Writing, however, was "part of who I was," she says, and at that point, even before Kate was born, Hesse started reading children's books.
"My body and brain were at that point creating life, and so the creative energy seemed to channel inward rather than outward. "I couldn't block off enough creative energy to write in the way I had always written, with that same total focus," she explains. "I found some degree of success in the world of adult p try," she says, referring loosely to awards and invitations to read on different campuses.īut when she became pregnant with her first daughter, Kate, now 19, the p try stopped. In fact, Hesse began her writing career as a p t, publishing while still in college (she graduated from the University of Maryland in 1975 and with her husband, Randy Hesse, moved to Brattleboro the following year). Discussing her newest books - Just Juice (Scholastic, Nov.), a middle-grade story about a family in severely straitened circumstances, and Come On, Rain! (Scholastic, Mar.), an exuberant picture book about urban girls playing in a summer storm-reviewers uniformly praised Hesse's powerful imagery and rigorously honed, immediate language. Her Newbery winner, Out of the Dust (Scholastic, 1997) is written entirely in free verse her dozen other books are narrated in prose, but reflect a p t's respect for the weight of each word. But slavery is the deeper issue separating the two sides.Then again, pausing for the most accurate answer and carefully emphasizing every phrase are what a reader would expect from Hesse. Amelia observes her mother's hate and her father's admiration for Abraham Lincoln. Amelia's mother blames her abolitionist husband for their living conditions, which she claims are taking a toll on her health. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware ? a state wedged between the North and the South, just as Amelia is wedged between her warring parents. Language eng Summary Newbery Medal winner Karen Hesse's Civil War diary, A LIGHT IN THE STORM, is now back in print with a beautiful new cover! In 1861, Amelia Martin's father is stripped of his post as a ship's captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Label A Light in the Storm Title A Light in the Storm Statement of responsibility Karen Hesse Creator
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