Chosen a Newbery Honor Book, the novel was also Hunt's personal favorite among the ones she wrote.

Hunt was 57 when her debut novel Across Five Aprils was published in 1964, and it received much acclaim. After she retired in 1969, Hunt devoted her time to writing. Later, she taught psychology at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, but eventually came back to elementary and junior high school to become a director of language arts in Illinois. In Illinois public schools, she was a teacher of English and French. He told her stories about his childhood during the Civil War. Hunt's childhood was lonely, but she shared a special relationship with her grandfather. The family soon moved to Newton, Illinois, but Franklin died when Hunt was only seven, and the family moved again to be close to Hunt's grandparents. and Sarah Land Hunt on in Pontiac, Illinois.

nominee in 1974 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. For her contribution as a children's writer she was U.S. She was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal for her first book, Across Five Aprils, and won the medal for her second, Up a Road Slowly. Irene Hunt (– May 18, 2001) was an American children's writer known best for historical novels. For the American actress, see Irene Hunt (actress).

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