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Surviving the Applewhites is a 2002 children's novel by Stephanie S. Tolan. It was published by HarperCollins in the United States, with cover art by Laurie Keller. It was published by HarperCollins in the United States, with cover art by Laurie Keller.
Her book Surviving the Applewhites received a Newbery Honor in 2003. [1] She obtained a master's degree in English at Purdue University. Tolan is a senior fellow at the Institute for Educational Advancement. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband. [2] [3] Her papers are kept at the University of Central Missouri.
The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children". [1]
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Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee is an orphan and finds himself in Two Mills, where he becomes a local legend while trying to find a home. He has astonishing athletic abilities, runs everywhere he goes, can untie any knot, is allergic to pizza, and crosses the barrier between the East End and West End as if blind to racial distinction.
Instead, it takes a very personal, highly emotional approach to one of America's darkest days through interviews with some of the last surviving witnesses, many of whom had agonizing proximity to ...
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, [a] among other names, [b] was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997.