Karen Hesse

Also known as: KAREN HESSE

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Karen S. Hesse (born August 29, 1952) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust (1997).

Baltimore, United States

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There are gains for all our losses - There are balms for all our pains; But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from hearts, And never comes again.

— from A Light in the Storm, 1999

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Letters from Rifka

1992

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Daunting tale of a Jewish girl's journey during Anti-Semitic Germany.

The Music of Dolphins

1920

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A girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds in this critically acclaimed novel about what it means to be a human being.

Come on, rain

1999

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A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat.

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