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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
Bunny Hopwell's First Spring
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider
Homesick
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Double Life of Pocahontas
The Cabin Faced West
Brady
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Around the World in a Hundred Years
Make Way for Sam Houston
The Great Little Madison
George Washington's Breakfast
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
Early Thunder

Books

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
Bunny Hopwell's First Spring
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider
Homesick
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Double Life of Pocahontas
The Cabin Faced West
Brady
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Around the World in a Hundred Years
Make Way for Sam Houston
The Great Little Madison
George Washington's Breakfast
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
Early Thunder

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