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Adèle Geras

Author of Troy

115+ Works 3,758 Members 97 Reviews 5 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: Adel Geras, Geras Adele, Adele Geras, Adele Geras, Adèle Geras, Adèle Geras, Adèle Geras, Adele et al. Geras

Series

Works by Adèle Geras

Troy (2000) 888 copies
Ithaka (2005) — Author — 309 copies
My Grandmother's Stories: A Collection of Jewish Folk Tales (1990) 155 copies
Facing the Light (2003) 151 copies
Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten (2001) 115 copies
Time for Ballet (2003) 109 copies
The Tower Room (1990) 105 copies
The Kingfisher Treasury of Jewish Stories (1996) 103 copies
Watching the Roses (1991) 94 copies
Little Ballet Star (2007) 85 copies
Hester's Story (2004) 81 copies
Pictures of the Night (1992) 79 copies
Lizzie's Wish (2004) 72 copies
Cecily's Portrait (2007) 64 copies
Made In Heaven (2006) 58 copies
A Hidden Life (2007) 57 copies
Cleopatra (2007) 55 copies
Sleeping Beauty (2003) 52 copies
Happy Ever After (2005) 51 copies
Golden Windows and Other Stories of Jerusalem (1993) 50 copies
Girls with a Voice and Girls with Courage (CV) (6 Chelsea Walk Bindup #1) (2019) 48 copies
Voyage (1983) 47 copies
Girls Behind The Camera & Girls For The Vote (2019) 42 copies
The Random House Book of Opera Stories (1998) 42 copies
War Girls: A Collection of First World War Stories Through the Eyes of Young Women (2014) — Contributor; Editor — 41 copies
Apricots at Midnight (1977) 40 copies
Lily (2007) 36 copies
Wishes for You (1600) 36 copies
The Girls in the Velvet Frame (1978) 35 copies
Other Echoes (1982) 35 copies
Little Swan (1995) 33 copies
A Candle in the Dark (1995) 30 copies
Happy Endings (1986) 27 copies
Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories [Adèle Geras] (1992) 26 copies
Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1998) 26 copies
The Wedding Present (2001) 26 copies
The Fabulous Fantoras: Family Files (Book One) (1988) 23 copies
Dido (2009) 23 copies
Rebecca's Passover (2003) 20 copies
NURSERY SCHOOL RABBIT (Picturebacsk) (1987) 20 copies
Peas in a Pod (1900) 17 copies
Out of the Dark (1800) 14 copies
Blossom's Revenge (1997) 13 copies
CHALK AND CHEESE (1996) 13 copies
The Cats of Cuckoo Square: Two Stories (2001) 13 copies
The Family Photographs (Fabulous Fantoras) (1993) 12 copies
My Ballet Dream (Tutu Tilly) (2011) 12 copies
My First Ballet Stories (2004) 12 copies
From Lullaby to Lullaby (1997) 11 copies
Louisa the Ballerina: "Louisa's Secret", "Louisa in the Wings", "A Rival for Louisa" (2004) 11 copies
Gingerbread House (1998) 11 copies
The Six Swan Brothers (Everystory) (1998) 10 copies
Louisa in the Wings (Little Swan) (1997) 9 copies
Goodbye, Tommy Blue (Shock Shop) (2003) 9 copies
Callie's Kitten (Cats of Cuckoo Square) (1998) 9 copies
Yesterday (Teenage Memoirs) (1992) 9 copies
The Magic of the Ballet: Swan Lake (2000) 9 copies
Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag (2011) 8 copies
The Magic of the Ballet: Giselle (2001) 8 copies
The Magic of the Ballet: The Nutcracker (2001) 7 copies
Lane to the Land of the Dead (1994) 7 copies
A Taste of Winter: A Story About Hanukkah (Celebration Stories) (2002) 7 copies
The Orchard Book of Opera Stories (1997) 7 copies
The Magic of the Ballet: Sleeping Beauty (2001) 6 copies
The Pied Piper (2016) 6 copies
Love, or Nearest Offer (2016) 6 copies
Stagestruck (Redgate Academy of Performing Arts) (1999) 6 copies
Louisa and Phoebe (Red Fox Young Fiction) (1978) 6 copies
Snapshots of Paradise (New Windmills) (1984) 5 copies
Letters of Fire and Other Unsettling Stories (1984) 5 copies
Stories for Bedtime (1995) 5 copies
Stories from Jerusalem: "Golden Windows" and "My Grandmother's Stories" (1999) 4 copies
Lights, Camera, Action! (Redgate Academy of Performing Arts) (2000) 4 copies
Cover Your Eyes (2014) 4 copies
A Rival for Louisa (Little Swan) (2000) 4 copies
Picasso Perkins (1997) 4 copies
Toey (Banana Books) (1994) 3 copies
Good Luck Louisa (Red Fox Ballet Books) (2002) 3 copies
The Magic Camera (by Myself Book) (1990) 3 copies
Seren y Bale (2007) 3 copies
Flauta Mágica: Turandot, A (2000) 3 copies
Baby's Bedclothes (Longman Book Project) (1994) 3 copies
The Return of Archibald Gribbet (Longman Book Project) (1994) 3 copies
Sun Slices Moon Slices (Read With Little Hippo) (1999) 3 copies
Pink Medicine (1990) 2 copies
Bunk Bed Night (Clare & Tom Books) (1990) 2 copies
Tea at Mrs. Manderby's (Antelope Bks.) (1976) 2 copies
The Magical Story House (Yellow Storybooks) (1996) 2 copies
Durma Bem, Gatinho (2012) 2 copies
Two fearsome fairy tales from France : Beauty and the beast & Bluebeard (2015) 2 copies
Beyond the cross-stitch mountains (1977) 2 copies
Troya da Aşk (2002) 2 copies
Geejay: The Heron (1998) 2 copies
THE GREEN BEHIND THE GLASS (1982) 2 copies
A Magic Birthday (Simon & Schuster storybooks) (1993) 2 copies
Les Trois Loups: Danser? Non Merci! (French Edition) (2001) 1 copy
The Christmas Cat (Young Corgi) (1989) 1 copy
Το μυστικό της μπαλαρίνας (2005) 1 copy
The Dream Quilt 1 copy
Toinette (in Centuries of Stories - COOLING) 1 copy
Stuck! (2013) 1 copy
Carmen & Aida 1 copy
Fish Pie for Flamingoes (Cartwheels) (1987) 1 copy
My Grandmothers Stories 1 copy
The Painted Garden (Gazelle Books) (1979) 1 copy
Josephine and Pobble (Longman Book Project) (1994) 1 copy
Troja (2006) 1 copy
JOAO E MARIA CINDERELA SERIE AS MAIS BELAS OPERAS PARA CRIANCAS (2010) 1 copy
Golden Windows and Other Stories from Jerusalem 1 copy
Keith's Croak (Longman Book Project) (1994) 1 copy
Finding Annabel (Antelope Books) (1987) 1 copy
Daydreams on Video (Lightning) (1989) 1 copy
Lolly (Pet Pals) (1998) 1 copy
Gilly the Kid (Storybooks: Yellow) (1995) 1 copy
Louisa on Screen (Red Fox Ballet Books) (2001) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Tennis Shoes (1937) — Introduction, some editions — 293 copies
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork (2006) — Contributor — 110 copies
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (2015) — Contributor — 105 copies
Centuries of Stories (1999) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Animals' Bedtime Storybook (2000) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contributor — 37 copies
The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (1992) — Contributor — 34 copies
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (Vol 2) (1999) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares (2000) — Contributor — 22 copies
Seriously Spooky Stories (9-in-1) (2007) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories (1996) — Contributor — 15 copies
Love Stories (1997) — Contributor — 10 copies
Greatest Magical Stories (2018) — Contributor — 10 copies
Of Love and Life: Facing the Light / Birthright / Nadia Knows Best (2003) 9 copies
Murmurations: An Anthology of Uncanny Stories About Birds (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies
Cool Christmas Stories (10-in-1) (2007) — Contributor — 7 copies
The Methuen Book of Strange Tales (1980) — Contributor — 7 copies
Dollmaker and Other Sinister Stories (1982) — Contributor — 7 copies
Beware! Beware!: Chilling Tales (1989) — Contributor — 6 copies
The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres (1998) — Contributor — 6 copies
MYSTERIOUS CHRISTMAS TALES (HIPPO FICTION) (1993) — Contributor — 6 copies
Supernatural Stories: Thirteen Tales of the Unexpected (1987) — Contributor — 5 copies
Twisted Circuits: A Sinister Collection of Hi-tech Tales (Beaver Books) (1987) — Contributor — 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 9, May 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4, December 1980 — Contributor — 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies
Young Winter's Tales 7 (1976) — Contributor — 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 12, August 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy
Heartache (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy

