Land of Enchantment Book Award
2013 · Children's · Nominee
About This Book
From the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor-winning team behind WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?, a humorous and intimate portrait of the most celebrated writer in America, as told by his thirteen-year-old daughter.
"This is a frank biographer and an honest one; she uses no sandpaper on me." - Mark Twain
An NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
"Inspired." -- The Washington Post
From the award-winning team behind What to Do About Alice?, comes a humorous and intimate portrait of the most celebrated writer in America, as told by his thirteen-year-old daughter.
Susy Clemens thought the world was wrong about her papa. They saw Mark Twain as "a humorist joking at everything." But he was so much more, and Susy was determined to set the record straight. In a journal she kept under her pillow, Susy documented her world-famous father-from his habits (good and bad!) to his writing routine to their family's colorful home life. Her frank, funny, tender biography (which came to be one of Twain's most prized possessions) gives rare insight and an unforgettable perspective on an American icon. Inserts with excerpts from Susy's actual journal give added appeal.
"This is a frank biographer and an honest one; she uses no sandpaper on me." - Mark Twain
An NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
"Inspired." -- The Washington Post
From the award-winning team behind What to Do About Alice?, comes a humorous and intimate portrait of the most celebrated writer in America, as told by his thirteen-year-old daughter.
Susy Clemens thought the world was wrong about her papa. They saw Mark Twain as "a humorist joking at everything." But he was so much more, and Susy was determined to set the record straight. In a journal she kept under her pillow, Susy documented her world-famous father-from his habits (good and bad!) to his writing routine to their family's colorful home life. Her frank, funny, tender biography (which came to be one of Twain's most prized possessions) gives rare insight and an unforgettable perspective on an American icon. Inserts with excerpts from Susy's actual journal give added appeal.
Awards
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2013 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Beehive Award
2012 · Informational · Nominee
Bluebonnet Award
2012 · Children's · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2012 · Intermediate · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2011 · Seven to Ten · Recommended
Oregon Book Award
2011 · Children's Literature · Finalist
Cybils
2010 · Nonfiction Picture Book · Winner
