One of the most respected and prolific contemporary authors of books for children and young adults, Virginia Hamilton was the first African American writer to win the prestigious John Newbery Medal, i...
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Drawing on her own background as a member of a rather fortunate black family living in the apparently tolerant atmosphere of a little village, Virginia Hamilton has produced a series of award-winning ...
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Virginia Hamilton has established herself as one of the foremost writers for children and young adults. Unlike many authors whose styles and subjects are similar from book to book, Hamilton experiment...
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Virginia Hamilton was the first Black writer to win the Newbery Medal in recognition of M.C. Higgins, the Great, a novel published in 1974. Considered challenging, literary and thematically complex, H...
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Virginia Hamilton
Virginia Hamilton