Elizabeth Partridge: Clara and the Hoodoo Man

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Elizabeth Partridge : Clara and the Hoodoo Man

Dutton Children's Books, New York, 1996

ISBN 9780525454038

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AZ3 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Elizabeth Partridge on the title page in very good condition invery good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. This is the author's first novel. 8.5"x5.75",168 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. When Clara meets the hoodoo man up on Red Owl Mountain, she knows she should just take her sister, Bessie, by the hand and leave. Momma has always warned Clara that the hoodoo man can put a fix on you. But Clara doesn't want him to get the hard-to-find ginseng plant that she's discovered. She needs to trade it for a new crock to replace the one she broke. And besides, she's interested in what he tells her about the "cures" hidden inside plants. Shortly after that, Bessie suddenly takes sick. Is it Clara's fault? Is it hoodoo? Or is it the hoodoo man who will know how to save Bessie? This stirring adventure set in turn-of-the-century Tennessee is based on a true story told to the author by the real Clara Raglan. ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE is an American writer, the author of more than a dozen books from young-adult nonfiction to picture books to photography books. Her books include Marching for Freedom (2009, Viking), as well the biographies John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth (Viking, 2005), This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie (Viking, 2002), and Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange (Viking, 1999). Her latest book is the middle grade novel, Dogtag Summer (Bloomsbury, 2011). Partridge is the daughter of photographer Rondal Partridge and the granddaughter of photographer Imogen Cunningham and etcher Roi Partridge. Partridge has been a National Book Award finalist, an ALA Michael L. Printz Award runner-up, and twice a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award runner-up. She has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Partridge is on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults. She chaired the National Book Award Committee for Young People's Literature in 2007 and has served on the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Committee and the SCBWI Golden Kite Award committee.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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