Paula Fox
Paula Fox is an American writer of novels for adults and children. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books. She has also won several awards including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer, and a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart.
Paula Fox is an American writer of novels for adults and children. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books. She has also won several awards including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer, and a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart. See less
Paula Fox's Featured Books
Paula Fox book reviews
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Monkey Island
insight into homelessness
by lotus, Apr 12, 2012
This book is well done. It gives the reader some insight into how and why people become homeless. It helps a person understand what it would feel like to be in that position. It seems honest and ... Read More
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One-Eyed Cat
Creepy
by Selina, Oct 2, 2007
This book disturbed me as a child and still does as an adult. It is rather depressing. I don't think many young adults will like it. There is also a heavy plot involving the sick mother. The house ... Read More
