Background
Jeanette Ingold was born in New York City, New York, United States.
Jeanette Ingold
Newark, DE 19716, United States
Jeanette received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from the University of Delaware.
Jeanette Ingold
Jeanette Ingold
Jeanette Ingold
Newark, DE 19716, United States
Jeanette received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from the University of Delaware.
Jeanette Ingold
Jeanette Ingold
Jeanette Ingold
(Asia McKinna comes of age in a rural Texas town during Wo...)
Asia McKinna comes of age in a rural Texas town during World War I. She struggles to understand the frailty of her grandmother, the strain of the war, her intensifying feelings for her friend Nick Grissom, and the uneasiness caused by the mysterious fires plaguing her town. Through her growing passion for photography, she hopes eventually to gain perspective on the times--and on her place in the world. Asia McKinna comes of age in a rural Texas town during World War I. She struggles to understand the frailty of her grandmother, the strain of the war, her intensifying feelings for her friend Nick Grissom, and the uneasiness caused by the mysterious fires plaguing her town. Through her growing passion for photography, she hopes eventually to gain perspective on the times - and on her place in the world.
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1974
(In the early days of aviation, Beatty and Moss hang out a...)
In the early days of aviation, Beatty and Moss hang out around the airport Beatty’s uncle manages. Beatty’s hoping to see her father when he flies in - and quickly out again - on a mail flight. And Moss is hoping his mechanical skills will help him to support himself. Neither anticipates their crucial roles in the airfield’s survival - or in saving Beatty’s father’s life.
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1999
(On a hot summer day in 1910 a teenage soldier assembled h...)
On a hot summer day in 1910 a teenage soldier assembled his rifle. A girl argued to save trees on a mountain homestead. A young man set out to fight fire. None knew that soon the many blazes burning across northern Idaho would blow up and send a wall of flame racing their way.
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2002
(From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it ...)
From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it was clear she wasn’t like other kids. She was a prodigy, and at sixteen her life is that of a virtuoso-to-be: constant training, special schools, and a big debut before an audience of thousands.
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2003
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2003
(Historical fiction at its best! From the author of The Bi...)
Historical fiction at its best! From the author of The Big Burn comes this captivating story of a boy striving to become a man during the hard times of the 1930s Great Depression.
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2005
(Teen journalist Maggie Chen wants to be a great reporter....)
Teen journalist Maggie Chen wants to be a great reporter. Fai-yi Li still hides behind the identity he used to evade Chinese Exclusion Era immigration laws. Their goals collide in this poignant young adult mystery that's both contemporary and historical fiction.
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2010
Jeanette Ingold was born in New York City, New York, United States.
Jeanette received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from the University of Delaware.
Jeanette began her writing career in a newsroom, putting together obituaries and boiling down press releases. As reporter, columnist, and the Missoulian’s Western Montana editor, she gained experience she would later put into Paper Daughter, a novel about a journalism intern whose investigations lead to her own Asian-American heritage.
In her 1996 debut, The Window, Ingold created a protagonist facing family tragedy and sudden disability; Pictures, 1918, published two years later, portrays teens in a small Texas town worrying about World War I; Airfield advances to the 1930s in its tale of a young woman's fascination with flight.
Her book, Hitch, tells the story of seventeen-year-old Moss Trawnley, who turns to work in the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC, as a way out of the poverty and homelessness of the 1930s Great Depression. Also, her book, The Big Burn, is an action-packed Montana Book Award honor book and Western Writers of America Spur Award for Teen Fiction winner that VOYA called “a must-read for adrenalin junkies.”
Currently, Jeanette and her husband live in a mountain valley in Montana, where Jeanette continue to write her fascinating stories.
Jeanette Ingold is most commonly known for her works such as Hitch, which was a Christopher Award winner, and The Big Burn, which was a Montana Book Award Honor Book and Western Writers of America Spur winner. Her novel The Window is an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and an International Reading Association Young Adults’ Choice. Her Paper Daughter earned an Oppenheimer Gold Seal, and Voya magazine called it "a must-read for those who love mysteries and family history."
Jeanette was one of thirteen children’s writers honored at Laura Bush Celebrates America’s Authors activities.
(Historical fiction at its best! From the author of The Bi...)
2005(In the early days of aviation, Beatty and Moss hang out a...)
1999(From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it ...)
2003(Asia McKinna comes of age in a rural Texas town during Wo...)
1974(On a hot summer day in 1910 a teenage soldier assembled h...)
2002(Teen journalist Maggie Chen wants to be a great reporter....)
2010With themes of resilience and perseverance, integrity, responsibility, and personal growth, Jeanette’s books feature realistic teen characters who face challenges and hard times head-on. Their courage inspires young readers to look into themselves for their own capabilities and strengths.
Jeanette’s interest in twentieth-century United States history plays a part in all of her books, which are known for the careful research, wealth of fact, and authentic voices that go into them. The New York Times Book Review called the aviation details she wove into Airfield "engrossing," and the New York Public Library named Airfield a Book for the Teen Age.
Quotations:
"Working on a novel is a kind of juggling act for me - I’ve got all these characters to throw up in the air and keep moving around, and all it takes is a distracting phone call to let one of them fall down."
"As for balancing writing with the rest of my life - how well I manage that kind of depends on where I am in a project. Sometimes, early on, I can keep pretty regular hours and do a decent job of keeping on top of my non-writing life. Other times, when a story becomes all-involving, the balance tends to get lost."
"I like to write about young people learning to think for themselves. I like to write about teenagers learning the things they need to know to become independent, capable, responsible adults. I hope the young people who read my books will come away from them having, for a while, lived lives different from their own, and I hope that the experience will have broadened their understanding and empathy .... Maybe, most of all, I want my books to say to kids, Look, you don’t live on this earth alone. You’ll find it a great, exciting place to be, if only you’ll let yourself reach out to other people and enter their lives and try to understand what you discover."
Much of Ingold’s work recalls a bygone era, and she recalled hearing stories about her parents’ families from a very early age. Ingold described herself as "independent" as a youngster, and curious.
When Jeanette’s not writing, she’s often out in the forest, exploring and taking pictures and thinking about what adventure she’d like to write next. She loves road trips and museums, mountains and woods, libraries and old houses, mysterious photographs, and people with stories to tell. Most of her best friends are other writers.
Jeanette is married to Kurt Ingold. They have one son and one daughter.
