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Deborah Hopkinson

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Born

Lowell, Massachusetts, The United States

Website

http://www.deborahhopkinson.com

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Children's Books, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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March 2010

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I write nonfiction and historical fiction about ordinary and extraordinary people of the past, women's history, and environmental and social justice issues. I Zoom with students all over the world and also critique picture books, nonfiction, and middle grade novels.

NEW in 2022! The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now; The Deadliest Fires Then and Now, and ONLY ONE, illus by Chuck Groenink.

COMING in 2023: RACE AGAINST DEATH: The Greatest POW Rescue of WWII; HAPPY EARTH DAY.

Recent Honors:
WE MUST NOT FORGET: Finalist for the SCBWI Golden Kite for nonfiction text for older readers; Finalist, Oregon Book Award.

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	Titanic: Voices From the Disaster 4.04 avg rating — 4,422 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel 3.91 avg rating — 3,415 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 1,825 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 4.06 avg rating — 1,671 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 786 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Who Was Charles Darwin? by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author) (著), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 711 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), John Hendrix 3.81 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark 4.10 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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I don't really have time to blog. During the pandemic I've written three books in the DEADLIEST series: Deadliest Diseases Then and Now, Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now, and Deadliest Fires Then and Now, and am working on some other things too.

I guess most of what I want to say is on the page anyhow.

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Series by Deborah Hopkinson

The Deadliest (3 books)
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)

3.71 avg rating — 123 ratings

Prairie Skies (3 books)
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author),

Patrick Faricy (Illustrator)

3.88 avg rating — 65 ratings

The Klondike Kid (3 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 58 ratings

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Deborah Hopkinson and 3 other people liked Ethan's review of Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus): "ARC provided by publisher Race Against Death is about the greatest POW rescue of World War II. It roughly covers the war in the Pacific, and specifically the Bataan Death March and the POW camps. The main protagonist of the story is James Henry "Hank" Read more of this review »
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Deborah Hopkinson liked Wendy's review of We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance (Scholastic Focus): "Exceptional book on the Holocaust that everyone should read."
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Deborah Hopkinson liked Pam's review of Only One: "One young girl takes readers from the beginning of the universe through the vast number of stars, planets, etc. involved. She brings the focus to our galaxy, solar system, and planet. A main focus is on caring for the Earth. Lovely illustrations capt" Read more of this review »
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Deborah Hopkinson liked Cindy Dobrez's review of Only One: "A sure addition to Arbor Day and Earth Day displays and celebrations...and perfect for reading any day of the year for an introductory explanation of our world. Elementary school nonfiction collections need this book."
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“The events of the Titanic disaster can be seen as a symbol of what happens through overconfidence in technology, complacence, and a mindset of profits over people's safety.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Titanic: Voices From the Disaster

tags: greed, technology, titanic

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“And what did Maurice buy when he first got paid? A Russian-English dictionary! Maurice bought a novel and began to try to read it. Each time he saw a word he didn't know, he copied it on a piece of paper. After he finished each page, he looked up the words he didn't know in his new dictionary, then read the page again until he could understand it.
Maurice did this, page by page, until he finished the book. It was slow going, but he didn't give up. 'Every day more of the strange sounds took on meaning as words arranged themselves into sentences.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924

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“At Harvard, so the story goes, one of Carter's professors said that Black people had no history.

Carter remembered his father's pride, his mother's courage, and Oliver's determination to learn. He remembered reading the newspaper.

Carter spoke up. "No people lacked a history," he said. The professor challenged Carter to prove him wrong.

For the rest of his life, Carter did just that.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper

tags: black-history, black-history-month, harvard, history

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