Gigi Amateau

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in The United States

October 20, 1964

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female

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http://www.gigiamateau.com

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

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Gigi Amateau was born in northeastern Mississippi and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, just outside of Richmond. Her first young adult novel, Claiming Georgia Tate (Candlewick Press, 2005), described as “a moving first offering” by School Library Journal, was selected as a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, Voice of Youth Advocates Review Editor’s Choice, and a Book Sense Summer Pick. It was also nominated for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Children’s Book Award and the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults list.

Among other upcoming titles, Chancey of the Maury River will be published by Candlewick Press in May 2008.

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Gigi Amateau's Blog

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Rest in Peace My Sweet Albert

My horse died yesterday, sometime in the early black hours when morning is still night. Or maybe just as dawn was breaking.
I should say our horse not my horse. The litany of Albert’s belonging goes like this:
He belonged to my family – my daughter, my husband, me. During our first twelve years of becoming one, he belonged to us. He belonged to every child he ever taught and every kid that ever...

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Gigi Amateau's Books

Average rating: 3.79 · 410 ratings · 116 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors

	Claiming Georgia Tate 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Chancey of the Maury River 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, The Gallows, and The Black General Gabriel 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Certain Strain of Peculiar 3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2009	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
	Macadoo of the Maury River 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 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
	Chancey of the Maury River 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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
	Come August, Come Freedom (Free Preview of Chapters 1-3): The Bellows, the Gallows, and the Black General Gabriel 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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
	Chancey 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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