A Heart for Any Fate
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"The approach I take with my writing is to have my work reflect real life, and yet be shaped into the best story possible. I feel that a powerful piece of fiction can often convey an emotional truth more compellingly than a strictly factual version."--Linda Crew
Linda Crew is a recipient of the IRA Children's Book Award and the Golden Kite Award, and her books have been named ALA Notables as well as ALA Best Books.
Linda Crew didn't always have to be a writer. In fact, while attending junior high school in the early sixties, this award-winning author wanted to be a folksinger. By high school, when it bad become apparent to her that she really couldn't sing, she decided to become an actress. Then, at the University of Oregon, her theatrical ambitions evaporated. At her mother's suggestion, Crew switched her major to journalism--and loved it.
Crew's training was in journalism"The approach I take with my writing is to have my work reflect real life, and yet be shaped into the best story possible. I feel that a powerful piece of fiction can often convey an emotional truth more compellingly than a strictly factual version."--Linda Crew
Linda Crew is a recipient of the IRA Children's Book Award and the Golden Kite Award, and her books have been named ALA Notables as well as ALA Best Books.
Linda Crew didn't always have to be a writer. In fact, while attending junior high school in the early sixties, this award-winning author wanted to be a folksinger. By high school, when it bad become apparent to her that she really couldn't sing, she decided to become an actress. Then, at the University of Oregon, her theatrical ambitions evaporated. At her mother's suggestion, Crew switched her major to journalism--and loved it.
Crew's training was in journalism--interviewing, researching, and marketing--and she was encouraged to present the facts accurately and without fuss. But her assignments always ended up full of dialogue and she "had this compelling urge to make a story just a little better than the way it happened." Thus, her talent for writing fiction was born.
After college, Linda Crew married her husband Herb and settled on a farm in her home state of Oregon, where the couple still resides today with their three children. Crew leads a full, busy life and admits, "It's difficult sometimes to carve out the time for writing with so many other demands, but it's important for me to do some living. After all, what could a person possibly write about if she spent all day closeted in front of her computer?" Book List Long Time Passing
Children of the River
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An IRA Children's Book Award
A Golden Kite Award
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
Fire on the Wind
Maine Student Book Award Master List 1996-1997
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List 1996-1997
Nekomah Creek
An ALA Notable Children's Book
Nekomah Creek Christmas
Author Fun Facts Previous jobs: Florist, mail carrier, visitor center receptionist for the Forest Service at Cape Perpetua Pets: One lively black cat named Goblin Favorite . . . . . .hobbies? I like theater. I enjoy working with dried flowers, also sewing, especially creative things like doll clothes and costumes. I am notorious in my house for going overboard on costumes!
. . . foods? chocolate!
. . . clothes to wear? jeans or long dresses
. . . colors? green, of course! I'm an Oregonian.
. . . books? good children's books

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Adult/High School-Crew based this novel on an actual journey from Missouri to Oregon made by Nahum and Sarepta King and their extended family. No diaries or journals by family members have been found, so the author's information about them was limited. Records show who left Missouri and how those who survived fared once they had arrived in Oregon. The story is narrated by spirited, independent Lovisa. Confident that her family's excellent planning and careful provisioning will keep them safe, she revels in the adventure of getting a fresh start in the glorious West. Good health, campfire dances, and plentiful food soon give way to fever, discord, and privation. The Kings and their fellow travelers see their families reduced by disease and accidents, and tested almost beyond their comprehension. Extraordinary effort and sacrifice are rewarded when they finally reach their destination. An author's note and 25 black-and-white photographs are included.-Kathy Tewell, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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