On Tuesday, January 5th, Katherine Paterson was named the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She succeeds the first children's ambassador, Jon Scieszka, and will hold the position for two years. Katherine Paterson is an amazing author who has written many books for children and young adults. Here are just a few of her books that you might like to read:
Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978)
An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
Lyddie (1991)
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
The Day of the Pelican (2009)
In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.
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