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Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

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born

September 02, 1904 in Bakersfield, CA, The United States

died

December 02, 2000

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Young Adult

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Elizabeth Borton de Treviño was the highly acclaimed author of many books for young people. Born in California, it was her move to Mexico in the 1930s that inspired many of her books, including El Güero: A True Adventure Story and Leona: A Love Story. She won the Newbery Medal in 1966 for I, Juan de Pareja.

Elizabeth was born in Bakersfield, California, the daughter of attorney Fred Ellsworth Borton and Carrie Louise Christensen. She attended Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1925 with a bachelor's degree in Latin American history. After finishing college, she moved to Massachusetts to study violin at the Boston Conservatory, and then worked as a reporter. On her marriage to Luis Treviño Arreola y Gómez Sanchez de la Barquera...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 1,470 ratings · 156 reviews · 18 distinct works

	I, Juan de Pareja 3.65 avg rating — 1,422 ratings — published 1965 — 16 editions	My rating:
	My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage 4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	El Guero: A True Adventure Story 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Casilda of the Rising Moon: A Tale of Magic and of Faith, of Knights and a Saint in Medieval Spain 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Nacar, the White Deer: A Story of Old Mexico 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Where the Heart Is: at home in Mexico 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962	My rating:
	Leona, a Love Story: A Love Story 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Beyond the Gates of Hercules: A Tale of the Lost Atlantis, 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The music within 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	The Fourth Gift 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

“Art should be truth; and truth, unadorned, unsentimentalized, is beauty.”
― Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, I, Juan de Pareja

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“He accorded his art the highest respect, that of never taking it for granted. Always, as long as he lived, he tried to learn more, in order to serve it better.”
― Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, I, Juan de Pareja

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What Newbery Award winner would you like to read in August?

1998 - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

3 votes 27.3%

1966 - I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

2 votes 18.2%

1962 - The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

2 votes 18.2%

1928 - Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

2 votes 18.2%

1934 - Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs

2 votes 18.2%

11 total votes

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