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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:07 am
Post subject: Happy 75th, Barbara Beasley Murphy! ("Ace Hits the Big Time" -1981)
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Born in Springfield, Ohio, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

http://www.barbarabeasleymurphy.com/

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ACE HITS THE BIG TIME by Barbara Beasley Murphy & Judie Wolkoff
Ace becomes a movie star. Named one of the Top 100 Best Teen Age Books
in the Last 25 Years by the American Library Association - A CBS
TELEVISION SPECIAL

ACE HITS ROCK BOTTOM by Barbara Beasley Murphy & Judie Wokloff
Gangs, disguises, and love - A fast-paced, funny story of teenagers
New York City, played for a few heart tugs as well as laughs.

ACE FLIES LIKE AN EAGLE
When his acting career goes bad, Ace takes a journey of discovery with
his dad from the streets of New York City to an American Indian Pueblo
and his future


http://www.sunstonepress.com/cgi-bin/bookview.cgi?_fn=Printable
(reviews)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

Home Free, illustrated by Bill Murphy, Delacorte (New York, NY),
1970.
(With Norman Baker) Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra,Lippincott
(Philadelphia, PA), 1974.
No Place to Run, Bradbury Press (Scarsdale, NY), 1977, reprinted as
Tripping the Runner, iUniverse.com (Campbell, CA), 2001.
The New York Kid's Book, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1979.


(With Judie Wolkoff) Ace Hits the Big Time, Delacorte (New York, NY),
1981.
One Another: A Novel, Bradbury Press (Scarsdale, NY), 1982.
(With Judie Wolkoff) Ace Hits Rock Bottom, Delacorte (New York, NY),
1985.
Annie and the Animals, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 1989.


Annie at the Ranch, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 1991.
Fly like an Eagle, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1994.


Miguel Lost and Found in the Palace, Museum of New Mexico Press,
2002.


"Ace Hits the Big Time was adapted into a CBS "School Break Special"
in 1985."


Lenona.

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