| Karen Hesse Contributor(s): Oliphant-Ingham, Rosemary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810853914 ISBN-13: 9780810853911 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $65.34 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2005 Annotation: This biocritical review focuses on Karen Hesse, whose work, Out of the Dust, won the Newbery Medal in 1998, and was awarded a Genius fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation - one of only two such fellowships ever given to writers for children or adolescents. It includes interviews with Hesse and her publisher, as well as considerable detail on how she writes, researches, creates book topics and characters, and weaves real-life experiences into all of her stories. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2004027767 |
| Series: Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.08" W x 8.56" (0.76 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This biocritical review focuses on Karen Hesse, whose work, Out of the Dust, won the Newbery Medal in 1998, and was awarded a "Genius" fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation - one of only two such fellowships ever given to writers for children or adolescents. It includes interviews with Hesse and her publisher, as well as considerable detail on how she writes, researches, creates book topics and characters, and weaves real-life experiences into all of her stories. Teachers, librarians, and teen readers will find this an intriguing look into the writing of Karen Hesse. |