Phoenix Rising - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805031081 ISBN 13: 9780805031089

Synopsis

Nyle's life on a Vermont sheep farm is predictably peaceful until the Cookshire nuclear power plant leak brings accident "refugees" Ezra and his mother to stay in the back bedroom. By the author of Letters from Rifka.

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About the Authors

Karen Hesse lives with her husband and their two daughters in Williamsville, Vermont, less than twenty miles from an active nuclear power plant. After watching a television documentary on Chernobyl, she could not shake the images of nuclear disaster and its consequences. "I began to wonder how a radioactive leak would affect my family, my neighbors, our relationships with each other and with the rest of the world," Ms. Hesse says. These disquieting reflections--and a great deal of research--culminated in Phoenix Rising.

Karen Hesse is the author of Letters from Rifka, winner of the Christopher Medal, the National Jewish Book Award, an ALA Notable Book, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Some of her other books for young readers include Wish on a Unicorn, Lavender, and Sable.

Karen Hesse is the author of many books for young people, including Out of the Dust, winner of the Newbery Medal, Letters from Rifka, Brooklyn Bridge, Sable and Lavender. She has received honors including the Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Christopher Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award, making her only the second children's book author to receive this prestigious grant. Born in Baltimore, Hesse graduated from the University of Maryland. She and her husband Randy live in Vermont.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805031081
• ISBN 13: 9780805031089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182