Background
When she was six years old, her father, who was a coal miner, was killed in a brawl (and the attacker sent to prison for 20 years).
When she was six years old, her father, who was a coal miner, was killed in a brawl (and the attacker sent to prison for 20 years).
She was educated at small, badly resourced county schools, but praises her "excellent, caring teachers".
Her novel Belle Prater"s Boy was a Newbery Honor Book in 1997. Her mother moved to a place near the town of.Whitewood, Virginia. These incidents form part of the story in her book Sweet Creek Holler.
White"s book Belle Prater"s Boy was named a 1997 Newbery Honor book
They played in the hills and creeks, enjoyed family read-alouds, and sang every song they heard. White has been a teacher and a school librarian in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Foreign a while, she lived in Virginia Beach, but now she lives in Pennsylvania.