Uma Krishnaswami

Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest

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Notable Selling Points:Uma Krishnaswami has won the APALA Children's Literature Award, the ILA Social Justice Award, the Crossword Book Award, the Scientific American Young Readers Book Award, the Skipping Stones Award, the Paterson Prize and a South Asia Book Award Honor. She has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award twice - in 2020 and 2021.This book stands out from others about the first ascent of Everest by telling the story from the alternating points of view of both Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.Four pages of illustrated back matter provide further information about Everest and the Himalayas, Norgay and Hillary, the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Corr, Christopher (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-77306-266-2
EAN: 9781773062662
Produktnummer: 35660078
Verlag: Groundwood Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 32 S.

Über den Autor

Uma Krishnaswami was born in India and now lives in Victoria, BC. Her latest novel, Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh, won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature. Uma's other publications include Book Uncle and Me, illustrated by Juliana Swaney, winner of the ILA Social Justice Literary Award; Out of the Way, Out of the Way, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy; and The Girl of the Wish Garden, illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi. Uma has been nominated twice for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She teaches Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts.