Homesick, my own story / by Jean Fritz ; illustrated with drawings by Margot Tomes and photographs.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999Description: 163 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0698117824
- 9780698117822
- Newbery Honor Book
- American Book Award for children's fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | FRITZ JEAN | Available | 33111010436208 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this Newbery Honor Book and American Book Award for Children's Fiction Winner, premier biographer Jean Fritz shares some of her own fascinating history.
The accolades speak for themselves:
* "Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to appreciate the generous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling." -- Booklist , starred review
* "An insightful memory's-eye-view of her childhood...Young Jean is a strong character, and many of her reactions to people and events are timeless and universal." -- School Library Journal , starred review
"Told with an abundance of humor--sometimes wry, sometimes mischievous and irreverent--the story is vibrant with atmosphere, personalities, and a palpable sense of place." -- The Horn Book
"Every now and then a book comes along that makes me want to send a valentine to its author. Homesick is such a book....Pungent and delicious." -- Katherine Paterson, The Washington Post
"PaperStar."
Ages 8-12.
The author's fictionalized version of true events from October, 1925 to September, 1927, during her childhood in China, her trip across the Pacific Ocean, and then across country by automobile until she and her parents arrived at her grandparents' home in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.
Newbery Honor Book
American Book Award for children's fiction