Deborah Hopkinson

Author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

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About the Author

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of over 40 highly acclaimed nonfiction books, including NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor and Jane Addams Honor Book Shutting Out the Sky: Carter G. Woodson Honor Book UP Before Daybreak; Sibert Honor Book and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist Titanic: Voices show more from the Disaster: Sydney Taylor Notable Book Courage Defiance: Dive!; D-Day; Sydney Taylor Notable Book We Has to Be Brave; and We Must Not Forget. Deborah lives with her family near Portland, Oregon. show less

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Works by Deborah Hopkinson

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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (1993) 1,617 copies

Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears,… (2004) 944 copies

Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (2012) 743 copies

Under the Quilt of Night (2002) 531 copies

Sky Boys (2006) 423 copies

Who Was Charles Darwin? (2005) 392 copies

The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel (2013) 355 copies

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) (2008) 333 copies

A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers (1999) 322 copies

What Is the Women's Rights Movement? (2018) 299 copies

Maria's Comet (1999) 290 copies

John Adams Speaks for Freedom (2005) 287 copies

Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise… (2001) 272 copies

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (2003) 265 copies

Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark (2015) 246 copies

Birdie's Lighthouse (1997) 238 copies

Up Before Daybreak: Cotton And People In America (2006) 214 copies

A Letter to My Teacher (2017) 203 copies

A Boy Called Dickens (2012) 196 copies

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 (2004) 184 copies

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 (2003) 171 copies

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen: The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girl (2018) 150 copies

My Little Golden Book About Betty White (2021) 137 copies

Steamboat School (2016) 127 copies

Carter Reads the Newspaper (2019) 127 copies

D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History (Scholastic Focus) (2018) 126 copies

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights (Ready-to-Read. Level 3) (2005) 125 copies

Knit Your Bit: A World War I Story (2013) 121 copies

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (2020) 112 copies

Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific: The Incredible Story of U.S. Submarines in WWII (2016) 112 copies

Annie and Helen (2012) 109 copies

Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 (2006) 108 copies

From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) 107 copies

My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton (2021) 103 copies

A Packet of Seeds (2004) 101 copies

Stagecoach Sal (2009) 92 copies

Saving Strawberry Farm (2005) 91 copies

How I Became a Spy: A Mystery of WWII London (2019) 80 copies

Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) 73 copies

Sailing for Gold (2004) 73 copies

Keep On!: The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole (2009) 65 copies

Pioneer Summer (2002) 63 copies

Michelle (1839) 61 copies

Bluebird Summer (2001) 60 copies

Sweet Land of Liberty (2007) 59 copies

Cabin in the Snow (2002) 59 copies

Where Is the Kremlin? (2019) 59 copies

Home on the Range: John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs (2009) 58 copies

The Humblebee Hunter (2010) 56 copies

Independence Cake: A Revolutionary Confection Inspired by Amelia Simmons, Whose True History Is Unfortunately Unknown (2017) 53 copies

The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now (2021) 51 copies

Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig (2016) 50 copies

A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket (2016) 49 copies

We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance (Scholastic Focus) (2021) 38 copies

Mindful Day (2020) 37 copies

The Deadliest Fires Then and Now (2022) 34 copies

Not Mixing Up Buddhism: Essays on Women and Buddhism (1986) 33 copies

First Family (2009) 32 copies

Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha (2018) 29 copies

The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now (2022) 29 copies

Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights (2020) 27 copies

The Story of a Story (2021) 27 copies

Our Kansas Home (2003) 26 copies

Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies (2020) 22 copies

Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred (2023) 17 copies

Only One (2022) 17 copies

Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus) (2023) 16 copies

Adventure in Gold Town (2004) 14 copies

Trim Sets Sail (Adventures of Trim) (2023) 12 copies

The Long Trail (2004) 12 copies

The Plot to Kill a Queen (2023) 12 copies

Small Places, Close to Home: A Child's Declaration of Rights (2023) 11 copies

Tony Bennett: A Little Golden Book Biography (2023) 8 copies

Trim Helps Out (Adventures of Trim) (2023) 7 copies

Happy Earth Day! (Little Golden Book) (2023) 7 copies

Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie (2024) 6 copies

Pearl Harbor (1991) 5 copies

Childhood of Famous Americans Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig; Albert Einstein; John Adams… (2013) 4 copies

Betty White: Collector's Edition (Big Little Golden Book) (2022) 4 copies

On a Summer Night (2024) 3 copies

Dr. Jonas Salk: A Little Golden Book Biography (2023) 2 copies

Deborah Hopkinson and YOU (The Author and YOU) (2007) 2 copies

Frannie in the Kitchen 1 copy

Trim Saves the Day (Adventures of Trim) (2024) 1 copy

Evidence!: How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera 1 copy

Il principe Siddharta. La storia del Buddha spiegata ai bambini. Ediz. illustrata (2019) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All (2018) — Contributor — 326 copies

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (2017) — Contributor — 47 copies

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Birthdate: 1942-09-13
Gender: female
Country (for map): USA
Places of residence: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
West Linn, Oregon, USA
Agent: Steven Malk

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Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World… by Deborah Hopkinson

Gr 4–6—Hopkinson's gripping narrative of the rescue of World War II prisoners from Cabanatuan Camp in the
Philippines is beautifully told through individual stories. Amply illustrated with maps and photos, and with extensive
source notes, this is a high-interest read and a superb resource.

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BackstoryBooks | 1 other review | Apr 1, 2024 |

Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson

A well-written celebration of historian Carter Woodson, founder of black history month and fierce advocate of the value of the stories of black Americans.

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sloth852 | 10 other reviews | Feb 16, 2024 |

The Plot to Kill a Queen by Deborah Hopkinson

Good recommendation for reader interested in historical fiction. Historical facts and storytelling interwoven. Liked the introduction to Shakespeare and structure of plays. Fast paced story.

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AnnesLibrary | Jan 28, 2024 |

Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred by Deborah Hopkinson

More than a fractured fairytale - was expecting a retelling from the perspective of one of the mice. Not so, this Cinderella is gay. This isn't developed throughout the story, but thrown in at the end.

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AnnesLibrary | 2 other reviews | Jan 28, 2024 |

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