by Katherine Paterson · Salvat. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434586604
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«Amé a Jacob» is the young adult novel by Katherine Paterson, published by Salvat in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
On an island in Chesapeake Bay, Louise always feels in the shadow of Caroline, her twin sister: the other seems to shine with music, friendships and maternal affection. While Caroline stands out, Louise tries to find her own place in the world, confront her jealousy and discover what it means to love and be loved.
Part of Salvat's Biblioteca Juvenil collection (no. 80). Translation by Barbara McShane and Javier Alfaya of the original «Jacob Have I Loved».
For a young audience seeking novels about personal growth and family relationships, with a protagonist marked by jealousy towards her sister.
Katherine Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.
