Miriam willard is a teenager, experiencing young love for the first time. She also received a newbery honor award in 1983, and in 1989 she was presented with the laura ingalls wilder award for her substantial and enduring contribution to childrens literature. The constant shifts of locale and situation present narrator hebert. Elizabeth george speare is one of a handful of childrens authors to win two newbery medals. Listen to calico captive audiobook by elizabeth george speare. Her third book, the bronze bow, brought her second newbery medal. It was inspired by the true story of susanna willard johnson 17301810 who, along with her family and younger sister, were kidnapped in an abenakis indian raid on charlestown, new hampshire in august 1754 the main events in calico captive, which occurred on the brink of the french and indian war, were. She also received a newbery honor award in 1983, and. The sign of the beaver ebook written by elizabeth george speare. Calico captive by elizabeth george speare books on. Young miriam willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the french and indian war. Based on the actual narrative diary published in 1907, calico captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history.
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