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Jean Fritz

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 Endowment for the 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. 

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider
Homesick
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Double Life of Pocahontas
The Cabin Faced West
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Around the World in a Hundred Years
Make Way for Sam Houston
The Great Little Madison

Books

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider
Homesick
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Double Life of Pocahontas
The Cabin Faced West
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Around the World in a Hundred Years
Make Way for Sam Houston
The Great Little Madison