Homesick, Jean Fritz
Homesick, Jean Fritz
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Homesick
My Own Story

Author: Jean Fritz

Narrator: Jean Fritz

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2013

Synopsis

This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China—the mountains, the countryside, the sea—she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.

About Jean Fritz

Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children’s literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean

Homesick: My Own Story is an autobiographical account of her childhood memories in China, by Jean Fritz, written in 1982. She explains frankly in her short introduction, that for the sake of authenticity, she has to term this book "fiction", as her memories "came out in lumps" and she does not trust......more

Goodreads review by Danielle

I remember finding this book when I volunteered at the Lebanon Public Library. I could not put it down, and re-read it many times. As an adult, I had a short career as a middle school language arts teacher, and I ended every class by reading to my students. I chose this book for one of my classes, a......more

Goodreads review by Luann

This makes me want to sit down and write about my own childhood! I love how she wrote it as a story. This was a Newbery honor book in 1983.......more

Quotes

“Every now and then a book comes along that makes me want to send a valentine to its author. Homesick is such a book…Pungent and delicious.” Washington Post

“An insightful memory’s-eye-view of her childhood…Young Jean is a strong character, and many of her reactions to people and events are timeless and universal.” School Library Journal (starred review)

“Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties…A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling.” Booklist (starred review)

“Rich in the telling observations of sights, sounds, and people.” Publishers Weekly

“As an intelligent but naive young girl, Jean fascinates readers as she skillfully describes her experiences as a foreigner living in China during their civil war of the early 1900s…Her story is sweet, sensitive, and compelling. Readers will agree that this book deserved the Newbery award recognition that it received.” Children’s Literature

“Told with an abundance of humor—sometimes wry, sometimes mischievous and irreverent—the story is vibrant with atmosphere, personalities, and a palpable sense of place.” Horn Book

Awards

  • National Book Award
  • Newbery Honor
  • American Book Award
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
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