Virginia Hamilton: Five Novels (LOA #348) Zeely / The House of Dies Drear / The Planet of Junior Brown / M.C. Higgins, the Great / Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
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Virginia Hamilton
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- 9781598537017
- 28 september 2021
- 908 pagina's
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Rediscover America's most honored writer of children's literature in this deluxe collector's edition of her finest work: five classic novels about African American young people confronting the world and its many challenges
Playing out themes of memory, folklore, and tradition in enthralling, often wildly inventive stories, Virginia Hamilton transformed American childrens literature in the 1960s and 70s. Her award-winning novels brought Black characters center stage, creating a multifaceted portrait of African American life that she called liberation literature. This volume collects five of her best known and most beloved works.
In Zeely (1967), Geeder Perry and her brother, Toeboy, go to their uncles farm for the summer and encounter a six-and-a-half-foot-tall Watusi queen and a mysterious night traveler.
In the Edgar Awardwinning The House of Dies Drear (1968), Thomas Small and his family move to a forbidding former waystation on the Underground Railroada house whose secrets Thomas must discover before its too late.
Junior Brown, a three-hundred-pound musical prodigy, plays a silent piano in The Planet of Junior Brown (1971), while his homeless friend Buddy Clark draws on all his New York City wit to protect Juniors disintegrating mind.
In the National Book Awardwinning M.C. Higgins, The Great (1974), Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits atop a forty-foot pole on the side of Sarahs Mountain and dreams of escape. Poised above his familys home is a massive spoil heap from strip-mining that could come crashing down at any moment. Can he rescue his family and save his own future? Must he choose?
And in Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (1982), fifteen-year-old Trees life revolves around her ailing brother, Dab, until she sees cool, handsome Brother Rush, an enigmatic figure who may hold the key to unlocking her familys troubled past.
This Library of America edition contains twenty beautifully restored illustrations, ten in full color for the first time; a selection of writings in which Hamilton discusses her work; and a newly researched chronology of Hamiltons life and career.
Playing out themes of memory, folklore, and tradition in enthralling, often wildly inventive stories, Virginia Hamilton transformed American childrens literature in the 1960s and 70s. Her award-winning novels brought Black characters center stage, creating a multifaceted portrait of African American life that she called liberation literature. This volume collects five of her best known and most beloved works.
In Zeely (1967), Geeder Perry and her brother, Toeboy, go to their uncles farm for the summer and encounter a six-and-a-half-foot-tall Watusi queen and a mysterious night traveler.
In the Edgar Awardwinning The House of Dies Drear (1968), Thomas Small and his family move to a forbidding former waystation on the Underground Railroada house whose secrets Thomas must discover before its too late.
Junior Brown, a three-hundred-pound musical prodigy, plays a silent piano in The Planet of Junior Brown (1971), while his homeless friend Buddy Clark draws on all his New York City wit to protect Juniors disintegrating mind.
In the National Book Awardwinning M.C. Higgins, The Great (1974), Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits atop a forty-foot pole on the side of Sarahs Mountain and dreams of escape. Poised above his familys home is a massive spoil heap from strip-mining that could come crashing down at any moment. Can he rescue his family and save his own future? Must he choose?
And in Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (1982), fifteen-year-old Trees life revolves around her ailing brother, Dab, until she sees cool, handsome Brother Rush, an enigmatic figure who may hold the key to unlocking her familys troubled past.
This Library of America edition contains twenty beautifully restored illustrations, ten in full color for the first time; a selection of writings in which Hamilton discusses her work; and a newly researched chronology of Hamiltons life and career.
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