Karen Hesse






Karen Hesse

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born
August 29, 1952

gender
female

place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction


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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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avg rating: 3.75 | 7,490 ratings | 1,369 reviews | 31 distinct works | 11 fans
Out Of The Dust Out Of The Dust
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.78 — 3,968 ratings — published 1997
22 editions
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Letters from Rifka Letters from Rifka
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.77 — 725 ratings — published 1992
10 editions
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Music Of Dolphins Music Of Dolphins
by Karen Hesse, Greg Harlin (cover art)
avg rating 3.74 — 654 ratings — published 1998
11 editions
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Witness Witness
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.76 — 477 ratings — published 2001
5 editions
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A Light in the Storm: The Civi... A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.43 — 258 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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Phoenix Rising Phoenix Rising
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.85 — 197 ratings — published 1994
9 editions
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Stowaway Stowaway
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.34 — 182 ratings — published 2000
10 editions
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Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.39 — 173 ratings — published 2008
3 editions
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Aleutian Sparrow Aleutian Sparrow
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.66 — 125 ratings — published 2003
5 editions
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Just Juice Just Juice
by Karen Hesse
avg rating 3.43 — 127 ratings — published 1998
4 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)
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"I play songs that have only the pattern of my self in them and you hum along suporting me. You are the companion to myself. The mirror with my mother'e eyes."
Karen Hesse
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