William Alexander

231 books • 7 series

William Alexander writes unrealisms for readers of all ages. His work has won the National Book Award, the Eleanor Cameron Award, the Librarian Favorites Award, the Teacher Favorites Award, two CBC Best Children's Book of the Year Awards, and two Junior Library Guild Selections. As a small child he honestly thought that his Cuban American family came from the lost island of Atlantis.
Sep 16, 2025
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Sunward

May 29, 2025
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The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class Boxed Set: Books 1-6

Oct 8, 2024
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The Legend of Memo Castillo (The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class, #4)

Jan 19, 2023
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The Practice of the Commissary Courts in Scotland

Oct 7, 2022
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The Earl of Stirling's Register

Sep 6, 2022
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Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz (Hispanic Star, #2)

Sep 6, 2022
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Hispanic Star En Español: Celia Cruz (Hispanic Star, #2)

Jun 7, 2022
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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World

Sep 14, 2021
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The Ability of the Tongue

Sep 1, 2021
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Serie Zombay

Jun 5, 2021
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Pangolin

Mar 5, 2021
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The Annual Monitor For 1914 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1913

Mar 5, 2021
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The Annual Monitor For 1905 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1904

Mar 5, 2021
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The Annual Monitor For 1904 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1903

Mar 5, 2021
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The Annual Monitor For 1909 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1908

Mar 5, 2021
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The Annual Monitor For 1907 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1906

Mar 27, 2020
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Reichkinder

Jun 5, 2019
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese

May 21, 2019
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A Festival of Ghosts a Festival of Ghosts

Feb 17, 2019
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English

Feb 9, 2019
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The Life Agents Primer (Classic Reprint)

Feb 9, 2019
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St. Augustine's Holiday: And Other Poems (Large Text Classic Reprint)

Feb 8, 2019
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The Costume of China

Feb 8, 2019
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The Costume of China: Illustrated in Forty-Eight Engravings (Large Text Classic Reprint)