![]() ![]() When at last they arrived at her grandparents’ farm in Pennsylvania, Jean figured she was home at last. Jean’s parents and friends left under very dangerous conditions that she describes in her book, Homesick: My Own Story. When the revolution came to China, Westerners were not wanted. Fortunately, her wise father pointed out that the American song, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” had the same tune, so she quietly sang that instead. Even though she had never been to America, she felt that singing that song would be traitorous. Worse, she attended a British school where the teacher and her bullying classmates made her sing “God Save the King!” every morning. ![]() As the daughter of American missionaries living in China, she never really felt that she fit in. How she became a writer of American history has quite a lot to do with where she was born - not in America. Then she takes all that history and turns it around in her mind until it becomes a story her readers will enjoy. ![]() As a biographer, she tries to get to know the people and the times in which they lived through research including reading their own words. Jean specializes in history books, especially people’s life stories. ![]() They’re also pretty much absolutely true. They’re often funny and full of adventure and always have great characters. Jean Fritz, Who Wrote History Books for Children, Dies at 101, opens a new windowĪuthor Jean Fritz has written many books that kids enjoy. ![]()
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