Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse was born in 1952. Their most popular book is Out of the Dust with 64 saves and an average rating of 3.44.

Author Bio

Karen Hesse is an American author known for her children's and young adult literature, often set in historical contexts. She received the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust (1997), a verse novel about a young girl enduring the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. Hesse’s works frequently tackle complex themes, as seen in Witness (2001), which explores the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in a 1920s Vermont town, and The Music of Dolphins (1996), which tells the story of a girl raised by dolphins. Her novel Stowaway (2000) is based on the real-life account of a boy aboard Captain Cook’s Endeavour. Over her career, Hesse has received numerous accolades, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002 and the Phoenix Award for Letters from Rifka (1992).

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Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

43 primary books

Authored 2% of series

Dear America

Dear America is a 43-book series with 43 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, and Barry Denenberg.

#1
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower ~ 1620
#2
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania ~ 1777
#3
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia ~ 1864
#4
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia ~ 1859
#5
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell ~ 1847

Series

4 released books

Authored 25% of series

Dear America

Dear America is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Barry Denenberg, Kathryn Lasky, and Ellen Emerson White.

Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
A Journey To The New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, 1912
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861