About
Tracy Barrett is the author of 22 books for young readers and one for adults. Her first young-adult novel, Anna of Byzantium, received numerous awards and honors, including being named a Booklist Editors’ Choice book, a Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book, and an ALA Quick Pick. She is also the author of the acclaimed YA historical novels The Stepsister’s Tale and Dark of the Moon as well as the popular middle-grade series The Sherlock Files. Her middle-grade fantasy, Marabel and the Book of Fate, was published in February, 2018, and her YA contemporary novel, Freefall Summer, was released in April, 2018.
Featured Work
Freefall Summer
Sixteen-year-old Clancy Edwards has always been "the good girl." Ever since her mother died in a skydiving accident when Clancy was young, Clancy's father has watched her like a hawk. Between her dad's rules and her boyfriend's protectiveness, she's longing for an escape this summer. Then she meets Denny.
Denny is a new skydiving student and college freshman. Clancy lets Denny think they're the same age--and that she's old enough to make decisions for herself. But the lies snowball, relationships are damaged, and suddenly Clancy isn't the person she wants to be. If only making choices were as simple as taking a leap out of a plane. Before Clancy can make things right, one last act of rebellion threatens her chance to do so--maybe forever.
Other Works
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Marabel and the Book of Fate
2018
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The Song of Orpheus: The Greatest Greek Myths You Never Heard
2016
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The Stepsister's Tale
2014
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Dark of the Moon
2012
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King of Ithaka
2010
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The Sherlock Files (series of four books)
2008-2011
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On Etruscan Time
2005
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The Ancient Chinese World
2005
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The Ancient Greek World
2004
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Cold in Summer
2003
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The Trail of Tears: An American Tragedy
2000
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Anna of Byzantium
1999