Poetry
ANOTHER TROY
The recently discovered World War II poetry by Joan Wehlen Morrison (edited by her daughter, Susan Signe Morrison), author of Home Front Girl, tells a unique – and true -- story as this teenager loses her innocence due to the impending war and its violent arrival.
HISTORICAL FICTION
GRENDEL'S MOTHER: THE SAGA OF THE WYRD-WIFE
GRENDEL'S MOTHER: THE SAGA OF THE WYRD-WIFE tells the story of Beowulf from the point of view of the women.
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Winner: Words on Wings Book Award for young adult fiction
Finalist for the 2016 Wishing Shelf Book Award in the category of Adult Fiction
Finalist for the 2014-2015 Sarton Literary Award for Historical Fiction
Finalist for Foreward Reviews' 2015 Indiefab Book of the Year Award: Historical (Adult Fiction)
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
HOME FRONT GIRL: A DIARY OF LOVE, LITERATURE, AND GROWING UP IN WARTIME AMERICA
The actual diaries of a teenage girl living in Chicago just before World War II and as the war begins.
- Named by the Children's Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education to the Best Children's Book of the Year 2013 list (Memoir: Ages 14 & up).
- Gold Medal in Historical Young Adult
- Words on Wings Book Award
HISTORY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND GENERAL AUDIENCES
A MEDIEVAL WOMAN'S COMPANION: WOMEN'S LIVES IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES
This book, filled with images, tells the stories of the virtuous virgins, marvelous maidens, and fierce feminists of the Middle Ages who trail-blazed paths for women today. Ideal for high school and college classroom use in courses ranging from history and literature to women's and gender studies.
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Gold Medal Winner in College Nonfiction by Literary Classics;
Bronze Medal Winner for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in Women's Studies;
Honorable Mention in Adult Nonfiction and Young Adult Nonfiction.
FOR SCHOLARS OF LITERATURE AND THEORY
SCHOLARLY HISTORY
