![]() She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. ![]() Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World. ![]()
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