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Oct 31, 1932 — —· 93 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 40 books, including 18 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Patersons have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Katherine currently resides in Vermont with her faithful dog, Pixie.

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The bear had been their undoing, though at the time they had all laughed.

— from Lyddie, 1996

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#2

The sign of the chrysanthemum

1973

5.0 (2)

A teen-ager comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political unrest while searching for his father in Japan's capital, centuries ago.

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Lyddie

1996

4.3 (3)

Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.

#3

The Worlds of Childhood (The Writer's Craft)

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Essays on writing for children by well respected children's authors.

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