Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton received the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the most prestigious international award in children's literature. She also won the Newbery Medal, three Newbery Honor Awards, two Coretta Scott King Awards, an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was the first children's author to receive a MacArthur Foundation "a genius" grant in 1995.

A Ring of Tricksters

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Barry Moser

Interest Level: Grades PreK - 2

Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths, Multicultural, Songs and Lyrics

Resources: No

A White Romance

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 8 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 7.8

Genre/Theme: General Fiction, Multicultural, Young Adult

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Anthony Burns

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 7.1

Genre/Theme: Biography and Autobiography

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Arilla Sun Down

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8

Genre/Theme: General Fiction, Multicultural

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Bluish

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by James E. Ransome

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by James E. Ransome

Interest Level: Grades PreK - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7

Genre/Theme: Fables, Folktales

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Cousins

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Drylongso

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Dustland

(Justice Cycle)

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1

Genre/Theme: Adventure, General Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Her Stories

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3

Genre/Theme: Fables, Folk Tales and Myths, Multicultural, Songs and Lyrics

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

In the Beginning

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Barry Moser

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1

Genre/Theme: Westerns

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Jaguarundi

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7

Genre/Theme: Adventure

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Justice And Her Brothers

(Justice Cycle)

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 7.1

Genre/Theme: Science Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

M.C. Higgins, the Great

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.2

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Many Thousand Gone

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.4

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Many Thousands Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom

by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Genre/Theme: Biography and Autobiography, General Nonfiction

Resources: No

Plain City

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Second Cousins

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Storm-A-Dust (Anthology)

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

by Virginia Hamilton

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3

Genre/Theme: General Fiction, Horror and Supernatural

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

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Virginia Hamilton

A Ring of Tricksters

A White Romance

Anthony Burns

Arilla Sun Down

Bluish

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl

Cousins

Drylongso

Dustland

Her Stories

In the Beginning

Jaguarundi

Justice And Her Brothers

M.C. Higgins, the Great

Many Thousand Gone

Many Thousands Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom

Plain City

Second Cousins

Storm-A-Dust (Anthology)

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

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