I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Rilegato

Shields, Charles J.

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ISBN 10: 0805083340 ISBN 13: 9780805083347

Casa editrice: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2008

Riassunto

The author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee adapts his best-selling title to bring to young readers the life of the unconventional, high-spirited woman who wrote one of the greatest novels of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird. 30,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

CHARLES J. SHIELDS is the recipient of a Quill Award Nomination for Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. He has been a teacher, a reporter for public radio, and a journalist, and is the author of several nonfiction books for young readers. He and his wife reside in Barboursville, Virginia.

Product Description:

"To Kill a Mockingbird "is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. It's also a perennial favorite in highschool English classrooms across the nation. Yet onetime author Harper Lee is a mysterious figure who leads a very private life in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, refusing to give interviews or talk about the novel that made her a household name. Lee's life is as rich as her fiction, from her girlhood as a rebellious tomboy to her days at the University of Alabama and early years as a struggling writer in New York City. Charles J. Shields is the author of the "New York Times "bestseller "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee," which he has adapted here for younger readers.What emerges in this riveting portrait is the story of an unconventional, high-spirited woman who drew on her love of writing and her Southern home to create a book that continues to speak to new generations of readers. Anyone who has enjoyed "To Kill a Mockingbird "will appreciate this glimpse into the life of its fascinating author. "I Am Scout" is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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• Editore: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0805083340
• ISBN 13: 9780805083347
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 246