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Deborah Hopkinson

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Born

Lowell, Massachusetts, The United States

Website

http://www.deborahhopkinson.com

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Children's Books, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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March 2010

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I write nonfiction and historical fiction, picture books, and Golden Books. I speak at school, libraries, and conferences. I also love to garden and offer manuscript critiques. (Deborahhopkinson@yahoo.com)

NEW books in 2024 include DETERMINED DREAMER: THE STORY OF MARIE CURIE, illus by Jen Hill, ON A SUMMER NIGHT, illus by Kenard Pak, TRIM HELPS OUT and TRIM SAILS the STORM, illus by Kristy Caldwell, EVIDENCE! illustrated by Nik Henderson, and a nonfiction work called THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS. I'm delighted to say that Trim Helps Out, Trim Sails the Storm, On a Summer Night and Evidence! are all Junior Library Guild selections.

I live and work in Oregon and travel all over to speak to young readers and writers.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 40,070 ratings · 7,093 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	Titanic: Voices From the Disaster 4.05 avg rating — 4,940 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel 3.92 avg rating — 3,699 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
	Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt 4.36 avg rating — 1,933 ratings — published 1993 — 22 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
	Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 4.06 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 2004 — 3 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
	We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport 4.05 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2020 — 7 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 Little Golden Book About Betty White (Little Golden Book Biographies) by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Margeaux Lucas (Illustrator) 4.68 avg rating — 873 ratings — 3 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
	Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 897 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	A Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 2017 — 7 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
	Who Was Charles Darwin? by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author), Who H.Q., Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2005 — 30 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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I don't really have time to blog. During the pandemic I've written three books in the DEADLIEST series: Deadliest Diseases Then and Now, Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now, and Deadliest Fires Then and Now, and am working on some other things too.

I guess most of what I want to say is on the page anyhow.

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Series by Deborah Hopkinson

The Deadliest (3 books)
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)

3.72 avg rating — 237 ratings

Adventures of Trim (4 books)
by

Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author),

Kristy Caldwell (Illustrator)

4.03 avg rating — 204 ratings

Prairie Skies (3 books)
by

Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author),

Patrick Faricy (Illustrator)

3.93 avg rating — 73 ratings

The Klondike Kid (3 books)
by

Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 62 ratings

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Deborah Hopkinson rated a book it was amazing A Case of Life and Limb (The Trials of Gabriel Ward #1) by Sally Smith	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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Deborah Hopkinson liked Stephanie Tournas's review of On a Summer Night: "This beautifully designed book takes place in the wee hours of a hot summer’s night. Narrated in the second person, the voice says that you’re in bed, it’s hot, and you wake up. “What has woken you?” There’s a cat. “Who has woken her?/ Was it you?” T" Read more of this review »
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Deborah Hopkinson liked Stacie's review of On a Summer Night: "Celebrate the peace and mystery of a hot summer night from the eyes of a child. A child wakes on a summer night and ventures outside with their family cat. Soon a dog is barking, a rabbit is twitching, the trees are rustling, and a low cloud is movin" Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Deborah Hopkinson (?)

“The events of the Titanic disaster can be seen as a symbol of what happens through overconfidence in technology, complacence, and a mindset of profits over people's safety.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Titanic: Voices From the Disaster

tags: greed, technology, titanic

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“But some of our past may always be hidden from us.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Under the Quilt of Night

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“At Harvard, so the story goes, one of Carter's professors said that Black people had no history.

Carter remembered his father's pride, his mother's courage, and Oliver's determination to learn. He remembered reading the newspaper.

Carter spoke up. "No people lacked a history," he said. The professor challenged Carter to prove him wrong.

For the rest of his life, Carter did just that.”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Carter Reads the Newspaper

tags: black-history, black-history-month, harvard, history

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