About Jim
Two-time Newbery Honor Book and Sibert Award winning author Jim Murphy’s childhood consisted of thousands of baseball games with neighborhood kids, roaming the vast New Jersey Meadowlands and inventing various “adventures.” Growing up in an industrial town a stone’s throw from New York City...
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Praise for Jim's Books
Spectacular.
—Kirkus (starred) on Truce
"...this wrenching look at our nation's bloodiest conflict serves up history both heart-breaking and enlightening."
—Publishers Weekly on
A Boys' War
“Nobody does juvenile nonfiction better than
Murphy.”
—The Washington Post on
An American Plague
"History at
its best"
—School Library Journal on
Across America on an Emigrant Train
Skillfully done: humorous, jaw-dropping, thought-provoking and chilling.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred) on Blizzard
Superb!
—The Wall Street Journal on Invincible Microbe
2010 Margaret A. Edwards Award • 3 NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards
2 ALA Newbery Honor Book Awards • National Book Award Finalist Medal
ALA Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award • ALA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Award
3 Jefferson Cup Awards • 2 SCBWI’s Golden Kite Award • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
The Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award for Distinguished Nonfiction
