Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (1988) Winner
Sheila Gordon
シェイラ・ゴードン
Sheira Gōdon
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1927-01-22 （Johannesburg）
- Died
- 2013-05-10 age 86
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, young adult novelist
- Active Years
- 1980-2013
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Waiting for the Rain
1987 young adult novelThe story of two boys growing up on a farm in South Africa during the Apartheid era. The friendship between the two boys dissipates as they grow older because one of them, who is black, seeks political equality, while the other boy, who is white, wants everything to stay the same.
Apartheidracial segregationfriendshippolitical conflict
Bibliography
- Waiting for the Rain
- The Middle of Somewhere
- Unfinished Business
Legacy
American writer born in South Africa, known for young adult novels addressing Apartheid.
Trivia
- Born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Lived in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn for over fifty years.
- Her husband of over 60 years, Harley Gordon, died three months later on August 8, 2013.
- Survived by three children and five grandchildren.