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Katherine Paterson

Born

in Huai'an, Jiangsu, China

October 31, 1932

Website

https://katherinepaterson.com/

Genre

Children's Books

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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 679,503 ratings · 27,348 reviews · 168 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 582,544 ratings — published 1977 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jacob Have I Loved 3.69 avg rating — 35,770 ratings — published 1980 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Gilly Hopkins 3.85 avg rating — 23,329 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyddie 3.62 avg rating — 7,250 ratings — published 1991 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson, Haru Wells (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 3,587 ratings — published 1975 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bread and Roses, Too 3.78 avg rating — 2,692 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Same Stuff as Stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,120 ratings — published 2002 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson, John Paterson, John Rocco (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Brigadista Year 3.90 avg rating — 1,352 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jip: His Story 3.72 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 1996 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Katherine Paterson

Marvin (3 books)
by

Katherine Paterson,

Jane Clark Brown (Illustrator)

3.67 avg rating — 245 ratings

Quotes by Katherine Paterson (?)

“It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

tags: scared, smart

318 likes

“Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.”
― Katherine Paterson

237 likes

“You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful.”
― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

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What Book Shall We Read in December?

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

11 votes 39.3%

Charles and Emma The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

8 votes 28.6%

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

5 votes 17.9%

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

3 votes 10.7%

Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

1 vote 3.6%

28 total votes

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