The Double Life of Pocahontas

The Double Life of Pocahontas

by Jean Fritz
The Double Life of Pocahontas

The Double Life of Pocahontas

by Jean Fritz

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Overview

A complex and fascinating historical figure illuminated by Newbery Honor-winning Jean Fritz.

In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the white worlds, Pocahontas was eventually torn between her new life and the culture that shaped her.

"This book dispels myths and describes with immediacy the life of a girl whose active conscience made her a pawn, exploited by her own people and the white world." —Publishers Weekly

"Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns history into engrossing reality." —The New Yorker

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780698119352
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 03/01/2002
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 518,480
Product dimensions: 5.01(w) x 7.74(h) x 0.46(d)
Lexile: 910L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history.  She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
     Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
     Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Awards.
     She passed away on May 14, 2017.

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"Jean Fritz removes the romantic varnish from the legend and turns history into engrossing reality." —The New Yorker

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