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Aleutian Sparrow

Aleutian Sparrow( )
Author: Hesse, Karen
Illustrator: Zerbetz, Evon
ISBN:978-0-7569-5589-2
Publication Date:May 2005
Publisher:Perfection Learning Corporation
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $13.65
Book Description:

The Newbery Medalist ("Out of the Dust") tells the searing story of a young Aleut girl who, with the residents of her village, is forced to leave her home and enter an internment camp after the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during World War II.

Author Biography
Hesse, Karen (Author)
Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust.

Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters.

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