This author was born in China in 1932 to missionaries and moved again and again and eventually became a missionary herself, to Japan. In New York City, while attending a seminary, she married a minister and they had two children and adopted two more. Her 1978 book The Great Gilly Hopkins features a tough cookie who goes from one foster home to another and fantasizes about her beautiful "real" mother. The author's 1980 Newbery award winning book Jacob Have I Loved tells of a girl jealous of her twin sister. The writer understands that "children do hurt, do fear, do grieve. We who care for them must take their feelings seriously." This sensitive author is Katherine Paterson.
Excellent information about a beloved author.
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