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Virginia Hamilton

Born

in Yellow Springs, Ohio, The United States

March 12, 1936

Died

February 19, 2002

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Virginia Esther Hamilton was the author of forty-one works of fiction and nonfiction. She was the first Black writer awarded the Newbery Medal and the first children's writer to be named a MacArthur Fellow (the "Genius" grant). She also received the National Book Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. ...more

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Virginia Hamilton’s books

Average rating: 3.7 · 18,497 ratings · 2,246 reviews · 134 distinct works ‧ Similar authors

	M.C. Higgins, the Great 3.43 avg rating — 4,355 ratings — published 1974 — 70 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 House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicles, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 3,756 ratings — published 1968 — 69 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 People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator), James Earl Jones (Narrator) 4.30 avg rating — 1,669 ratings — published 1985 — 37 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 Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 2000 — 6 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 People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2004 — 12 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 Whispers, Brother Rush: A Newbery Honor Award Winner 3.58 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 1982 — 29 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 Planet of Junior Brown 3.66 avg rating — 867 ratings — published 1971 — 41 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
	In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton (Editor), Barry Moser (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 1988 — 18 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
	Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Bluish 3.52 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1999 — 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

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Series by Virginia Hamilton

Dies Drear Chronicles (2 books)
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Cousins (2 books)
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Justice and Her Brothers (3 books)
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Quotes by Virginia Hamilton (?)

“The books from which [children] learn must reflect movement and change and all of the infinite possibilities of minds at liberty.
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― Virginia Hamilton

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“I call myself a wordkeeper, or a keeper of words. I enjoy words and looking at them on all sides… Words are magnificent… They form rhythms of living in meaningful prose… It is the force of my desire, my wish to make myself understood, that powers these words.”
― Virginia Hamilton

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“Stalagmite: a calcium carbonate deposit shaped like an icicle and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water … Stalagmite: dripping of percolating calcareous …”
― Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear

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What book would you like to read in July with the book club?

Legend by Marie Lu

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Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

15 votes, 24.6%

Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff

5 votes, 8.2%

Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan

4 votes, 6.6%

The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon

4 votes, 6.6%

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken

3 votes, 4.9%

Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller

3 votes, 4.9%

A Song for Bijou by Josh Farrar

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Cluing in by Jo Ramsey

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The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton

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