For eleven-year-old Michael Cornhill, the disease caused the structure of his life to collapse. In 1973, Master Cornhill took readers back to a tumultuous time in English history, the aftermath of 1665's Great Plague of London. Her books are about fairies and sorcery, ancient and newer history, magical realism, mysteries, and contemporary fiction, and they shine as a beacon of excellence over the seas of children's literature. McGraw retained her magic touch all the way to the end. Even the most gifted authors can fall out of step with contemporary culture as the decades pass, failing to connect with readers as they used to, but Ms. She won three Newbery Honors, her first (for Moccasin Trail) in 1953 and her last ( The Moorchild) in 1997, proving herself an effective storyteller over multiple generations. What a career Eloise Jarvis McGraw had in juvenile literature. McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of 'complications of cancer'. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writing The Rundelstone of Oz on her own. McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L.

McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile. A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books.

The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw