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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Alfred Slote

Genre
  
Children's literature

Period
  
1953–present


Alfred Slote wwwalfredslotecomimagesalfredtopjpg

Born
  
September 11, 1926 (age 97) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (
1926-09-11
)

Nominations
  
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Books
  
Finding Buck McHenry, Hang Tough - Paul Mat, My robot buddy, The Trading Game, My trip to Alpha I

Alfred Slote (born September 11, 1926) is a children's author known for his numerous sports and space novels. His writing has been described as "making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald's". Slote's 1991 novel Finding Buck McHenry was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2012 Slote and his baseball book Jake were the subject of an ESPN 30 for 30 short documentary in which Slote describes his writing process and reads from the book, saying it is his best writing.

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Works

  • Denham Proper (1953)
  • Lazarus in Vienna (1956)
  • The Princess Who Wouldn't Talk (1964)
  • Strangers and Comrades (1964)
  • The Moon in Fact and Fancy (1967)
  • Air in Fact and Fancy' (1968)
  • Termination; the closing at Baker plant (1969)
  • Stranger on the Ball Club (1970)
  • Jake (1971)
  • The Biggest Victory (1972)
  • My Father, the Coach (1972)
  • Hang Tough, Paul Mather (1973)
  • Tony and Me (1974)
  • Matt Gargan's Boy (1975)
  • The Hotshot (1977)
  • Love and Tenni (1979)
  • The Devil Rides With Me and Other Fantastic Stories (1980)
  • Clone Catcher (1982)
  • Rabbit Ears (1982)
  • A Friend Like That (1988)
  • Moving In (1988)
  • Make-Believe Ball Player (1989)
  • The Trading Game (1990)
  • Finding Buck McHenry (1991)

    • Robot Buddy series

  • My Robot Buddy (1975)
  • My trip to Alpha I (1978)
  • C.O.L.A.R. : a tale of outer space (1981)
  • Omega Station (1983)
  • The Trouble on Janus (1985)

    • Slote's five book series shows the life of Jack Jameson and his robot buddy Danny One as they have adventures in a future society that has developed androids that mimic human beings perfectly and has space transportation via cryonics.

    References

    Alfred Slote Wikipedia
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