Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1981) Honor
Hadley Irwin
ハドレー・アーウィン
Hadorē Āwin
Aliases:
Lee Hadley / Annabelle Irwin
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1915-10-08 （Peterson, Iowa）
- Died
- 1998-09-13 age 82
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Iowa, United States
Career
- Occupations
- English professor, Young adult literature author
- Active Years
- 1979-1998
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jane Addams Children's Book Award | We Are Mesquakie, We Are One | honor book | Jane Addams Peace Association | Honor |
| 1982 | Society of Midland Authors award | Moon and Me | — | Society of Midland Authors | Winner |
| 1982 | ALA Best Young Adult Book Award | What About Grandma? | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 1982 | Zilveren Griffel | We Are Mesquakie, We Are One | — | CPNB | Winner |
| 1983 | Vlag en Wimpel | What About Grandma? | — | — | Winner |
| 1985 | ALA Best Young Adult Book Award | Abby, My Love | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 1986 | Vlag en Wimpel | I Be Somebody | — | — | Winner |
| 1986 | Children's Choice Book Award | Abby, My Love | — | Children's Book Council / International Reading Association | Winner |
| 1988 | Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award | Abby, My Love | — | — | Winner |
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1981
Work:
We Are Mesquakie, We Are One
Category:
honor book
Organization:
Jane Addams Peace Association
Result:
Honor
Society of Midland Authors award
1982
Work:
Moon and Me
Organization:
Society of Midland Authors
Result:
Winner
ALA Best Young Adult Book Award
1982
Work:
What About Grandma?
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Zilveren Griffel
1982
Work:
We Are Mesquakie, We Are One
Organization:
CPNB
Result:
Winner
Vlag en Wimpel
1983
Work:
What About Grandma?
Result:
Winner
ALA Best Young Adult Book Award
1985
Work:
Abby, My Love
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Vlag en Wimpel
1986
Work:
I Be Somebody
Result:
Winner
Children's Choice Book Award
1986
Work:
Abby, My Love
Organization:
Children's Book Council / International Reading Association
Result:
Winner
Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award
1988
Work:
Abby, My Love
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Lilith Summer
1979 Young adult novelA story of friendship between a teenage girl and an elderly woman.
Intergenerational friendshipComing of age
Adaptations
- [Short film] The Lilith Summer (1984)
Translations
- Dutch: Een zomer met Lilith
Bibliography
- The Lilith Summer (1979)
- We Are Mesquakie, We Are One (1980)
- Moon and Me (1981)
- Bring to a Boil and Separate (1981)
- What About Grandma? (1982)
- I Be Somebody (1984)
- Abby, My Love (1985)
- Kim/Kimi (1987)
- Writing Young Adult Novels (1988)
- So long at the fair (1988)
- Can't hear you listening (1990)
- Jim-Dandy (1996)
- The original Freddie Ackerman (1996)
- Sarah with an H (1996)
Adaptations
- Abby, My Love adapted as CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1988
Translations of Works
- Many works translated into Dutch
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Humor-infused problem novelsFact-based historical novels
- Recurring Motifs
- AlcoholismRacismAntisemitismIncest/child sexual abuseSuicideParent-child relationshipsElderly as complex humansStories set in Iowa
Legacy
Pioneers in young adult 'problem novels' tackling heavy topics like incest, the first in children's lit. Popular in US, Europe, Japan.
Trivia
- Pseudonym of writing duo Lee Hadley (Oct 10, 1934 – Aug 22, 1995, born Earlham, Iowa) and Annabelle Irwin (Oct 8, 1915 – Sep 13, 1998, born Peterson, Iowa).
- Both were English professors at Iowa State University.
- Began writing together in 1979.