Bette Greene
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Bette Greene (born in June 28, 1934 in Tennessee) is the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephen Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe. She currently resides in Massachusetts with her husband, Donald Summer Greene, and their two children.
Greene was raised in a small town in Arkansas, where she stuck out as a Jewish girl in the American South during the Depression and World War II. Her books focus on themes of injustice and alienation.
[edit] Bibliography
- Summer of My German Soldier
- Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
- Get On Out of Here Philip Hall
- I’ve Already Forgotten Your Name Philip Hall
- A Writer's Surviving Kit
- Them That Glitter and Them That Don’t
- Morning is a Long Time Coming
- The Drowning of Stephen Jones
[edit] External Links
- Biography from The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- Bette Greene on Understanding Adolescent Homophobia
