Maria Testa

Becoming Joe Dimaggio

Illustrator: Hunt, Scott

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"With ineffable tenderness and absolute clarity, Testa tells a tale in blank verse . . . Powerfully moving as it braids together baseball, family, and the Italian-American experience."--"Booklist" (starred review). Illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Pbk
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Altersempfehlung: ab 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 123mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 62g
• ISBN-13: 9780763624446
• ISBN-10: 0763624446
• Artikelnr.: 20954441

Autorenporträt

Maria Testa received a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Grant for BECOMING JOE DIMAGGIO, a poetic novel inspired by family stories. She has written three picture books for children and a collection of short stories for young adults. She is also the author of another novel about baseball, SOME KIND OF PRIDE, which was awarded the Marguerite De Angeli Prize for a first middle-grade novel. Maria Testa grew up in Rhode Island and now lives on the coast of Maine with her family.