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Country United States Publication date 1964 Originally published 1964 Page count 190 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Illustrator Albert John Pucci Language English Pages 190 Genre Historical drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Characters Shadrach Yale, Guy Wortman, Dave Burdow, Jethro Creightonn, Bill, Jenny, John, Tom, Abraham Lincoln, Eb, Mary Similar Irene Hunt books, John Newbery Medal winners, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Across Five Aprils is a novel by Irene Hunt, published in 1964 and winner of the 1965 Newbery Honor, set in the Civil War era. Hunt was close to her grandfather who told her stories from his youth, which she incorporated into Across Five Aprils. Across Five Aprils is often considered the first YA novel.
Contents
Across five aprils
Awards and nominations
Screen adaptation
The novel was adapted to screen in 1990 by Kevin Meyer and starred Todd Duffey and Miriam Byrd-Nethery.
References
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