Her husband’s family, who were immigrant coal miners, were the source of the story. Silver at Night, Beth Bartoletti’s first longer book, was illustrated in book format. As a child, Bartoletti preferred Little House on the Prairie and Nancy Drew. She was a good student who chose to skip her senior year and study art instead of history because she wanted to be creative.
Bartoletti grew up in the Pennsylvania countryside and was born in 1958. Throughout her stories, she introduces us to the lives of coal mining women and children. She creates novels, non-fiction, and picture books that pique young readers’ interest in history and inspire them to look into its historical significance. Susan Campbell Bartoletti is a writer whose strength lies in looking back rather than forward. In 2001, she was named the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Outstanding Author of the Year. A graduate of Marywood College and University of Scranton, and received an MA from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1982. Susan Campbell Bartoletti was born on November 18, 1958, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Mary Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1850 (Sibert Award), Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow (Newbery Honor), and Growing Up in Coal Country During his years in the old country, Massimino marvels at his hilltop mansion, which “perched like a proud, fat cat guarding all that it had caught.” What Is Susan Campbell Bartoletti Known For?īartoletti also writes excellent nonfiction for older students, as well as picture books. The impending death of her beloved grandmother is at the heart of her memoir Growing Up in Coal Country. Naamah, Noah’s wife, was named after her. Susan Campbell Bartoletti conveys the biblical figure of whom little is known. In her book They Called Themselves the KKK, she seeks to illuminate the backstory of Typhoid Mary, who is accused of infecting nearly 50 people with the disease. Many of the Hitler Youth are depicted in the narrative, but other members are also included. Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Hitler Youth, Kids on Strike!) uses a unique and fascinating perspective to tell the story of Hitler’s supporters from 1933 to 1945 in her fascinating and unique perspective on WWII. Bartoletti has also won the Newbery Honor, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the Sibert Medal.
Her most recent book, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow, was a National Book Award finalist. Susan Campbell Bartoletti is an award-winning author and historian who has published numerous books for young readers.
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