Karen Hesse





Karen Hesse

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August 29, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

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Karen Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. Her novel Out of the Dust was the winner of the 1998 Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. In 2002, Hesse was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 28,130 ratings · 3,137 reviews · 27 distinct works
Out of the Dust
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 18,596 ratings — published 1997 — 24 editions
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Letters from Rifka
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,480 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions
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The Music Of Dolphins
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,998 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions
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Witness
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,446 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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A Light in the Storm: The C...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
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Phoenix Rising
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions
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Stowaway
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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Just Juice
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions
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Aleutian Sparrow
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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“the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.”
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust

“And I know now that all the time I was trying to get
out of the dust,
the fact is,
what I am,
I am because of the dust.
And what I am is good enough.
Even for me.”
Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust

“Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished.
Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but
sometimes a flame refuses to go out. It flares up from the faintest ember to
illuminate the darkness,
to burn in spite of overwhelming odds.”
Karen Hesse, The Stone Lamp, The: Eight Stories of Hanukkah Through History: Stone Lamp

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YA BOOK FOR 2ND QTR 2011. FEATURING KWESI'S 10 FAVORITES.

Out of the Dust
OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse
Karen Hesse
 
  5 votes, 31.3%

The Twenty One Balloons
THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS by William Pene du Bois

 
  5 votes, 31.3%

Sadako 1000 Paper Cranes PMC 3.99 Promo (Puffin Modern Classics)
SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES by Eleonor Coerr
 
  3 votes, 18.8%

The Killer's Tears
THE KILLER'S TEARS by Anne-Laure Bondoux

Anne-Laure Bondoux
 
  2 votes, 12.5%

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM by Christopher Paul Curtis
 
  1 vote, 6.3%

The Canning Season
THE CANNING SEASON by Polly Horvath
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Homeless Bird
HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

HOPE WAS HERE
HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ruby Holler (New Windmill)
RUBY HOLLER by Sharon Creech
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Secret of Platform 13
SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 by Eva Ibbotson
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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