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Homesick, My Own Story
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Homesick, My Own Story
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| | | | "In my father's study there was a large globe with all the countries of the world running around it..." (from the first line) Fritz's Newbery Honor-winning memoir of growing up during a turbulent time in China's history is "rich in the telling observations of sights, sounds and people" ("Publishers Weekly"). Illustrations & photos.
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This is the author's own story of her upbringing in China by a missionary father, a distant mother, and an affectionate Chinese nurse, Lin Nai-Nai. The book examines the added difficulties foreigners experienced in a country where life was harsh even for natives, and chronicles the loneliness of an only child who longs to discover her roots in the homeland she never knew. Illustrated with photographs.
| Author Bio| Jean Fritz | | Best known for her biographies of famous figures from American history, Jean (Guttery) Fritz was the child of American missionaries. The Guttery family returned to the United States in 1928 when Jean was eight. She began writing for children after the birth of her own two children but at that time she was already an established short story writer for such magazines as The New Yorker and Redbook. Her autobiography about growing up in China, HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY, appeared in 1982 and was a Newbery Honor Book. A second installment, CHINA HOMECOMING appeared in 1985. She was honored with the Regina Award in 1985 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1986--both in recognition of the excellence of her body of work. |
| Awards |
National Book Award (1983) | | won, Children's Book, Fiction | |
Horn Book Award (1983) | | | finalist, Fiction | |
Newbery Medal (1983) | | | finalist, Children's | | |
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