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Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958-11-18 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania → Small town in northeastern Pennsylvania → Moscow, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
Artist, children's author, educator
Active Years
1989-2024
Affiliations
Spalding University, Hollins University, Highlights Foundation

Education

Marywood University
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: United States
University of Scranton
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: United States

Awards

Newbery Honor
2006
Work: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
Category: Children's Literature
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
2002
Work: Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850
Category: Informational Book
Organization: ALSC
Result: Winner
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
Organization: NCTE
Result: Winner
SCBWI Golden Kite Award
Category: Nonfiction
Organization: SCBWI
Result: Winner
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kids on Strike!

1999 Non-fiction

History of kids on strike.

Labor strikesChildren's rights

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

2005 Non-fiction

About Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany.

NazismYouth

Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850

2001 Non-fiction

Story of the Great Irish Famine.

FamineHistory

They Called Themselves The K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group

2010 Non-fiction

Birth of the KKK.

RacismTerrorism

Bibliography

  • Growing Up in Coal Country
  • Kids on Strike!
  • Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850
  • The Flag Maker
  • Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
  • They Called Themselves The K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
  • Silver at Night
  • Dancing with Dziadziu
  • No Man's Land: A Young Soldier's Story
  • A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska
  • The Christmas Promise
  • The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie
  • Nobody's Nosier Than a Cat
  • Nobody's Diggier than a Dog
  • The Boy Who Dared
  • Naamah and the Ark at Night

Legacy

American children's author known for historical non-fiction, recipient of several awards including Newbery Honor.