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E.L Konigsburg

E.L Konigsburg. Maddie and Lydia. Biographical Information . E.L Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930 and is still living in New York today. She married a psychologist named David Konigsburg . She has three children; two boys, Ross and Paul, and one girl, Laurie.

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E.L Konigsburg

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  1. E.L Konigsburg Maddie and Lydia

  2. Biographical Information • E.L Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930 and is still living in New York today. • She married a psychologist named David Konigsburg. She has three children; two boys, Ross and Paul, and one girl, Laurie. • She attended and graduated from a small town high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania, and from there she attended The University of Pennsylvania. During her author career she received two Newberry medals.

  3. List of Books • The View From Saturday • Silent To The Bone • My Fathers Daughter • Journey to the 800th Number • Up From Jericho Tel • Throwing Shadows • All Together One At A Time • Fathers Arcane Daughter • Dragon In the Ghetto Caper • George • Les Her Luberlus • Secret Garden • Plus Unmot • The Outcast Of 19 Schugler place • A Wrinkle In Time • The Second Mrs. Giaconda • Proud Taste For Scarlet • From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwhiler • About the B’Wal Bagels • T-backs, T-Shirts Coat and Suit

  4. The View From Saturday • The View From Saturday’s genre is mystery. • The setting is in a house. • The characters are Noah, Miss.Olinski, Mother, Joey, Grandma, Grandpa Eberle, Great Grandma Sadie, Great Grandpa Nate, Tillie, Allen, Izzy, Bella, Dr.Roy, Nadia, Ginger, and Ethan. The plot of the story is that tillie and izzy are sisters and they got grounded and their parents went to work. Then tillie and Lizzy find out that their house is haunted. The conclusion is while exploring the house they found out that the spirits were actually nice. Then the spirits would help them clean and do their chores when their parents were gone. My critique on this book was that I thought it was kind of boaring because there was not much detail to explain the story.

  5. Fathers Arcane Daughter • The Genre of Fathers Arcane Daughter is Realistic Fiction. The setting is at the Carmichael family house. The Characters are Caroline, Martha, Dad, Mom, Winston, Heidi, Mrs. Trollope, Mrs. Luellen, and Grandma. The plot is Caroline ( long lost daughter) has been missing for 16 years and the day she shows up the family was shocked. After visiting her for awhile the family is suspicious and wonders if that is actually the real Caroline. The conclusion of the story is That Martha who was an assistant at a nursing home where the grandma was staying. She got information on Caroline's disappearance and on Caroline’s friends so to make the grandma happy before she died she pretended to be Caroline to please the grandmother. This is how they found out that this was a fake Caroline. My critique on Fathers Arcane Daughter is I enjoyed it a lot even though it looks like an old book it was actually a really good one I Recommend it to everyone.

  6. Compare and Contrast. • Similarities: • Fathers Arcane Daughter and The View From Saturday both have four people in the main characters family. • Both stories main characters are siblings. • The authors purpose of Fathers Arcane Daughter and The View From Saturday are to entertain. • Differences: • Fathers Arcane Daughter has a tragedy and the View From Saturday does not have one. • In the View From Saturday some one dies, and in Fathers Arcane Daughter someone goes missing. • The View From Saturday is scary, and Fathers Arcane Daughter is sad.

  7. Class Quiz • What is The Setting Of Father’s Arcane Daughter? • The setting Of Fathers Arcane Daughter is… • At the Carmichael’s house

  8. Class Quiz • What’s Fathers Arcane Daughter’s Genre? • The genre of Fathers Arcane Daughter’s Genre is… • Realistic Fiction

  9. Class Quiz • Name at least one main character from Fathers Arcane Daughter. • Your answer could be… • Caroline, Martha, Winston, Heidi, or the Father.

  10. Class Quiz • How many characters are in The View From Saturday? • The answer is… • 15 Characters

  11. Class Quiz • What is the genre of The View From Saturday? • The genre is… • Mystery

  12. Class Quiz • When was E.L Konigsburg born? • E.L Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930.

  13. References • Our references were Infohio.com and Amazon.com.

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