The Cabin Faced West

The Cabin Faced West

Overview

While longing for her old friends and family one evening, a special visitor helps Anne to realize her pride in her new home and her important role in helping build the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780756984595
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/28/2001
Pages: 124
Sales rank: 808,821
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile: 860L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history.  She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
     Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
     Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Awards.
     She passed away on May 14, 2017.

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