Janet McDonald
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Janet McDonald was an American writer of novel
s for young adults as well as a memoir, Project Girl, about her own upbringing and education. Her best-known children's book is Spellbound, which tells the story of a teenaged mother who wins a spelling competition and a college scholarship. The book was named as the American Library Association
's Best Book for Young Adults in 2002. McDonald lived in Paris
for most of her adult life and died there on April 11, 2007, of cancer.
Janet McDonald, paid psychic Sylvia Browne
$700 for a reading via telephone. She later wrote an article describing her disappointment in the results.http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2003/01/08/psychic/index1.html One that could not be falsified at the time concerned McDonald's longevity - "Oh, God, yes, a really long life" according to the psychic. McDonald died just over four years later, on April 11, 2007 of cancer, at the age of 53.
She was a member of Mensa
, the high IQ society.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s for young adults as well as a memoir, Project Girl, about her own upbringing and education. Her best-known children's book is Spellbound, which tells the story of a teenaged mother who wins a spelling competition and a college scholarship. The book was named as the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
's Best Book for Young Adults in 2002. McDonald lived in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
for most of her adult life and died there on April 11, 2007, of cancer.
Janet McDonald, paid psychic Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
$700 for a reading via telephone. She later wrote an article describing her disappointment in the results.http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2003/01/08/psychic/index1.html One that could not be falsified at the time concerned McDonald's longevity - "Oh, God, yes, a really long life" according to the psychic. McDonald died just over four years later, on April 11, 2007 of cancer, at the age of 53.
She was a member of Mensa
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...
, the high IQ society.
External links
- http://www.projectgirl.com/
- http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/2002bestbooks.htm