Summary
Amedo moves to a new town with a dream. He wants to discover something and he wants a friend to share his search. Full description
Summary: |
Amedo moves to a new town with a dream. He wants to discover something and he wants a friend to share his search. |
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Item Description: |
"Ginee Seo Books." |
Physical Description: |
244 p. ; 22 cm. |
Audience: |
Ages 10-14. |
Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
ISBN: |
1416949720 (hardcover) : 9781416949725 (hardcover) : |
Author Notes: |
Her best-known titles included A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, Father's Arcane Daughter, and Throwing Shadows. She won the Newbery Honor in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and the William Allen White Award in 1970. She won the Newbery Medal again in 1997 for The View from Saturday. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was adapted into a motion picture starring Ingrid Bergman in 1973 and later released as The Hideaways in 1974. It became a television film starring Lauren Bacall in 1995. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was adapted for television as Jennifer and Me for NBC-TV in 1973. She died on April 19, 2013 from complications of a stroke that she had suffered a week prior at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) |