Deborah Hopkinson

NONFICTION

“so rich with infor­ma­tion that it will be equal­ly fas­ci­nat­ing to young read­ers and adults alike.” Los Ange­les Times, Titan­ic: Voic­es from the Disaster

 “Hop­kin­son is a sea­soned researcher and author of numer­ous non­fic­tion chron­i­cles of the Amer­i­can expe­ri­ence.”  Los Ange­les Times, Titan­ic: Voic­es from the Disaster

 “Non­fic­tion at its best.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, Shut­ting out the Sky

 “A fas­ci­nat­ing, nuanced, and emo­tion­al his­tor­i­cal nar­ra­tive.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, Race Against Death

“Inspir­ing and mov­ing.” Book­list, starred review, We Must Not Forget

“Vital and unen­durably time­ly.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, We Must Not Forget

“Well-craft­ed, acces­si­ble, and essen­tial.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, We Had to Be Brave

“An excit­ing, well-exe­cut­ed book that will cap­ti­vate young read­ers.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, The Dead­liest Hur­ri­canes Then and Now

“an absorb­ing and rich­ly sat­is­fy­ing read.” School Library Jour­nal, starred review, Titan­ic: Voic­es from the Disaster

MIDDLE GRADE FICTION

“An info-packed adven­ture for sleuth-lov­ing read­ers.” The Wall Street Jour­nal, How I Became a Spy

“live­ly, fast-paced nov­el…” School Library Jour­nal, starred review, A Bandit’s Tale

 “Hop­kin­son adept­ly recre­ates the crowd­ed, infest­ed streets of Lon­don, but it’s her dis­tinct, lay­ered char­ac­ters and tur­bu­lent, yet believ­able plot that make this a cap­ti­vat­ing read.” Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, starred review, The Great Trouble

 “stand­out his­tor­i­cal nov­el…a bustling the­atri­cal romp wor­thy of a stand­ing ova­tion.” Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, starred review, The Plot to Kill a Queen

“a ful­ly packed fem­i­nist treat.” Kirkus Reviews, The Plot to Kill a Queen

“A final scene por­trays the ves­sel under full sail…and promis­es spright­ly adven­tures ahoy for a feline who’s the very def­i­n­i­tion of pluck.” Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, Trim Sets Sail

PICTURE BOOKS

 “In live­ly, image-rich lan­guage, Deli­cious tells of raft­ing the baby trees across a per­ilous river…Nancy Carpenter’s bright illus­tra­tions cap­ture the exu­ber­ant spir­it and the humor.” New York Times, Apples to Oregon

“Charm­ing…clever…deli­cious­ly sub­ver­sive, [it] yields new treats with every read­ing.” New York Times Book Review, Apples to Oregon

“…just how do you han­dle a leg­end? Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son has found a way, and it’s a win­ner.” The Bul­letin of the Cen­ter for Children’s Books, starred review, Abe Lin­coln Cross­es a Creek

“lucid pic­ture book…elucidating the bril­liant process of edu­cat­ing the deaf and blind pio­neered by Annie Sul­li­van.” School Library Jour­nal, starred review, Annie and Helen

“mov­ing epis­to­lary text…readers will dis­cov­er just how pow­er­ful a great role mod­el can be.” Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, starred review, A Let­ter to My Teacher

“This beau­ti­ful pic­ture book unit­ed fic­tion with facts while qui­et­ly pro­mot­ing envi­ron­men­tal activism.” Book­list, starred review, But­ter­flies Belong Here

 “a charm­ing Ella for a new gen­er­a­tion.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, Cin­derel­la and a Mouse called Fred

 “An empow­er­ing look at what kids can accom­plish.” Book­list, Fol­low the Moon Home

 “A beau­ti­ful work befit­ting its sub­ject.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review, Sky Boys

“qui­et­ly pow­er­ful.” Kirkus Reviews, Small Places, Close to Home

 “A gen­tle, lumi­nous explo­ration for aspir­ing writ­ers.” Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, starred review, The Sto­ry of a Story