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Books by Elizabeth Enright

Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet. A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks.

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Thimble Summer

Publication date: April 29, 2008
Thimble Summer
Children's novel set in 1930s rural Wisconsin. First published in 1938. A story about the various things that happen during the summer when Garnet Linden is nine.

Gone-Away Lake

Publication date: April 1, 2007
Gone-Away Lake
Once, Tarrigo Lake was an exclusive resort for a select handful of wealthy families; but when a modern dam diverts the water, the lake becomes a bog and the resort is abandoned and forgotten. Two children stumble across it by accident and befriend the elderly brother and sister who have come back to live there. This magically-written book was a Newbery runner-up.


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