Anne Ursu

Anne Ursu

Anne Ursu is the author of the acclaimed novels The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. The recipient of a McKnight Fellowship Award in Children’s Literature, Anne is also a member of the faculty at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an ever-growing number of cats.

All Books By Anne Ursu

Breadcrumbs
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Breadcrumbs
  • By: Anne Ursu
  • Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
  • Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Publish date: September 27, 2011
  • Language: English
  • (11602 ratings)
(11602 ratings)
The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu’s Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale. Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that... Read more
Guys Read: Max Swings For the Fences
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Guys Read: Max Swings For the Fences
  • By: Anne Ursu
  • Narrator: Mike Rylander
  • Length: 48 minutes
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Publish date: July 10, 2012
  • Language: English
Maximilian Funk is the new kid in school, and not much of a baseball fan, a deadly combination. He has to figure out a way to impress Molly Kinsman, the best pitcher in the city and the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen. One little lie... Read more
The Lost Girl
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The Lost Girl
  • By: Anne Ursu
  • Narrator: Kathleen McInerney
  • Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Publish date: February 12, 2019
  • Language: English
  • (1732 ratings)
(1732 ratings)
Three starred reviews A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2019 Anne Ursu, author of the National Book Award nominee The Real Boy, returns with a story of the power of fantasy, the limits of love, and the struggles inherent in growing... Read more
The Real Boy
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The Real Boy
  • By: Anne Ursu
  • Narrator: Chris Sorensen
  • Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Publish date: September 24, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (5713 ratings)
(5713 ratings)
National Book Award Longlist * Bank Street Children’s Book Committee Best Book of the Year “Beautifully written and elegantly structured, this fantasy is as real as it gets.”–Franny Billingsley, author of Chime The Real Boy,... Read more
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
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The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
  • By: Anne Ursu
  • Narrator: Elise Arsenault
  • Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
  • Publisher: Walden Pond Press
  • Publish date: October 12, 2021
  • Language: English
  • (1621 ratings)
(1621 ratings)
From the acclaimed author of The Real Boy and The Lost Girl comes a wondrous and provocative fantasy about a kingdom beset by monsters, a mysterious school, and a girl caught in between them. If no one notices Marya Lupu, is likely because of her... Read more

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