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Hannah

Hannah( )
Author: Whelan, Gloria
Illustrator: Bowman, Leslie
Series title:A Stepping Stone Book(TM) Ser.
ISBN:978-0-679-82698-9
Publication Date:Apr 1993
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Random House Books for Young Readers
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.99
Book Description:

Nine-year-old Hannah would do almost anything to go to school with all the other children in town. But Hannah is blind, and her parents keep her at home, where she is safe. Then Lydia Robbin, a strong-willed teacher, comes to town and convinces Hannah's parents to send her to school. At first Hannah is overjoyed. But she soon learns that there are many obstacles-and people-that stand in her way. Hannah will need tremendous courage to prove to her classmates, her parents, and herself...
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Book Details
Pages:64
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Disabilities
Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.187 x 7.41 x 0.156 Inches
Book Weight:0.156 Pounds
Author Biography
Whelan, Gloria (Author)
Gloria Whelan was born on November 23, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. She took a strong interest in reading early in life when she was bedridden for a year with rheumatic fever. She dictated stories to her sister who would then type them. She then went on to writing poetry and later editing her high school newspaper. She attended the University of Michigan and earned her B.S.degree and M.S.W. degree. She began working as a social worker in Minneapolis and Detroit. She soon became tired of Detroit's hectic pace and moved to a cabin in northern Michigan.This peace was disrupted by an oil company 's desire to drill on her property. Because she did not own the mineral rights, the drilling proceeded. This experience inspired Gloria Whelan to write her children's novel, A Clearing in the Forest in 1978, which was about a boy working on an oilrig. Gloria Whelan has written several works of fiction for children and adults, many set in rural Michigan. She has also written stories set in exotic places like China and India. She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for Homeless Bird - the story of a young woman in India abandoned by her mother-in-law.



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