Karen Hesse

Karen S. Hesse è una pluripremiata poetessa e scrittrice, nota soprattutto per i suoi lavori nella narrativa per bambini e fiction storica. È nata a Baltimora, Maryland, nel 1952 e ha vissuto un'infanzia difficile, abitando in case a schiera con poca privacy. Queste prime esperienze hanno influenzato in modo significativo la sua scrittura, che spesso esplora temi di difficoltà, resilienza e spirito umano.

Il lavoro di Hesse è stato riconosciuto ampiamente per il suo valore letterario. Il suo romanzo, "Out of the Dust" (Fuori dalla polvere), pubblicato nel 1997, ha vinto la prestigiosa medaglia Newbery e il Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Questo straordinario risultato è una dimostrazione della capacità di Hesse di creare narrazioni avvincenti che colpiscono i lettori di tutte le età. Il romanzo, ambientato nell'era della tempesta di polvere degli anni '30, racconta la storia della lotta di una ragazza per sopravvivere e trovare speranza di fronte alle avversità.

Nel 2002, Hesse è stata insignita di una borsa di studio MacArthur, un prestigioso riconoscimento dato a individui che hanno dimostrato eccezionale creatività nel loro lavoro. Questo riconoscimento ha consolidato ulteriormente la reputazione di Hesse come una voce autorevole nella letteratura per bambini e giovani adulti. Altri suoi lavori notevoli includono "Letters from Rifka" (Lettere da Rifka), "The Music of Dolphins" (La musica dei delfini) e "Bridge to Terabithia" (Il ponte per Terabithia), che ha co-scritto con Katherine Paterson. La capacità di Hesse di intrecciare il contesto storico con il racconto avvincente l'ha resa un'autrice amata dai lettori e dai critici.
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 Wish on a Unicorn 1991
2 Letters from Rifka 1992
3 Phoenix Rising 1994
4 A Time of Angels 1995
5 The Music of Dolphins 1996
6 Out of the Dust 1997
7 Just Juice (With: Robert Andrew Parker) 1998
8 Just Juice 1998
9 The Stowaway 2000
10 Witness 2000
11 Young Nick's Head 2001
12 Aleutian Sparrow 2003
13 Brooklyn Bridge 2008
14 Safekeeping 2012
Chapter Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Lavender 1993
2 Sable 1994
Libri illustrati
# Titolo Anno
1 Poppy's Chair 1993
2 Lester's Dog 1993
3 Come On, Rain! 1999
4 The Cats In Krasinski Square 2004
5 Spuds 2008
6 My Thumb 2016
7 Night Job 2018
8 Nights with Dad 2018
9 Granny and Bean 2022
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin 1999
2 The Young Hans Christian Andersen 2005
Dear America Books
# Titolo Anno
1 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1996
2 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 1996
3 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1996
4 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 1996
5 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart 1996
6 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 1996
7 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen) 1997
8 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 1997
9 A Picture Of Freedom 1997
10 A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack) 1997
11 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 1998
12 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1998
13 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1998
14 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 1998
15 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy) 1998
16 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi 1998
17 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne) 1998
18 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 1998
19 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland) 1998
20 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence 1998
21 Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack) 1998
22 Stationery Pack 1998
23 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White) 1998
24 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 1998
25 The Great Railroad Race 1999
26 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 1999
27 My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi) 1999
28 My Heart is on the Ground 1999
29 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 1999
30 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner) 1999
31 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin 1999
32 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack) 2000
33 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North 2000
34 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 2000
35 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2000
36 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne) 2000
37 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 2000
38 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2000
39 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 2000
40 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 2001
41 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky) 2001
42 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, 2001
43 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland) 2001
44 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 2001
45 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 2001
46 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy) 2001
47 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer 2002
48 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck 2002
49 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine) 2002
50 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 2002
51 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
52 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
53 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? 2002
54 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White) 2002
55 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 2002
56 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2002
57 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 2002
58 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 2003
59 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke) 2002
60 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2003
61 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson 2003
62 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner) 2003
63 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota 2003
64 All the Stars in the Sky 2003
65 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer) 2003
66 All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald) 2003
67 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 2003
68 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 2004
69 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack) 2004
70 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson) 2004
71 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 2004
72 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 2004
73 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) 2004
74 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson) 2010
75 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 2010
76 Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry) 2011
77 Like the Willow Tree 2011
78 Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 2011
79 Cannons at Dawn 2011
80 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2011
81 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 2011
82 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 2012
83 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron) 2012
84 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose 2013
85 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2013
86 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 2013
87 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell) 2013
Karen Hesse Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 The Stone Lamp 2003
2 What You Wish For 2011
3 What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur 2011