China Homecoming - Hardcover

Fritz, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399211829 ISBN 13: 9780399211829

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1985

Synopsis

The author returns to China, to relive her memories of her youth and to witness the many historical and social changes that have taken place since she left the country in 1928.

About this title

About the Author:

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China where she lived until the age of thirteen. She tells her story in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book.      Ms Fritz is 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 prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: a medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, an American Book Award, a Christopher Award, a 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.   

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0399211829
• ISBN 13: 9780399211829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144