The Jefferson Cup Award honors a distinguished American biography, historical fiction or history book for young people. The Youth Services Forum of the Virginia Library Association has presented this award annually since the 1982 publishing year. Through the award, the Youth Services Forum seeks to promote reading about America’s past, to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people, and to recognize authors in these disciplines.
Who Speaks for Wolf?
by Paula Underwood Spencer
Honor Books:
Beyond the Divide by Kathryn Lasky. Simon & Schuster, 1983. Grades 6-10
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. Houghton Mufflin, 1983. Grades 3-8
Under a Strong Wind: the Adventures of Jessie Benton Fremont by Dorothy Nafus Morrison. Atheneum, 1983. Grades 5-10.