Description
About the Author
Tonya Bolden is a critically acclaimed award-winning author/co-author/editor of more than two dozen books for young people. They include Crossing Ebenezer Creek, which received five starred reviews; Finding Family, which received two starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year; Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, a Coretta Scott King honor book and James Madison Book Award winner; MLK: Journey of a King, winner of a National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children; Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty, an ALSC Notable Children's Book, CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, and winner of the NCSS Carter G. Woodson Middle Level Book Award. Tonya also received the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC's Nonfiction Award. A Princeton University magna cum laude baccalaureate with a master's degree from Columbia University, Tonya lives in New York City. www.tonyaboldenbooks.com
Reviews
Readers will fall in love with Bolden's gentle lyricism as she unflinchingly unfolds a difficult story. -- starred review * Shelf Awareness on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK *
Bolden . . . bravely concludes this concise, moving story with a historically accurate and horrifying ending. -- starred review * Publishers Weekly on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK *
The well-executed premise, a compelling love story, and unique historical details will appeal to fans of Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea . . . This moving and engrossing portrayal of a little-known historical tragedy belongs on all YA shelves. -- starred review * School Library Journal on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK *
A poetic, raw, and extraordinary imagining of a little-known, shameful chapter in American history. -- starred review * Kirkus Reviews on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK *
With keen insight, Bolden mines a lesser-known historical event and brings the human cost vividly to life . . . Bolden's trenchant, powerful novel is a strong testament to the many lost lives that certainly did--and still do--matter. -- starred review * Booklist on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK *
Book Information
ISBN 9781681198071
Author Tonya Bolden
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury YA
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight(grams) 386g