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Young Adults Authors SeriesSeries Editor, Patricia J. Campbell, winner of the ALAs Grolier Award for distinguished achievement with young people and books. She is a columnist for Wilson Library Bulletin and Horn Book.This popular series responds to the growing stature of adolescent literature and fills a critical gap in evaluating the new genre. This unique series provides:-young readers with th... More

Young Adults Authors SeriesSeries Editor, Patricia J. Campbell, winner of the ALAs Grolier Award for distinguished achievement with young people and books. She is a columnist for Wilson Library Bulletin and Horn Book.This popular series responds to the growing stature of adolescent literature and fills a critical gap in evaluating the new genre. This unique series provides:-young readers with the means to get to know their favorite authors as real people-teachers and librarians with insights and background material for promoting and teaching mid-grade and young adult novels.This gracefully written and perceptive book opens up the writers world to the reader, telling of the author's childhood and family, and how events have shaped Le Guin's writing. We learn of her parents' work with Native Americans and its influence on Le Guin's views on human nature and the natural world as expressed through her science fiction and fantasy fiction.

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