Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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December 09, 1915

died

November 30, 2000

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile.

McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writi...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 10,980 ratings · 947 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors

	Mara, Daughter of the Nile 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 3,673 ratings — published 1953 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moorchild 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,214 ratings — published 1996 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Goblet 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 2,259 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moccasin Trail 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Master Cornhill 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greensleeves 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1968	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventeenth Swap 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sawdust in His Shoes 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Striped Ships 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1991	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merry Go Round in Oz (Book 40) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

“I'll change to a dragon, then you'll be sorry.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, The Moorchild

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“Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, The Moorchild

tags: different, fantasy, folktales, moorchild, moql, sasski

10 people liked it

“You are both daring and unscrupulous, and you think fast. I have been looking for a person with those particular characteristics. Also I noticed you speak Babylonian.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

tags: egypt, historical-fiction, ya-fiction

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What Newbery Honor book would you like to read in August?

Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3 votes 37.5%

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

2 votes 25.0%

Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer

2 votes 25.0%

Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle

1 vote 12.5%

Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall

0 votes 0.0%

8 total votes

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