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Feathers most resembles her novel Locomotion in which she "tackled grief, trauma, death survival, and hope". [7] all in a very short book. Feathers is also short but addresses big concepts of "hope, healing, faith, and understanding". [7] Both of the books are around 115 pages and adequately handle their difficult topics.
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers, and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot.
The book, like Rumble Fish, takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton's hometown and the setting of her first book, The Outsiders.However, unlike Rumble Fish, Ponyboy Curtis, the main character in The Outsiders, appears in That Was Then, This Is Now and even takes part in the events surrounding the dance.
The annual [b] award recognizes one author of books published in the U.S., and specified works "taken to heart by young adults over a period of years, providing an 'authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives'." The librarians noted that in reading Hinton's novels "a young adult ...
[2] [3] Prior to his writing career, Porter managed the Chelsea branch of Daunt Books [4] and won the Bookseller of the Year Award in 2009. He was Editorial Director at Granta and Portobello Books until 2019 [ 5 ] , where he edited award-winning novels The Luminaries [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and The Vegetarian [ 8 ] .
“Pigeon Feathers” is a work of short fiction by John Updike which first appeared in The New Yorker on April 27, 1956. The story was collected in Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1962) by Alfred A. Knopf. [1] “Pigeon Feathers” was listed among the recipients of the O. Henry Award in 1962. [2]
Irene Temple Bailey (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American novelist and short story writer. [1] [2]Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).