Born and raised in a small town called Rosedale, Linda Williams Jackson is the author of award-winning, Mississippi-based historical novels Midnight Without a Moon, A Sky Full of Stars, and The Lucky Ones. Southern by birth... a Southern writer by the grace of God, Linda is plum-picking proud to still call Mississippi home.
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The Lucky Ones!
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THE LUCKY ONES
AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, & RECOMMENDED LISTS
2023 Mississippi institute of Arts and Letters Youth Award Winner
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2022 New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize Finalist
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2022 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award Winner
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One of Kate DiCamillo’s Top Five Recommended Books for Children
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Common Sense Media Best Six Kids’ Books 2022
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The Week Junior Magazine Top Seven Kids’ Books of 2022
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Best Books of 2022 (University of Wisconsin)
Bank Street College of Education Best Books of 2022
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Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Best Books of 2022
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Magnolia Book Award Nominee 2024 (Mississippi)
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Beehive Book Award Nominee 2024 (Utah)
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Great Stone Face Book Award Nominee 2023/24 (New Hampshire)
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Quahog Reading Awards Nominee 2023 (Mattapoisett Public Library, Massachusetts)
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Beacon Heights Elementary School Battle of the Books 2023/2024 (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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Beacon Heights Elementary School Battle of the Books 2023/2024 (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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