Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy was born in Kearny, New Jersey on September 25th, 1947 and passed away at the age of 74 on May 1st, 2022.

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Jim Murphy Stats: The most read book by Jim Murphy on Book Notification is An American Plague, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is The Great Fire, a Children's Book novel.

Below is a complete list of Jim Murphy books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Jim Murphy is the Jim Murphy Children's Books.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Death Run
1982
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2
Desperate Journey
2006
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top children's books are The Great Fire, Blizzard!, and The Giant and How He Humbugged America.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Last Dinosaur
1988
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2
The Long Road to Gettysburg
1992
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3
Dinosaur for a Day
1992
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4
Across America on an Emigrant Train
1993
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5
8
Backyard Bear
1993
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6
8
The Great Fire
1995
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7
A Young Patriot
1996
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8
6
Blizzard!
2000
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9
Inside The Alamo
2003
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10
Fergus and the Night-Demon
2006
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11
The Real Benedict Arnold
2007
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12
A Savage Thunder
2009
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13
Truce
2009
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14
The Crossing
2010
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15
Invincible Microbe
2012
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16
The Giant and How He Humbugged America
2012
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17
Breakthrough!
2015
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18
6
Revenge of the Green Banana
2017
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are An American Plague, The Boys' War, and Into the Deep Forest With Henry David Thoreau.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The Boys' War
1990
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2
10
Into the Deep Forest With Henry David Thoreau
1995
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3
Gone A-Whaling
1998
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4
Pick-and-Shovel Poet
2000
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5
6
An American Plague
2003
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List of My Name Is America Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top My Name Is America books are The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, and The Journal of James Edmond Pease.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The Journal of James Edmond Pease
1998
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2
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson (By: Barry Denenberg)
1998
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3
The Journal of Joshua Loper (By: Walter Dean Myers)
1999
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4
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (By: Walter Dean Myers)
1999
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5
8
The Journal of Ben Uchida (By: Barry Denenberg)
1999
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6
The Journal of Sean Sullivan (By: William Durbin)
1999
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7
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce (By: Ann Rinaldi)
2000
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8
10
The Journal of Otto Peltonen (By: William Durbin)
2000
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9
The Journal of Augustus Pelletier (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2000
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10
The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds ( By: Rodman Philbrick)
2001
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11
The Journal of Biddy Owens (By: Walter Dean Myers)
2001
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12
On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke (By: Joseph Bruchac)
2001
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13
The Journal of C.J. Jackson (By: William Durbin)
2002
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14
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty (By: Ellen Emerson White)
2002
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15
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow (By: Ellen Levine)
2002
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16
The Journal of Finn Reardon (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2003
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17
The Journal of Rufus Rowe (By: Sid Hite)
2003
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18
The Journal of Brian Doyle
2004
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19
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung / Staking a Claim (By: Laurence Yep)
2013
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List of Dear America Books in Publication Order

Features fictional diaries of young women during important events in American history.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1996
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2
6
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1996
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3
8
Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
1996
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4
8
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen)
1997
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5
A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack)
1997
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6
8
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1998
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7
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1998
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8
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
1998
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9
8
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne)
1998
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10
10
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland)
1998
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11
Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack)
1998
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12
8
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White)
1998
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13
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
1999
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14
My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi)
1999
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15
8
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner)
1999
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16
8
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse)
1999
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17
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack)
2000
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18
10
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2000
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19
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)
2000
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20
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2000
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21
8
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky)
2001
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22
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland)
2001
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23
8
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
2001
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24
10
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881
2001
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25
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine)
2002
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26
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002
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27
10
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002
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28
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White)
2002
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29
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2002
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30
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke)
2002
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31
8
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2003
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32
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner)
2003
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33
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer)
2003
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34
All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald)
2003
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35
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack)
2004
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36
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson)
2004
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37
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)
2004
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38
8
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson)
2010
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39
10
Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry)
2011
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40
Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
2011
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41
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)
2011
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42
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron)
2012
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43
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2013
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44
6
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell)
2013
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Night Terrors
1994
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List of Jim Murphy Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Ocho #28
2009
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Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy was born on September 25th, 1947. Jim passed away May 1st, 2022 at 74 years old. Jim Murphy was born in Kearny, New Jersey.

Jim Murphy was the author of the Jim Murphy Children's Books series which consists of 18 novels. The Jim Murphy Children's Books series started in 1988 with the novel The Last Dinosaur. The most recently released novel in the Jim Murphy Children's Books series was Revenge of the Green Banana which was released in 2017. There are no upcoming novels for the Jim Murphy Children's Books series.

Jim Murphy also wrote 5 Non-Fiction Books, including The Boys' War and Into the Deep Forest With Henry David Thoreau.

Jim Murphy: Awards & Accolades

Murphy's books have won multiple awards, The Great Fire won the John Newbery Medal Awards, Newbery Honor, in 1996. An American Plague won the John Newbery Medal Awards, Newbery Honor, in 2004.

Murphy's book, An American Plague was nominated for the National Book Awards, Young People’s Literature, in 2003.

Related Authors

Fans of Jim Murphy also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. Blake Crouch, author of: Dark Matter.
  3. Harper Lee, author of the To Kill a Mockingbird Series.
  4. David Grann, author of: Killers of the Flower Moon.
  5. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.

Jim Murphy: F.A.Q

When was Jim Murphy Born?

Jim Murphy was born on September 25th, 1947.

When did Jim Murphy die?

Jim Murphy died on May 1st, 2022 at 74 years old.

Where was Jim Murphy Born?

Jim Murphy was born in Kearny, New Jersey.

What book awards has Jim Murphy won?

The Great Fire: John Newbery Medal Awards: Newbery Honor (1996).
An American Plague: John Newbery Medal Awards: Newbery Honor (2004).

What was the first book Jim Murphy wrote?

The first book written by Jim Murphy was Death Run, published in 1982.

What was the most recent book Jim Murphy wrote?

His most recently released work was Revenge of the Green Banana on January 3rd, 2017.

What is the most popular book by Jim Murphy?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Jim Murphy book is An American Plague. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. An American Plague (6.00)
  2. The Great Fire (8.00)
  3. The Boys' War (10.00)
  4. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (10.00)
  5. Blizzard! (6.00)

How many books has Jim Murphy written?

Jim Murphy has written 30 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 Standalone Novels, 18 books in the Children's Books, 5 Non-Fiction Books, 2 books in the My Name Is America Series, 2 books in the Dear America Series, 1 book in the Collection.

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