

Denied, Detained, Deported
Author: Ann Bausum
Narrator: Richard Poe
Unabridged: 1 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/25/2013
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, History, Us History
Author: Ann Bausum
Narrator: Richard Poe
Unabridged: 1 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/25/2013
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, History, Us History
Ann Bausum is the daughter of a history professor and grew up in Lexington,
Virginia, with a love of American history and a passion for research. She writes books about US history for young
people and adults, and many of her books deal with issues of social justice.
Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied,
Detained, Deported (2009) was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award
winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social
Studies. Muckrakers (2007) earned the Golden Kite Award as best
nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators. Freedom Riders (2006) gained a Sibert Honor designation
from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth (2004)
received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award as the year’s best book on
social justice issues for older readers. She lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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