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Mara Rockliff

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Mara Rockliff is the author of about 30 books for children. Under the author's name Lewis B. Montgomery she wrote the twelve books of the popular series "The Milo & Jazz Mysteries"; they have been translated into Spanish, French and Chinese.

She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

== Awards ==

Her book "Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France" got the "Cook Prize" and became an "Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children - Honor Book".<ref>[http://bit.ly/2SC8BfI Author Mara Rockliff]</ref>

Her book "Gingerbread for Liberty!" became "ALA Notable Children's Book" and got the "Garden State Children's Book Award" and "Land of Enchantment Book Award".<ref>[http://bit.ly/2SC8BfI Author Mara Rockliff]</ref>

Her book "Me and Mama and Big John" got the [[Golden_Kite_Award#2013|Golden Kite Award 2013]] (Pictute Book Text) and got an Honor of the [[Charlotte Zolotow Award]] 2013.

Her book "Get Real: What Kind of World Are You Buying?" was nominated for the [[YALSA_Award_for_Excellence_in_Nonfiction#2011|YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2011]].

== Books ==
(most recent above)

* Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope (2019). With Zosia Dzierzawska (ilustrations)

* Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz (2018). With illustrations by Michele Wood
* Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker (2018). With illustrations by Simona Ciraolo
* Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic (2016). With illustrations by Iacopo Bruno
* Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles (2016). With illustrations by Hadley Hooper . Ankaŭ aŭdlibro (2019)
* Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France (2015). With illustrations by Iacopo Bruno
* Pedazos de otro mundo (Pieces of Another World) (audio book, 2015). Speaker: Rosalyna Toth
* Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution (2015). With illustrations by Vincent X. Kirsch
* Chik Chak Shabbat (2014). With illustrations by Kyrsten Brooker
* The Grudge Keeper (2014). With illustrations by Eliza Wheeler
* My Heart Will Not Sit Down (2012). With illustrations by Ann Tanksley
* Me and Momma and Big John (2012). With illustrations by William Low
* Get Real: What Kind of World are YOU Buying? (2010)
* The Busiest Street in Town (2009). With illustrations by Sarah McMenemy
* Al Lado de una Hormiga (Spanisch translation of Next to an Ant (2005). With illustrations by Pascale Constantin
* Pieces of Another World (2005). With illustrations by Salima Alikhan
* Next to an Ant (2004). With illustrations by Pascale Constantin

Under the name Lewis B. Montgomery (translated into Spanish, French and Chinese)

* The Case of the Buried Bones (Book 12) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2014). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Locked Box (Book 11) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2013). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Superstar Scam (Book 10) (Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2013). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Crooked Campaign (Book 9) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2013). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Diamonds in the Desk (Book 8) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2012). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Purple Pool (Book 7) (The Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2011). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Missing Moose (Book 6) (The Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2011). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the July 4th Jinx (Book 5) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2010). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Amazing Zelda (Book 4) (The Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2009). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Haunted House (Book 3) (The Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2009). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Poisoned Pig (Book 2) (The Milo & Jazz Mysteries) (2009). With illustrations by Amy Wummer
* The Case of the Stinky Socks (Book 1) (Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (2009). With illustrations by Amy Wummer

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