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Jennifer L. Holm is a Newbery Honor-winning author. The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ...
Holm was raised in Audubon, Pennsylvania with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write. Our Only May Amelia, the story of a 12-year-old girl living in the late 1800s, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, became her first published novel and was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Holm also has written a series starring Jane Peck, a young woman living in the 1850s (Boston Jane: An Adventure, Boston Jane: Wilderness Days and Boston Jane: The Claim); The Creek, a horror thriller; a series of graphic novels for young adults illustrated by her brother Matthew (Babymouse: Queen of the World, Babymouse: Our Hero, Babymouse: Beach Babe, Babymouse: Rock Star, Babymouse: Heartbreaker, and Camp Babymouse); and The Stink Files, a series co-written with her husband Jonathan Hamel starring James Edward Bristlefur, a cat raised by a British secret agent who is adopted by an American family and renamed Mr. Stink after his owner is murdered. Penny from Heaven, a story set in the 1950s starring an 11-year-old Italian-American girl, was a 2007 Newbery Honor recipient. Audubon is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ...
A mermaid sits atop Dickinson Colleges Old West. ...
Coordinates: , Country State County Cumberland Founded 1751 Government - Mayor Kirk R. Wilson Area - Borough 5. ...
The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ...
Penny from Heaven (2006) is a childrens novel that was named a Newbery Honor book in 2007. ...
Our Only May Amelia has been adapted for the stage by John Olive. The River Theater in Astoria, Oregon performed it for its 2006 summer run, in conjunction with FinnFest USA '06. The events of the play (and book) were set just north of Astoria in Naselle, Washington. Location in Oregon Coordinates: , Country State County Clatsop Incorporated 1876 Government - Mayor Willis L. Van Dusen Area - Total 10. ...
Naselle is a census-designated place located in Pacific County, Washington. ...
Works - Our Only May Amelia (1999)
- The Creek (2003)
- Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (2007)
Boston Jane novel series - An Adventure (2001)
- Wilderness Days (2002)
- The Claim (2004)
Babymouse picture book series - Queen of the World (2005)
- Our Hero (2005 graphic novel)
- Beach Babe (2006)
- Rock Star (2006)
- Heartbreaker (2006)
- Camp Babymouse (2007)
- Skater Girl (2007)
- Puppy Love (2007 forthcoming)
Stink Files novel series - The Postman Always Brings Mice (2004) (with Jonathan Hamel)
- To Scratch a Thief (2004) (with Jonathan Hamel)
- You Only Have Nine Lives (2005) (with Jonathan Hamel)
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