Karen Hesse

  • Night Job

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    “This title offers an extraordinary glimpse into an endearing father-son relationship, a livelihood, and an ordinary life.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

    When the sun sets, Dad’s job as

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 21 2025
    • ISBN10: 1536246905
    • Language: English
  • Granny and Bean

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    From a stellar creative team, the lyrical story of a grandmother and grandchild as they share an intimate adventure by the windy sea–and make a stop for teatime.

    Their laughter rose; full of joy, it

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: September 27 2022
    • ISBN10: 1536214043
    • Language: English
  • The Music of Dolphins

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    They call her Mila, from the Spanish word for “miracle.” Lost after a plane crash when she was small, Mila has been cared for ever since by dolphins. When she is eventually spotted on an unpopulated i… [more below]

    • Series: Apple Classics
    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: February 01 1998
    • ISBN10: 0590897985
    • Language: English
  • Brooklyn Bridge

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    It’s the summer of 1903 in Brooklyn and all fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom wants is to experience the thrill, the grandeur, and the electricity of the new amusement park at Coney Island. But that do

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: November 08 2011
    • ISBN10: 0312674287
    • Language: English
  • Sable

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    Tate is overjoyed when a scrawny mutt turns up in the yard one day. She even persuades Mam and Pap to let her keep Sable, named for her dark, silky fur. But before long, the dog begins to cause troubl

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: January 19 2010
    • ISBN10: 0312376103
    • Language: English
  • Just Juice

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    Juice Faulstich lives with her pa and ma and four sisters in the North Carolina hills. Working with her hands comes easy to Juice, but not school. This year, she’s back again in Miss Hamble’s third gr… [more below]

    • Series: Scholastic Signature
    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: November 01 1999
    • ISBN10: 0590033832
    • Language: English
  • Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)

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    Acclaimed author Karen Hesse’s Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma.

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: October 01 1997
    • ISBN10: 0590360809
    • Language: English
  • Witness

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    Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse immerses readers in a small Vermont town in 1924 with this haunting and harrowing tale.

    Witness joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved nov… [more below]

    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: April 30 2019
    • ISBN10: 1338359673
    • Language: English
  • Aleutian Sparrow

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    In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswep… [more below]

    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: June 01 2005
    • ISBN10: 1416903275
    • Language: English
  • Night Job

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    With lyrical narration and elegant, evocative artwork, Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse and illustrator G. Brian Karas share the nighttime experience of a father and child.

    When the sun sets, Dad’s job as

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: September 11 2018
    • ISBN10: 0763662380
    • Language: English
  • Come On, Rain!

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    Come on, rain! Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More … [more below]

    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: February 1, 1999
    • ISBN10: 0590331256
    • Language: English
  • Out of the Dust: Novel

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    Acclaimed author Karen Hesse’s Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma.

    Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold

    • Series: Apple Signature Edition
    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: December 01, 1998
    • ISBN10: 0590371258
    • Language: English
  • Letters from Rifka

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    From Newbery media winner Karen Hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant family’s journey to America.

    “America,” the girl repeated. “What will you do there?”
    I was silent for a little time.

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    • Author: Hesse, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: January 06 2009
    • ISBN10: 312535619
    • Language: English
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