Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
1 appearances
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Edition 74 (1995) Winner
Sharon Creech
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Sharon Creech
Aliases:
Sharon Rigg
Pen Names:
Sharon Rigg（Used for publishing adult novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-07-29 （South Euclid, Ohio, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- England (lived; taught English) → Switzerland (lived; taught English) → United States (resides in New Jersey)
Career
- Occupations
- Children's novelist, Novelist, Poet, English teacher
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Nominations
- Carnegie Medal shortlisted/commended (2001), Newbery Honor/runner-up (2000, The Wanderer)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Newbery Medal | Walk Two Moons | — | American Library Association | winner |
| 2002 | Carnegie Medal | Ruby Holler | — | CILIP | winner |
| 1995 | Red House Children's Book Award (long novel) | Walk Two Moons | 長編部門 | Red House Children's Book Award (children's vote) | winner |
| 1997 | Literaturhaus Award | Walk Two Moons | — | Literaturhaus (Austria) | winner |
| 1999 | IRA/CBC Children's Choices | Bloomability | — | IRA/CBC | winner |
| 2000 | Parents' Choice Award | The Wanderer | — | Parents' Choice | winner |
| 1997 | Young Adult Sequoyah Award | Walk Two Moons | — | Oklahoma Sequoyah Award | winner |
| 2001 | Carnegie Medal (commended runner-up) | Love That Dog | — | CILIP | commended runner-up |
Newbery Medal
1995
Work:
Walk Two Moons
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Carnegie Medal
2002
Work:
Ruby Holler
Organization:
CILIP
Result:
winner
Red House Children's Book Award (long novel)
1995
Work:
Walk Two Moons
Category:
長編部門
Organization:
Red House Children's Book Award (children's vote)
Result:
winner
Literaturhaus Award
1997
Work:
Walk Two Moons
Organization:
Literaturhaus (Austria)
Result:
winner
IRA/CBC Children's Choices
1999
Work:
Bloomability
Organization:
IRA/CBC
Result:
winner
Parents' Choice Award
2000
Work:
The Wanderer
Organization:
Parents' Choice
Result:
winner
Young Adult Sequoyah Award
1997
Work:
Walk Two Moons
Organization:
Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
Result:
winner
Carnegie Medal (commended runner-up)
2001
Work:
Love That Dog
Organization:
CILIP
Result:
commended runner-up
Awards & Nominations
Carnegie Medal for Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 67 (2002) Winner
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Edition 47 (2003) Winner
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2006) Winner
Works
Major Works
Walk Two Moons
1994 Children's literature, Young adultA road novel about a girl who travels in search of her mother; through the journey family secrets and themes of grief and identity are revealed.
familylosscoming of agejourney
Ruby Holler
2002 Children's literatureThe story of orphaned twins who find a new home and hope with a kindly older couple; themes of warmth, humor, and renewal.
familyrenewalbelonging
Love That Dog
2001 Children's poetry (verse/blank verse)A poetic novel following a boy who resists poetry assignments but gradually learns to write and express himself; themes of emotion and self-expression.
poetryself-expressioneducation
Bloomability
1998 Children's literature, boarding school novelA story of a girl at a boarding school in Switzerland who discovers new possibilities; themes include cross-cultural experience and independence.
coming of agecross-culturalindependence
The Wanderer
2000 Children's literature, adventureA tale centered on a yacht crossing the Atlantic and its crew; explores loss, courage, and friendship.
friendshipcourageloss
Bibliography
- The Recital (adult novel, as Sharon Rigg)
- Nickel Malley (adult novel, as Sharon Rigg)
- The Center of the Universe: Waiting for the Girl (play)
- Absolutely Normal Chaos
- Walk Two Moons
- Pleasing the Ghost
- Chasing Redbird
- Bloomability
- Fishing in the Air
- The Wanderer
- Love That Dog
- A Fine, Fine School
- Ruby Holler
- Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
- Heartbeat
- Replay
- Who's That Baby
- The Castle Corona
- Hate That Cat
- The Unfinished Angel
- The Great Unexpected
- The Boy on the Porch
- Moo
- Saving Winslow
- One Time
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- child-centered narrative voicepoetic, concise proseuse of humor to soften serious themeselements of low fantasy/magic realism
- Recurring Motifs
- family and rootsloss and healingpersonal growth (rites of passage)journey (physical and emotional)
Legacy
Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels who gained international recognition for Walk Two Moons (Newbery Medal, 1995) and Ruby Holler (Carnegie Medal, 2002). She was among the first American-born authors to win the Carnegie Medal and is notable for being one of the authors to have won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Her lyrical prose and emotionally resonant stories have had a lasting impact on contemporary children's literature.
Archives
- Library of Congress catalog records
Trivia
- Published adult novels under the name Sharon Rigg.
- Won the Newbery Medal in 1995 (Walk Two Moons) and the Carnegie Medal in 2002 (Ruby Holler).
- Taught English in England and Switzerland; those experiences influenced settings in several books.
- Visits to relatives in Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky inspired the fictional town of Bybanks.