The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton

The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton

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Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, in recognition of her entire body of work. Virginia writes first for the pleasure of using words and language to evoke characters and their world, and in historical accounts such as Anthony Burns, the lives of real people. Secondly, Hamilton writes to entertain, to inspire in people the desire to read on and on good books made especially for them.

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ISBN 13	9780590473781
ISBN 10	0590473786
Title	The Girl Who Spun Gold
Author	Virginia Hamilton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scholastic US
Year published	2000-09-01
Number of pages	40
Prizes	Winner of Bookseller's Choice (Special Subjects) 2001, Winner of NAPPA Gold Awards (Folklore/Poetry/Song) 2000
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