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name: Julie Chibbaro
about: Julie Chibbaro is the award-winning author of three novels: Into the Dangerous World (Viking, 2015), a hybrid graphic/novel about a girl artist on the NY streets in 1984, Deadly (Simon &amp; Schuster 2011, Scholastic 2012), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary in 1906, and Redemption (S&amp;S 2004) a historical novel about a girl's unintended trip to the New World in 1524. Into the Dangerous World has received a starred Publishers Weekly review, is a Junior Library Guild Selection, and is a Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book.Deadly won the 2011 National Jewish Book Award, and was Top 10 on the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Project list. It was named a Bank Street Best Book, and an Outstanding Science Tr Julie Chibbaro is the award-winning author of three novels: Into the Dangerous World (Viking, 2015), a hybrid graphic/novel about a girl artist on the NY streets in 1984, Deadly (Simon &amp; Schuster 2011, Scholastic 2012), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary in 1906, and Redemption (S&amp;S 2004) a historical novel about a girl's unintended trip to the New World in 1524. Into the Dangerous World has received a starred Publishers Weekly review, is a Junior Library Guild Selection, and is a Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book.Deadly won the 2011 National Jewish Book Award, and was Top 10 on the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Project list. It was named a Bank Street Best Book, and an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the National Science Teachers Association. It is now part of many schools’ curriculum.Julie Chibbaro's first book, Redemption (Simon &amp; Schuster 2004), an epic tale of love, kidnapping, and white Indians, won the 2005 American Book Award. ...more