Lili the Brave

by Jennifer Armstrong

It is 1870 and Lili Alesund lives with her family in Vinhaven, Norway, a beautiful town on the edge of the sea. She is called Lili the Brave because she has never been afraid of anything. But Lili has never had to leave Norway before or travel to America. When her parents decide to emigrate to Minnesota, Lili has no choice--she must go with them. Is Lili the Brave ready to put her courage to the test?  

73 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Jennifer Armstrong learned to read and write in Switzerland, in a small school for English speaking children on the shores of Lake Zurich. The school library had no librarian and no catalog – just shelves of interesting books. She selected books on her own, read what she could, and made up the rest. It was perfect. As a result, she made her career choice – to become an author – in first grade. When she and her family returned to the U.S. she discovered that not all children wrote stories and read books, and that not all teachers thought reading real books was important. Nevertheless, she was undaunted. Within a year of leaving college she was a free-lance ghost writer for a popular juvenile book series, and before long published her first trade novel, Steal Away, which won her a Golden Kite Honor for fiction.

More than fifty additional novels and picture books followed, and before long she also tried her hand at nonfiction, winning an Orbis Pictus Award and a Horn Book Honor for her first nonfiction book, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. In late 2003 she will travel to the South Pole with the National Science Foundation to do research for a book on ice.

Reviews

[Roger Gaboury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book with Kath for her school assignment and I'm surprised by the author's note that she lives up the Northway in Saratoga Springs. Lovely book. Taught me a little about Norwegian immigration to Minnesota. Can't wait to hear what Kath thinks about it.

[Rebecca Gatzlaff · Rating 2 out of 5]

What I liked: the pictures were amazing! It had some themes about family.
What I didn't like: The family never made it to America. The book didn't have any historical facts. This was a beginner reader book but it was outdated.