Jacob Have I Loved

katherine paterson

Sarah Louise, who lives with her family on a Chesapeake Bay island, grows up feeling less important than her twin sister, until she finally begins to find her own identity.

Genres young adultfictionhistorical fictionclassicschildrensmiddle graderealistic fictioncoming of agehistoricalteen

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1980

Literary awards

newbery medal, vermont golden dome book award, national book award finalist, لاک‌پشت پرنده,

Places

the united states of america, chesapeake bay maryland, maryland, rass island maryland,

This edition

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Published: December 1, 2000 by Library Reproduction Services
ISBN: 9781581180732
ASIN: 158118073X
Language: English

Characters More characters

Louise Bradshaw

14 when the novel begins, Louise Bradshaw is a discontented twin sister of Caroline, whos blonde, prettier, more talented and better likedmore...
Caroline Bradshaw

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Susan Bradshaw

Louise and Caroline Bradshaws mother, who came to Rass Island from elsewhere to serve as a teachermore...
Truitt Bradshaw

a kindly boatman on the Chesapeake Bay who is the twins father; his family had lived on Rass Island for 200 years in 1942more...
Louise Bradshaw The Grandma

the hellfire-and-brimstone-spouting, petty, vindictive Methodist grandmother of the Bradshaw twins; Truitt Bradshaw is her son...
Call Purnell

a plump 15-year-old and Louise Bradfords only friend when the novel begins; hes a bit slow-witted and a VERY strict Methodist; his father dead, he lives with his mother and grandmother near the Bradshawsmore...

About the author

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.