Across Five Aprils#Screen adaptation
{{Short description|Book by Irene Hunt}}
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| author = Irene Hunt
| illustrator = Albert John Pucci
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Historical novel
| publisher = Follett
| release_date = 1964{{cite web
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| pages = 188
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Across Five Aprils is a novel by Irene Hunt, published in 1964 and winner of a 1965 Newbery Honor, set in the Civil War era.{{Cite book|title=Great authors of children's books|others=Nagle, Jeanne,, Garvey, Brian|date=January 2014 |isbn=9781622750979|location=New York|oclc=882262191}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal|title=Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present|last=admin|date=1999-11-30|website=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|language=en|access-date=2019-03-26}} Hunt was close to her grandfather who told her stories from his youth, which she incorporated into Across Five Aprils.{{Cite book|title=The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature|date=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Zipes, Jack, 1937–|isbn=0195146565|location=Oxford|oclc=62342788|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordencycloped0000unse_o5w8}}
Background
Hunt published her first book, Across Five Aprils, at age 57.{{Cite web|url= https://www.bookologymagazine.com/resources/authors-emeritus/hunt-irene/|title=Bookology Magazine Context|website=bookologymagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2024-10-07}} She researched the historical facts and integrated stories that were told to her by her grandfather. The Creighton family was documented in those stories and in letters and records. Like Jethro, the book's protagonist, her grandfather was only nine when the Civil War erupted, so Hunt used him as a vehicle through which to imagine what a family must have gone through at that time.{{Cite web|url=http://m.sparknotes.com/lit/fiveaprils/context.html|title=SparkNotes: Across Five Aprils: Context|website=m.sparknotes.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-14}}
Plot Summary
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Across Five Aprils tells the tale of the Creighton family, inspired by the author's own family. Centered on the Creighton farm in Jasper County, Illinois, the tale describes the experiences of youngest son Jethro and his family during the years of the Civil War.
Awards and nominations
- 1964 – the Charles W. Follett Award{{Cite web|url= https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/across-five-aprils|title=Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt 1964|website=encyclopedia.com|access-date=2024-10-07}}
- 1965 – Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (nominated),{{Cite web|url=https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/children_and_teens/book_awards/dcf|title=Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award {{!}} Department of Libraries|website=libraries.vermont.gov|access-date=2019-03-26|archive-date=2019-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326224350/https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/children_and_teens/book_awards/dcf|url-status=dead}} the Clara Ingram Judson Memorial Award,{{Cite web|url=http://midlandauthors.com/winners_past.html#1964|title=Society of Midland Authors Prior Award Winners|website=midlandauthors.com|access-date=2019-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428083434/http://midlandauthors.com/winners_past.html#1964|archive-date=2017-04-28|url-status=dead}} Newbery Honor Book
- 1966 – Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
- 1997 – Charles W. D. W. Award
Screen adaptation
The novel was adapted to screen in 1990 by Kevin Meyer and starred Todd Duffey and Miriam Byrd-Nethery.{{Citation|title=Across Five Aprils|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099275/|access-date=2019-03-26}}
References
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Category:American children's novels
Category:Children's historical novels
Category:Novels set during the American Civil War
Category:Works about children in war
Category:Newbery Honor–winning works
Category:Children's books set in Illinois
Category:Jasper County, Illinois