Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)

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Author:

Curtis, Christopher Paul

ISBN:

978-0-439-02345-0

Publication Date:

Jul 2009

Publisher:

Scholastic, Incorporated

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $15.99

Book Description:

Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor and unique narrative voice, is now part of the Scholastic Gold line!

Book Details

Pages:	368
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General Juvenile Fiction / African American & Black Juvenile Fiction / Places / Canada
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	13.378 x 19.18 x 2.215 cm
Book Weight:	0.236 Kilograms

Author Biography

Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)

Newbery Medal-winning children's book author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 and graduated from The University of Michigan. While there he won the Avery and Jules Hopwood Prizes for poetry and a draft of one of his early books. Curtis spent thirteen years on an assembly line hanging car doors.

His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.

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