Shawn K. Stout, author portrait
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Shawn K. Stout

Shawn K. Stout (www.shawnkstout.com) grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland, the same town where A Tiny Piece of Sky takes place, but she did her growing up more than forty years after the events in this story occur. She is the author of the Not-So-Ordinary Girl series and the Penelope Crumb series and has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Shawn K. Stout lives with her family in Maryland. You can follow her on Twitter at @shawnkstout.
Making Plans for Nigel Binty
Anatomy of Lost Things
The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle
A Tiny Piece of Sky
Penelope Crumb Is Mad at the Moon
Penelope Crumb Finds Her Luck
Penelope Crumb Never Forgets
Penelope Crumb

Books

Making Plans for Nigel Binty
Anatomy of Lost Things
The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle
A Tiny Piece of Sky
Penelope Crumb Is Mad at the Moon
Penelope Crumb Finds Her Luck
Penelope Crumb Never Forgets
Penelope Crumb

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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