tale of goats crossing a river to deliver a birthday cake to their grandma is so much fun! The storyline and text are quite engaging, and it is sure to delight both young children and their adults. This advent ...more
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This book is so special and unique--it's one that will stay with me for a long time. The premise of Clare the Fox ushering souls to the afterlife is completely original, and the setting is eerie and magical and beautifully drawn. I'm usually a reader ...more
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This book is so special and unique--it's one that will stay with me for a long time. The premise of Clare the Fox ushering souls to the afterlife is completely original, and the setting is eerie and magical and beautifully drawn. I'm usually a reader ...more
Elvira Vance and the Monster Mystery by Kacy Ritter
"Kacy Ritter has delivered another winner! ELVIRA VANCE is a compelling mystery featuring a creative menagerie of monsters in a unique and whimsical setting. Refreshingly original."
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The Posaditas by Terry Catasús Jennings
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This wonderful book is laugh-out-loud hilarious, and at the same time poignant and heartfelt with important themes of family, friendship, and generosity. Cami Campos is a character young readers (and adults) will root for as things go from bad to wor ...more
Sydney Dunlap and 12 other people liked Meg Eden's review of The Girl in the Walls:
The Girl in the Walls by Meg Eden Kuyatt
"I can't believe my weird autistic ghost story in verse is actually going out into the world. I wrote this because I had to, because the feelings were too big to keep in, but like V, I had so many voices of doubt (second books will particularly do tha" Read more of this review »
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