Holt McDougal Literature--Grade 7

Edward Irving Worti (born on December 23, 1937), better known as Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature.

David McAlister "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels. - Wikipedia

Janet Allen is the author behind the McDougal Littell Literature series, a trusted name for educators and students. Her work focuses on making literature accessible and engaging for young readers.

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), an English writer, poet, mathematician, logician and photographer, born at Daresbury, Cheshire. He lectured in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871), along with the nonsense poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark. Under his own name he published work on mathematics and logic and devised word puzzles such as Doublets.

Peter Benchley was the author behind the thrilling bestseller Jaws. He was a master of suspenseful adventure stories that often explored the darker side of nature.

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works -- short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse -- exemplify the American imagination at its most creative. Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved books, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes, are masterworks that readers carry wi...

Robert D. Ballard is the author of Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level. This work explores classic themes and voices in literature.