In Moonshiner's Son, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains during Prohibition, Tom is the son of a moonshiner who is also a pillar of the community and a wonderful storyteller. In Grandpa's Mountain eleven-year-old Carrie arrives at her grandparents' home in the Virginia Blue Ridge to discover that her summer refuge is threatened by the government's decision to buy mountain land to create a new national park. Reeder then began to write for children, beginning with her multi-award-winning Shades of Grey, the story of Will Page, a twelve-year-old who has lost his family during the Civil War and who moves to the piedmont to live on the farm of an uncle who refused to fight for the Confederacy. Reeder and her husband wrote a trio of books for adults based on their findings about Shenandoah. When they inquired about the history of the area that now includes the Shenandoah National Park, they learned that in building the park, the government's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) destroyed the properties of families who refused to leave. During these hikes, they came across burned cabins and remnants of families who had once lived there. SIDELIGHTS: Carolyn Reeder is a former teacher who now writes historical fiction for young people, but her first books were adult nonfiction written with her husband and grew from their time spent hiking and camping with their children in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The Secret Project Notebook, Los Alamos Historical Society ( Los Alamos, NM), 2005. Moonshiner's Son, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1993.Īcross the Lines, Atheneum Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 1997.įoster's War, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1998.Ĭaptain Kate, Avon Books (New York, NY), 1999.īefore the Creeks Ran Red, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2003. Grandpa's Mountain, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1991. Shades of Grey, Macmillan ( New York, NY), 1989.
Shenandoah Secrets: The Story of the Park's Hidden Past, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (Vienna, VA), 1991. Shenandoah Vestiges: What the Mountain People Left Behind, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (Vienna, VA), 1980. Shenandoah Heritage: The Story of the People before the Park, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (Vienna, VA), 1978. WRITINGS: NONFICTION FOR ADULTS WITH HUSBAND, JACK REEDER Sugarman Award, Washington Independent Writers Legal and Educational Fund, 1993, and Hedda Seisler Mason Honor Book Award, 1995, both for Moonshiner's Son Books for the Teenage citation, New York Public Library, 1997, for Across the Lines Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies citation, 1999, for Foster's War Books for the Teen Age citation, 2004, for Before the Creeks Ran Red. E-mail- ĬAREER: Writer former elementary school teacher and reading specialist.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction, Scott O'Dell Foundation, 1989 Child Study Children's Book Committee Award, Bank Street College, 1989 notable children's book designation, American Library Association (ALA), 1989, Jefferson Cup Award, Virginia Library Association, 1990, notable book designation, National Council of Teachers of English, 1990, and Jane Addams Children's Book Award/Honor Book, Jane Addams Peace Institution, 1990, all for Shades of Grey Pick of the Lists citation, American Booksellers Association, 1991, for Grandpa's Mountain Joan G. Hobbies and other interests: Bicycling, hiking, cross-country skiing, table tennis, reading, gardening.ĪDDRESSES: Home and office-P.O. Education: American University, B.A., M.Ed. PERSONAL: Born November 16, 1937, in Washington, DC daughter of Raymond and Pauline Owens married Jack Reeder children: David, Linda.
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