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General Information:
Full Name: Barbara Wersba
Biography:
(1932-2018) Writer. Barbara Wersba was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. She wrote books for young adults.
Author's Timeline:
1932 (Unknown) County
Barbara Wersba was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 1932. 
2018 (Unknown) County
Barbara Wersba died in Englewood, New Jersey, on February 18, 2018. 
1976 (Unknown) County
Tunes For A Small Harmonica
(Pub: Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN: 0060263725 / 978-0060263720)
Novel, National Book Award finalist in 1977. 
1982 (Unknown) County
The Carnival In My Mind
(Pub: Harper and Row ISBN: 0060264098 / 978-0060264093)
Novel, honored by the American Library Association. 
1997 (Unknown) County
Whistle Me Home
(Pub: Henry Holt and Co. ISBN: 0805048502 / 978-0805048506)
Novel, honored by the American Library Association. 
1968 (Unknown) County
The Dream Watcher
(Pub: Atheneum Press ISBN: )
Novel. 
1954 Dutchess County
Ms. Wersba graduated from Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, in 1954. 
1961 (Unknown) County
The Boy Who Loved The Sea
(Pub: Coward-McCann ISBN: )
Children's book. 
1966 (Unknown) County
Do Tigers Ever Bite Kings?
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: )
Children's book. 
2005 (Unknown) County
Walter: The Story of a Rat
(Pub: Boyds Mills Press ISBN: 1932425411 / 978-1932425413)
Children's book. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Fat, A Love Story
(Pub: Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN: 0060264004 / 978-0060264000)
Children's book. 
1988 (Unknown) County
Just Be Gorgeous
(Pub: Harpercollins ISBN: 0060263598 / 978-0060263591)
Novel. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Run Softly, Go Fast
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: 0689206119 / 978-0689206115)
Novel. 
? New York County
As a child, Ms. Wersba lived in New York City in the theater district. 
? New York County
Ms. Wersba lived in the East Village of Manhattan, New York. 
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