David Getz

David Getz is the award-winning author of the middle-grade novels Thin Air and Almost Famous, and the nonfiction books Frozen Man and Frozen Girl. When not writing, Mr. Getz works as an elementary-school principal in New York City.


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Life on Mars
Life on Mars

written by David Getz; illustrated by Peter McCarty
Henry Holt and Co.

You are going to Mars. You will be the first human to visit another planet. An up-to-the-minute look at space travel to Mars with photographs from the...


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Purple Death
Purple Death

David Getz; Illustrations by Peter McCarty
Henry Holt and Co.

It was the worst epidemic in this country's history, and the search for its cause is still one of science's most urgent quests. It was 1918, the last year...


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Floating Home
Floating Home

David Getz / Michael Rex
Henry Holt and Co.

Picture book fiction that accurately depicts the launch of the Space Shuttle--from the eyes of an eight-year-old astronaut! Ever wonder what it would be...


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Frozen Girl
Frozen Girl

David Getz; Illustrated by Peter McCarty
Redfeather Book from Henry Holt

Over five hundred years ago, there lived a thirteen-year-old Inca girl in the mountains of Peru. Because of her perfect beauty, she was chosen to be the...


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Frozen Man
Frozen Man

David Getz; Illustrated by Peter McCarty
Redfeather Book from Henry Holt

When an archaeologist examines a body found frozen in the Austrian Alps, he learns something extraordinary. The well-preserved body-- and the tools and...


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Almost Famous
Almost Famous

written by David Getz
Henry Holt and Co.

Ten-year-old Maxine is determined to become a famous inventor so she can take care of her younger brother's heart condition, and she convinces a troubled...


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