Park's Quest

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Perfection Learning Corporation, 1989 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 148 pages
"Paterson offers her young readers a glimpse of the Vietnam War from what might be considered their own perspective: that of the next generation, the children of veterans, those for whom Vietnam is a vague historical event".--The New York Times.

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Contents

PARKINGTON WADDELL BROUGHTON THE FIFTH
5
HEART OF DARKNESS
17
THE BLACK STONE
29
Copyright

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About the author (1989)

Katherine Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee and then graduate school in Virginia where she studied Bible and Christian education. Before going to graduate school, she was a teacher for one year and after graduate school, she moved to Japan to be a missionary. Her first book, Sign of the Chrysanthemum was published in 1991. Other titles to follow included The Bridge to Terabithia and Jacod Have I Loved which both won her a Newbery Award, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie and The Master Puppeteer. In addition to the Newbery Award, she is the recipient of numerous others including the Scott O'Dell Award, the National Book Award for Children's Literature, the American Book Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults Award and the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year Award. She was also honored with the Hans Christian Anderson Award.

Bibliographic information

TitlePark's Quest
AuthorKatherine Paterson
PublisherPerfection Learning Corporation, 1989
ISBN0812480716, 9780812480719
Length148 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars
  
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