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Delia Ray

Author of Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War)

7 Works 716 Members 15 Reviews

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Image credit: Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Photo by Larry O. Gay) ~ Flickr

Works by Delia Ray

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War) (1991) 225 copies

A Nation Torn (1990) 189 copies

Ghost Girl (2003) 92 copies

Singing Hands (2006) 79 copies

Here Lies Linc (2011) 74 copies

Finding Fortune (2015) 46 copies

Gold The Klondike Adventure! (1750) 11 copies

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Gender: female

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Behind the blue and gray : the soldier's life in the… by Delia Ray

Quick read. Very entertaining overview of the Civil War.

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RRabas | 2 other reviews | Jun 16, 2023 |

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the… by Delia Ray

973.7

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OakGrove-KFA | 2 other reviews | Mar 28, 2020 |

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the… by Delia Ray

973.7

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OakGrove-KFA | 2 other reviews | Mar 28, 2020 |

Here Lies Linc by Delia Ray

Definitely a good read.

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RobertaLea | 3 other reviews | May 30, 2019 |

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Awards

By Award By Work

Best Fiction for Young Adults

A Nation Torn (Selection – 1991)

Young Hoosier Book Award

Here Lies Linc (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2015)

Ghost Girl (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2007)

Sequoyah Book Award

Ghost Girl (Nominee – Children's – 2006)

Great Stone Face Book Award

Ghost Girl (Nominee – 2006)

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War) (365804)

William Allen White Children's Book Award

Singing Hands (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 51440)

Ghost Girl (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 16752)

Mark Twain Readers Award

Ghost Girl (Nominee – 2006)

The Best Children's Books of the Year

Finding Fortune (Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Historical Fiction – 2016)

Iowa Children's Choice Award

Finding Fortune (Nominee – 2018)

Here Lies Linc (Nominee – 2014)

Virginia Readers' Choice

Ghost Girl (Nominee – Middle School – 2008)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

Singing Hands (2007)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Here Lies Linc (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2013)

Great Reads from Great Places

Here Lies Linc (Iowa – 2013)

Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!)

Here Lies Linc (Iowa)

Singing Hands (Alabama)

Volunteer State Book Award

Finding Fortune (Nominee – Intermediate – 2019)

NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts

Ghost Girl (2004)

South Carolina Book Awards

Ghost Girl (Nominee – Children's Book Award – 2006)

Friends of American Writers Award

Here Lies Linc (Juvenile Book – 2012)

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Statistics

Works: 7
Members: 716
Popularity: #35,436
Rating: ½ 3.6

Reviews: 15
ISBNs: 34
Languages: 1

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