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Ouida Sebestyen

Autor/a de Words by Heart

9+ obres 791 Membres 9 Ressenyes

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Inclou aquests noms: Ouida Sebestyn, Ouida Sebestyen

Obres de Ouida Sebestyen

Words by Heart (1968) 383 exemplars
Out of Nowhere (1994) 174 exemplars
The Girl in the Box (1988) 173 exemplars
Far From Home (1980) 28 exemplars
On Fire (1985) 17 exemplars
Iou's (1982) 8 exemplars
Encerrada (Spanish Edition) (1991) 5 exemplars
Brand 2 exemplars

Obres associades

Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1985) — Col·laborador — 161 exemplars
Visions: 19 Short Stories (1987) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars
Center Stage: One-Act Plays for Teenage Readers and Actors (1990) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars
Connections (1989) — Col·laborador — 44 exemplars
Words by Heart [1985 TV movie] (1988) — Original book — 16 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1924-02-13
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Vernon, Texas, USA (birth)
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Educació
University of Colorado
Premis i honors
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (1982)
The International Reading Association Award
Biografia breu
Ouida Sebestyen, nee Dockery, was born February 13, 1924, in Vernon, TX. She married Adam Sebestyen in 1960 and had one son. She attended the U. of Colorado. She began writing at age eighteen, but did not publish her first book, Words by Heart until 1979. Part of this novel had originally appeared as a short story in the magazine 'Ingenue' in 1968. The book was well received, and Ms. Sebestyen has continued to write fiction for young adults. She draws her inspiration, and often her setting, from the American West, especially its contrasting harshness and beauty, and the demands it places upon an individual's survival. While not all her novels are set in a sharply defined Western setting, throughout all of her books she focuses on characterization and detail, with an emphasis on human emotions and development. Her work is noted for its honesty and provacative story lines that do not always provide a conventional happy ending. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 39, 140 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 10 Children's Literature Review, vol. 17

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lcslibrarian | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Aug 13, 2020 |
 
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lcslibrarian | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Aug 13, 2020 |
The girl in a box... I still can't remember why I picked it up at a school book fair, but I can remember the emotions that flowed off the page. This book does leave you in an emotional wreck at the fate of the girl. Does she die? did she live? It's a question that's never answered, but reading this girl's story gripped me from the very first line.

A brilliant read and a book that stays with you long after you've finished.
 
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Claire.Warner | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Feb 8, 2015 |
The girl in a box... I still can't remember why I picked it up at a school book fair, but I can remember the emotions that flowed off the page. This book does leave you in an emotional wreck at the fate of the girl. Does she die? did she live? It's a question that's never answered, but reading this girl's story gripped me from the very first line.

A brilliant read and a book that stays with you long after you've finished.
 
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Claire.Warner | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Feb 8, 2015 |

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Obres
9
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6
Membres
791
Popularitat
#32,200
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
9
ISBN
44
Llengües
3

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