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Elizabeth George Speare


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Elizabeth George Speare was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels. She has been called one of America's 100 most popular children's authors and much of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the nation.
 

Awards: Newbery (1962)  see all
 
Novels
   Abby, Julia and the Cows (1957)
   Calico Captive (1957)
   The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958)
   The Bronze Bow (1961)
   Stranger On the Shore (1964)
   The Prospering (1967)
   The Sign Of The Beaver (1983)
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Collections
   Beneath Another Sky (1989) (with Rhoda Blumberg and Kate Douglas Wiggin)
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Awards
1962 Newbery Medal : The Bronze Bow
1959 Newbery Medal : The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Award nominations
1984 Newbery Medal (nominee) : The Sign Of The Beaver


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