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My grandmother's stories : a collection of Jewish… by Ade Geras
A collection of stories told by a grandmother to a young girl; each story is introduced by a discussion between them.
 
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raizel | 2 other reviews | Aug 21, 2023 |
Lily - QUICK READ (Quick Reads) A Ghost Story by Adèle Geras
A good short psychological horror read. Marie attempts to get back to normal after a tragic event, but her second chance backfires and Marie is back to grieving a different kind of loss.
 
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Louisesk | 2 other reviews | Jan 12, 2023 |
 
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lcslibrarian | 7 other reviews | Aug 13, 2020 |
The Kingfisher treasury of Jewish stories by Adèle Geras
Contains short stories, some in picture books, chosen by Adele Geras with new illustrations,
including Captain Jiri and Rabbi Jacob by Marilyn Hirsh.
 
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raizel | Nov 11, 2019 |
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A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book
Best Fiction for Young Adults
Costa Book Awards
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
CCBC Choices
Audie Award
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6
Utah Beehive Book Award
National Jewish Book Award
Yoto Carnegie Medal
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Tayshas High School Reading List
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Amazon.com Best Books
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Children's Favorites Awards
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
NCTE Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play
Teacher Favorites Award

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Works
115
Also by
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Members
3,758
Popularity
#6,744
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
97
ISBNs
430
Languages
14
Favorited
5

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