Bette Bao Lord

Bette Bao Lord based her acclaimed middle grade novel In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson largely on the days when she herself was a newcomer to the United States. She is also the author of Spring Moon , nominated for the American Book Award for First Novel, and Eighth Moon .

Bette Bao Lord based her acclaimed middle grade novel In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson largely on the days when she herself was a newcomer to the United States. She is also the author of Spring Moon , nominated for the American Book Award for First Novel, and Eighth Moon . See less