About

Susan Hood

Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Alias Anna, Lifeboat 12, Ada’s Violin, Brothers in Arms, The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics, Shaking Things Up, and Titan and the Wild Boars. She is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction.” Visit her at susanhoodbooks.com.

Books by Susan Hood

Harboring Hope

The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis

by (author) Susan Hood

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

Alias Anna

A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

by (author) Susan Hood & Greg Dawson

Ages: 10 to 18
Grades: 5 to 12

Brothers in Arms

A True World War II Story of Wojtek the Bear and the Soldiers Who Loved Him

by (author) Susan Hood
illustrated by Jamie Green

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3

The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics

by (author) Susan Hood
illustrated by Christiane Engel

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3

Titan and the Wild Boars

The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team

by (author) Susan Hood & Pathana Sornhiran
illustrated by Dow Phumiruk

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World

by (author) Susan Hood
illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Emily Winfield Martin, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, LeUyen Pham, Oge Mora, Julie Morstad, Lisa Brown, Selina Alko, Hadley Hooper, Isabel Roxas, Erin Robinson & Sara Palacios

Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: p to 3