Karen Hesse

Author of Out of the Dust

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Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust. Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Out of the Dust… (more)

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Works by Karen Hesse

Out of the Dust 7,200 copies, 348 reviews

The Music of Dolphins 2,466 copies, 52 reviews

Letters from Rifka 2,374 copies, 59 reviews

Witness 1,681 copies, 45 reviews

Come On, Rain 1,531 copies, 50 reviews

Stowaway 1,526 copies, 16 reviews

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick… 1,210 copies, 14 reviews

Just Juice 872 copies, 23 reviews

Phoenix Rising 839 copies, 8 reviews

The Cats in Krasinski Square 743 copies, 38 reviews

Sable 610 copies, 3 reviews

A Time of Angels 370 copies, 4 reviews

Aleutian Sparrow 369 copies, 24 reviews

Brooklyn Bridge 289 copies, 15 reviews

Safekeeping 212 copies, 22 reviews

The Stone Lamp: Eight Stories of Hanukkah Through History 171 copies, 5 reviews

Spuds 142 copies, 16 reviews

Night Job 116 copies, 6 reviews

Lavender 83 copies, 1 review

Wish on a Unicorn 64 copies, 5 reviews

The Young Hans Christian Andersen 57 copies, 4 reviews

Poppy's Chair 41 copies, 1 review

Lester's Dog 31 copies, 2 reviews

My Thumb 14 copies, 2 reviews

Granny and Bean 12 copies, 1 review

Literature Guide: Out of the Dust (Grades 4-8) 11 copies

Witness: Images of the Decade 3 copies

Night of blue magic 3 copies

Out of the Dust (Scholastic Book Guides) 2 copies

Dublin business 1992 : Dublin chamber of commerce membership and buyers'… 1 copy

Lift : Phoenix rising 1 copy

Letters From Rifka 1 copy

Nights with Dad 1 copy

School Age-2200 1 copy

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Also by Karen Hesse

A Christmas Carol (Introduction, some editions) 23,462 copies, 502 reviews

When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (Contributor) 86 copies, 2 reviews

What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur (Contributor) 69 copies

Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery… (Contributor) 16 copies, 1 review

Dear America: The Nation at War: The Civil War Collection (Contributor) 12 copies

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