Ann Burg, Ann E Burg

Unbound

A Novel in Verse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The award-winning author of "All the Broken Pieces" sheds light on a startling chapter of American history--the remarkable story of runaway slaves who sought sanctuary in the Great Dismal Swamp--and creates a powerful testament to the right of every human to be free.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholastic
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 131mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781338282085
• ISBN-10: 1338282085
• Artikelnr.: 50561209

Autorenporträt

Ann Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. All of her subsequent novels in verse have garnered multiple awards and starred reviews. Serafina's Promise was named an ALA Notable, a Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Unbound was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize, the Christopher Award, and an Arnold Adoff Poetry Honor. Flooded was a Bank Street College Claudia Lewis Award winner, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book (with outstanding merit), and a Junior Library Guild selection. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. Visit her online at annburg.com. Ann Burg's debut novel, ALL THE BROKEN PIECES (2009), was named a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. Her follow-up, SERAFINA'S PROMISE (2013), was named an ALA Notable, Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. You can visit her online at www.annburg.com