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Virginia Hamilton

Born into a large family and raised on a farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Ms. Hamilton grew up listening to stories shared by her mother and father. While studying writing at the New School for Social Research in New York City, she met a young poet, Arnold Adoff, and the two were married in March 1960. In 1968, Ms. Hamilton's first book, Zeely (S&S, 0-02-742470-7; Aladdin, 0-689-71695-8. Ages 10 up), edited by Richard Jackson, was published; and she and her family (which now included her daughter Leigh and her son Jaime) moved back to Yellow Springs, building their home on land that had been in Ms. Hamilton's family for generations. Ms. Hamilton's second book, The House... Read full bio

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Zeely
Zeely By: Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by: Symeon Shimin
This edition: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publication date: April 25, 2006
Ages: 10 - 14
"We'll spend the whole summer on the farm with Uncle Ross. I ought to make up something special just because we've never ever gone alone like this!" And the first thing Elizabeth does is give herself and her younger brother,...
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The Planet of Junior Brown
The Planet of Junior Brown By: Virginia Hamilton
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: April 25, 2006
Ages: 10 - 14
Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who's prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits because he has no family whatsoever, have been on the hook from their...
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M.C. Higgins, the Great
M.C. Higgins, the Great By: Virginia Hamilton
This edition: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publication date: April 25, 2006
Ages: 8 - 12
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining,...
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The House of Dies Drear
The House of Dies Drear By: Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by: Eros Keith
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2006
Ages: above 10
The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend -- two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its...
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Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
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M.C. Higgins the Great
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M.C. Higgins the Great By: Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by: John Jude Palencar
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1999
Ages: 9 - 12
M.C.'s family is rooted to the slopes of Sarah's Mountain. His great-grandmother escaped to the mountain as a runaway slave and made it her home. It bears her name, and her descendants have lived there ever since. When M.C....
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